2022 Austin Film Festival & Conference

J. Michael DeAngelis is a podcaster, writer, actor and director. He is the co-creator and producer of Mission: Rejected, for which he also writes, directs and occasionally acts. He has contributed as a writer to Listen Rinse Repeat, Oz-9, and as a director on Things (Un)said. His... Read More →

John P. Dowgin is a writer, director, and actor, as well as a co-founding member of the production company The Porch Room. With that group he co-created the comedy fiction podcast Mission: Rejected, which consistently ranks in the top 50 comedy fiction podcasts in the US, UK... Read More →

Pete Barry is a screenwriter, playwright, musician, actor, and director. His screenplay Marian, a retelling of the classic Robin Hood story, is in development with Sony and Pascal Pictures. He is a co-creator, writer, sound designer, producer and voice actor for the full-cast... Read More →

Paige Klaniecki is a podcaster, writer, and actor. She is part of the writing team of Mission: Rejected, for which she also acts, and has had several short plays performed with the Philadelphia Dramatists Center and the Underground Shakespeare Company. A Philadelphia native... Read More →