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Saturday, October 27 • 4:30pm - 5:45pm
The 2018 Screenwriters to Watch

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For the third year, AFF has partnered with MovieMaker Magazine to highlight filmmakers with different backgrounds and at different stages in their careers: promising creators who possess original voices, keen storytelling sensibilities, and bright and buzzy futures. Join this panel to meet just a few of 2018’s “25 Screenwriters to Watch” as they impart major turning points in their careers and important lessons learned along the way.

This panel is co-presented by Moviemaker Magazine
Moderators
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Matt Dy

Director of Script Competitions, Austin Film Festival

Panelists
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Cylin Busby

writer Rebecca and Quinn Get Scared; author The Year We Disappeared, The Stranger Game
Cylin Busby and Nanci Katz's first screenplay together, a horror/comedy titled Rebecca and Quinn Get Scared, was a finalist in the 2017 Austin Film Festival screenplay competition. Trish Sie (Pitch Perfect 3) is now attached to direct and Donald DeLine (Ready Player One) is producing.They... Read More →
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Nanci Katz

writer Rebecca and Quinn Get Scared
Cylin Busby and Nanci Katz's first screenplay together, a horror/comedy titled Rebecca and Quinn Get Scared, was a finalist in the 2017 Austin Film Festival screenplay competition. Trish Sie (Pitch Perfect 3) is now attached to direct and Donald DeLine (Ready Player One) is producing... Read More →
avatar for Gabrielle Shepard

Gabrielle Shepard

writer/director Candid, Queen; producer The Homecoming, Electrogenesis
She earned an Masters of Fine Arts in Film and Television Producing at Chapman University where she also studied Screenwriting and Directing. Her projects have been programmed in various film festivals including: Austin Film Festival, Cannes Short Film Corner, Long Beach Comic Con... Read More →
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Michael Soll

writer The Eye of Jupiter, Catalyst
Michael Soll was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley and graduated from UCLA with a degree in International Relations. At 17, he wrote his first screenplay, a teenage coming-of-age story, because what else is a teenager going to write about?Michael is a 2016 AFF Finalist and... Read More →

Saturday October 27, 2018 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT
The Driskill Hotel, Victorian Balcony
  Conference, Panel

Attendees (54)