2018 Austin Film Festival and Conference Schedule: Breaking into Hollywood

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Breaking into Hollywood

Whether it’s in features or television, there is no set path for navigating a successful career in Hollywood. Hear from film and television writers about how they broke in and, perhaps more importantly, stayed in. Panelists will also share what producers these days are looking for in writing samples and résumés when staffing a room in TV—a quickly expanding landscape that has become a new frontier for “entry-level” writers.

Moderators

Trey Selman

moderator

Born in Texas. Raised on Tex-Mex. Studied business at The University of Texas; now writes about Texas. Prefers stars over skyscrapers, cedar fever over traffic jams and pit masters over maitre d's. Thinks AFF, like his favorite song, is a neon sign flashin', "Welcome, come on in... Read More →

Panelists

Adam Kolbrenner

producer Prisoners, Deadfall; Literary Manager, Madhouse Entertainment

Adam Kolbrenner is co-founder of Madhouse Entertainment, a literary management and production company based in Century City, CA. Since its inception in 2006, Madhouse has built its reputation on developing and producing the highest quality of writers and projects for both feature... Read More →

Jeff Lowell

writer/producer John Tucker Must Die, Sports Night, Two & A Half Men, The Ranch, Cybill, Just Shoot Me

Jeff Lowell has written, produced and directed features and television for more than twenty years. In TV, he's worked on such shows as Two and a Half Men, Sports Night, Just Shoot Me, Spin City, Cybill, Drew Carey, The George Carlin Show, Manhattan Love Story and The Ranch. On the... Read More →

Cormac Wibberley

writer National Treasure, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Bad Boys 2

Cormac Wibberley is half of a married writing team with Marianne Wibberley. They both grew up in Southern California and attended the University of California, Los Angeles.After college, Cormac worked as an executive in children’s programming at ABC. It was during this time that... Read More →

Marianne Wibberley

writer National Treasure, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Bad Boys 2

Marianne is half of a married writing team with Cormac Wibberley. They both grew up in Southern California and attended the University of California, Los Angeles.After graduation, Marianne went on to receive her MFA in screenwriting from the UCLA Graduate School of Theater, Film and... Read More →

Saturday October 27, 2018 10:45am - 12:00pm
The Driskill Hotel, Citadel Room

Conference, Panel