Advisory Board




  • Advisory Panelist - Liz Tigelaar
    Liz Tigelaar

    Creator — Life Unexpected
    EP — Casual
    Writer — American Dreams

  • Advisory Panelist - David Hudgins
    David Hudgins

    Writer/EP — Everwood, Friday Night Lights, Parenthood

  • Advisory Panelist - Julie Plec
    Julie Plec

    Writer/Creator/EP — The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, The Tomorrow People

  • Advisory Panelist - Michael Rauch
    Michael Rauch

    Writer/EP — Instinct, Royal Pains

  • Advisory - Peter Billingsley
    Peter Billingsley

    Emmy nominated Producer, Director & Actor

  • Advisory Panelist - Ben Blacker
    Ben Blacker

    Writer & Nerdist Writers Panel

  • Advisory Panelist - Dina Hillier
    Dina Hillier

    VP of Comedy Development, Paramount TV

  • Advisory - Richard Linklater
    Richard Linklater

    Founder & Artistic Director, Austin Film Society
    Writer/Director

  • Advisory Panelist - Jordan Levin
    Jordan Levin

    CEO, Awesomeness

  • Advisory Panelist - Arielle Kebbel
    Arielle Kebbel

    Actor — Midnight Texas, The Vampire Diaries, Gilmore Girls

  • Advisory Panelist - Bryan Seabury
    Bryan Seabury

    Senior Vice President, Drama Development (CBS)

  • Advisory Panelist - Betty Thomas
    Betty Thomas

    Emmy Award-winning Director & Actor, First VP of the DGA
    Director — Dream On, Grace and Frankie, Audrey

  • Advisory - Kathleen McCaffrey
    Kathleen McCaffrey

    VP of Programming (HBO)

  • Advisory Panelist - Kevin Falls
    Kevin Falls

    Writer/EP — Pitch
    Writer/Creator/EP — Journeyman, Franklin & Bash

  • Advisory Panelist - Kyle Killen
    Kyle Killen

    Writer/Creator — Lone Star, Awake, Mind Games

  • Advisory Panelist - Graham Yost
    Graham Yost

    Writer/EP — Sneaky Pete, Justified, Boomtown

  • Advisory Panelist - Beau Willimon
    Beau Willimon

    Writer/Creator/EP — The First, House of Cards

  • Panelist - Phil Rosenthal
    Phil Rosenthal

    Creator/Writer/EP — I’ll Have What Phil’s Having, Everybody Loves Raymond

  • Advisory Panelist - Glen Mazzara
    Glen Mazzara

    Writer/EP — The Shield, The Walking Dead
    Creator/Writer/EP — Damien

  • Advisory Panelist - Noah Hawley
    Noah Hawley

    Writer/Creator/EP — Fargo, Legion, My Generation

Founding Board: Betty Thomas; Richard Linklater; Peter Billingsley; Julie Plec; Kyle Killen; Liz Tigelaar, Arielle Kebbel; Bryan Seabury; Laura Kincaid; Dina Hillier; Leigh Evans; Julia Kebbel; Ben Spector; Tricia Linklater; Shawn Anderson; Kristen Mullarkey; Ahmed Ahmed; Regina DiMartino; Robyn Ross; Stan Zimmerman; Andrew Hampp