Josh Taylor started his writing journey as a performing singer-songwriter in NYC before turning to fiction. He is now a writer of novels,...

Alicia Norman is an edgy and talented Atlanta-based screenwriter, and the winner of Filmmatic's Season 7 Horror Competition for her...

Rudi O'Meara is a story junkie who left Hollywood for Silicon Valley after a very Swimming with Sharks -y experience working for an indie producer with Oscar winning credits. During COVID, he decided to conjure up his inner screenwriter again. Fourteen features, four pilots, and one short later, he's received numerous accolades for his work. He's been a finalist in the ScreenCraft Horror competition, and made the finals of Outstanding Screenplays. He had two scripts land as

Bridget Visser is a talented and multifaceted LA-based writer, and the Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards Season 7 Overall Winner for her amazing half hour sitcom project "The Coven". Some Q&A with this gifted scribe below. 1) How long have you been writing? All my life in one medium or another. But I’ve been writing screenplays since I was in undergrad. 2) What screenwriting training have you received? I have a BFA in Dramatic Writing (a mix of screenwriting, playwriting & TV writin

Molly Vogel is a talented and prolific L.A.-based writer, and Winner of Filmmatic's Comedy Screenplay Awards Season 7 for her adult...

World Premieres, Florida Filmmakers, Sundance Favorites Highlight Key West Film Festival Short Film Lineup Riding the wave of being named...

Shintaro Ogai is a talented Tokyo-based writer, our Filmmatic Season 7 Drama Winner, and the scribe behind the historical biopic "Riding With Charlie". Some Q&A with this budding dramatic writing talent.... 1) How long have you been writing? I've been writing for about 20 years. 2) What screenwriting training have you received? I have studied screenwriting at Nihon University of Art in Tokyo for 4 years and worked as an Assistant in the Film Department for 2 years

Mike Stern is a talented producer, writer, actor, and also a Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards Winner for his edgy thriller "Mid-Century". The feature-length horror project recently wrapped production, and is now available on Blue-Ray, DVD, digital and on-demand via LionsGate . Written by Stern and directed by Sonja O'Hara ('Doomsday'), 'Mid-Century' stars Shane West ('Dracula 2000'), Chelsea Gilligan ('Star-Crossed'), Sarah Hay ('Flesh and Bone'), Stephen Lang ('Avatar') a

Arland DiGirolamo & Alana Wexler are both attorneys, both highly talented scribes, and together the Winners of Season 4 of our Pitch Now...

David McClellan (pictured left) honed his production and screenwriting chops in New York, Martyn Eaden is a British screenwriter, and the...

Nuh Omar (pictured right) is a director and writer born in Karachi, Pakistan. He works in film, new media, shorts, advertising, and music...

Alexandra Leopold is a talented Ontario-based writer, and the winner of Season 6 of Filmmatic's Short Script Awards for her dark and...

Kate Shenton is a talented, London-based screenwriter and filmmaker. Her edgy teleplay "Savage" recently won Season 5 of Filmmatic's...

Jocelyn (above left) lives, works and scribes in Los Angeles, and Ryan (right) is a New York-based writer. Together the Manns siblings...

Noel Baker (left) & Henry Sarwer-Foner are a talented screenwriting team, with plenty of writing (and directing) experience under their...

Andre Jackson is an accomplished and award-winning actor, as well as a gifted writer who has been making some noise as of late with his film and TV projects. This Los Angeles-NY-Memphis talent is the recent Overall Winner of the Season 5 Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards, and we're happy to report also a recent signee of the Smith-Young Talent Agency! Andre was kind enough to enlighten us regarding his writing and historical and societally-relevant pilot "Boley U.S.A.". 1) How lo

Dawn Garcia is an accomplished screenwriter, magazine editor and journalist living in Los Angeles. Dawn recently won Season 5 of the...

The Key West Film Festival — where passion meets paradise — is an annual celebration of contemporary cinema in a historically rich,...

Christopher Byram is an award-winning script writer, producer and director hailing from the English Midlands. He specializes in episodic...

Bradley Stryker, is a talented actor, writer and Filmmatic Screenplay Awards Winner.  His screenplay, “Dragon Run”, is a feature length...