2018 Austin Film Festival and Conference Schedule: The Women in the Room

The Women in the Room

Women writers are continuously changing the landscape of film and television for the better. Come chat with these devoted writers about their stories, viewpoints, and advice.

Those who enrolled in the advance sign-up for this session are required to show up 15 minutes early and will be admitted first. The remaining seats will then open to Badge holders.

Moderators

Karol Hoeffner

moderator

Karol Ann Hoeffner is the Graduate Director of Screenwriter for Loyola Marymount University where she oversees two program tracks: Writing for the Screen and Writing and Producing for Television. Before coming to LMU in 2008, she worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood where she wrote... Read More →

Panelists

Christina Hodson

writer Transformers: Bumblebee (2018); Birds of Prey (2020)

Christina Hodson transitioned from development executive to screenwriter in 2012. Her first three spec scripts featured on the Black List three years in a row. One of these was the female-driven sci-fi action script, The Eden Project, which sold in a bidding war to Sony. In 2015... Read More →

Pamela Ribon

writer Moana, Smurfs: The Lost Village, Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2, Bears, Samantha Who?; comic book writer Rick and Morty, SLAM!, Film Juror-Animated Short

Pamela Ribon is a screenwriter (Ralph Breaks the Internet, Moana), TV writer (Samantha Who?), comic book writer (SLAM!, Rick and Morty), and best-selling novelist. She was named one of Variety’s 10 Screenwriters to Watch and is a 2017 Film Independent Directing Lab Fellow. She is... Read More →

Carly Wray

writer/producer Westworld, The Leftovers, Mindhunter, Mad Men

Carly Wray is an award-winning television writer, producer, and screenwriter. A graduate of Reed College and USC's School of Cinematic Arts, Wray got her start on Mad Men, where she began as the writers’ assistant and ultimately won a Writers Guild Award for the show's final season... Read More →

Emily Zulauf

Fiction Lead, Probably Monsters Games; Creative Development Associate, Pixar Animation Studios

Emily is the Fiction Lead for Probably Monsters, a new gaming/entertainment studio. She oversees development of the story, characters, and cinematics. Prior to her foray into gaming, Emily was the Creative Development Associate at Pixar Animation Studios and the Script Supervisor... Read More →

Saturday October 27, 2018 4:30pm - 5:45pm
St. David’s Episcopal Church, Historic Sanctuary

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