Name: Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television*
Start: 2022-10-28T10:45:00-0500
End: 2022-10-28T12:00:00-0500

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Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television*

Get in-depth answers to your questions about the art, craft, and business of writing for film and television. This roundtable session offers registrants exclusive access to screenwriters, directors, producers, executives, and studio reps in an informal setting. Come prepared with questions that focus on the importance of both the creative and business sides of breaking into and writing for film.

*This Roundtable requires advance registration at the Roundtable Sign-up Table in the Registration Room at the Omni Hotel; the Roundtable takes place at Brazos Ballroom at Courtyard Residence Inn by Marriott Austin Downtown / Convention Center, located at 300 E 4th St. Only one roundtable sign-up slot per registrant. Registrants must have the day-appropriate badge.

ROUNDTABLE SIGN UP HOURS:
Registrants must sign up for Roundtable Sessions in the Registration Room at the Omni Hotel.
Wednesday, October 26 | 12:00PM–5:00PM
Thursday, October 27 | 8:30AM–5:00PM
Friday, October 28 | 8:30AM–5:00PM
Saturday, October 29 | 8:30AM–3:00PM

Speakers

Kegan Schell

Literary Manger, Echo Lake Entertainment

Originally from a farm in rural upstate New York, Kegan studied film production at Full Sail University before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in entertainment. Kegan joined Echo Lake Entertainment in 2017, and swiftly rose through the ranks before being promoted to manager... Read More →

Chuck Hayward

Writer Ted Lasso, Flatbush Misdemeanors, Wandavision

Chuck Hayward is a renaissance man – in that he’s a man who’s stayed multiple times at Renaissance Hotels. But mostly he writes things. A lot. And sometimes he actually writes them well. And sometimes they’re even funny! Just ask his fellow writers on Netflix’s Dear White... Read More →

Paul Merryman

Producer The Outpost

Paul Merryman is a film & television producer with a focus on amazing true stories and socially conscious storytelling. He holds an MFA in Producing from the American Film Institute and a BS in Radio, Television, and Film from the University of Texas at Austin. He started his career... Read More →

Herschel Weingrod

Writer Trading Places, Brewster's Millions, Twins, Kindergarten Cop, Space Jam; Producer Falling Down

Herschel Weingrod is a graduate with Honors at the University of Wisconsin with a B.A in History and then attained an MFA from the London Film School. While in London, he was also employed as a film critic and reviewer at Time Out as well as The Monthly Film Bulletin, a publication... Read More →

Alex Chew

Writer The Unborn, Little Blessing

Alex Chew was born and raised in Frankfort, KY before moving to Texas where she co-founded the Austin Youth Film Festival and taught film & theory for about a decade. Currently, she is a screenwriter and director with the mission of entertaining big-tent audiences who love subversive... Read More →

Jill Chamberlain

Author The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting

Jill Chamberlain is the author of The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret to SuccessfulScreenwriting, one of the highest rated screenwriting books on Amazon, out of over 3,000books on the subject. Oscar-winning screenwriter Han Jin-won (Parasite) said “JillChamberlain sets a new... Read More →

Michael Fry

writer/co-creator Over The Hedge; writer/illustrator How To Be A Supervillain series, Ghosted; co-writer/illustrator The Naughty List, Odd Squad series

Michael Fry is an author/illustrator/screenwriter. He is the co-creator/writer of the syndicated comic strip Over the Hedge that inspired the 2006 DreamWorks Animation feature animated film (the most successful film ever made from a comic strip). He is also the creator of three additional... Read More →

Cam Cannon

writer/producer Zero Contact; writer/executive producer USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage; Executive Producer Give 'Em Hell Malone, Rage; Development Executive The Big Bang, Casino Jack

Cam Cannon joined Enderby Entertainment as the VP of Development and Production in mid-2019. Cam began his career as a reader for Cindy Cowan Entertainment, and transitioned to Hannibal Pictures in the same capacity in 2004. At Hannibal, he oversaw the development and production... Read More →

Jeffrey Lieber

writer/showrunner Lost, Miami Medical, AIsha, NCIS New Orleans

Jeffrey Lieber is a former actor and playwright who became a screenwriter and then a television showrunner. He's the co-creator of Lost on ABC and Miami Medical on CBS, Don't Look Deeper on Quibi and Impulse on YouTube Red along with an endlessly eclectic list of credits over the... Read More →

Friday October 28, 2022 10:45am - 12:00pm CDT
Central Presbyterian, Cafeteria 200 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701

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