Meg LeFauve is an Oscar-nominated writer and Peabody award-winning producer. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for co-writing the script for Pixar's INSIDE OUT. And her newest project as a writer is on the soon to be released INSIDE OUT2. She also wrote the script for Pixar’s THE GOOD DINOSAUR which was nominated for a Golden Globe. She wrote the story for Marvel’s CAPTAIN MARVEL, and wrote the script for Netflix/Cartoon Saloon film MY FATHER'S DRAGON which was nominated for two Annie Awards. As a producer with Jodie Foster’s company, she was nominated for an Emmy, a Golden Globe and the IFP Spirit Award. She was a teacher at AFI and served as the co-chair of the Graduate Producers Program at UCLA's School of Film and Television, where she taught master level story and development classes for over seven years.

Lorien McKenna is an Emmy-nominated writer and producer. She was the Showrunner for the Emmy-winning YouTube/Kids at Play preschool show TAB TIME, the Co-Executive Producer for CURIOUS GEORGE, and has written and developed for NBC, Hulu, Comedy Central, Disney, and Netflix. As a Story Manager at Pixar Animation Studios, Lorien worked on UP, BRAVE, INSIDE OUT, and THE GOOD DINOSAUR. She is a Script Editor for Screen Australia, Screen Queensland, and Screen Ireland and is a mentor at the Cinestory and Nostos Screenwriting Retreats.

Sheila Hanahan Taylor is a founding partner and producer at Practical Pictures, a feature film/television production company established in 2004. With over 25 feature films under her belt, including the Australian-set, box office hit ODDBALL, and the AMERICAN PIE, CATS & DOGS, and FINAL DESTINATION franchises, her films have grossed over $2 Billion in Worldwide Box Office. Her movies have been screened and awarded in competitions at many worldwide fests including Toronto, Beijing, Seattle, Miami, Chicago, Mill Valley, Tumbleweeds, and Heartland.

Pat Verducci is a screenwriter, film director and story consultant. She has worked with Academy Award winning screenwriters, and also newbies who are working on their first book or screenplay. Pat has penned scripts for Touchstone Pictures, Witt Thomas Productions, and Disney’s animation division. She wrote and directed a feature film for Trimark Pictures, and co-produced the award-winning documentary “Somewhere Between”. Pat teaches screenwriting in the MFA programs at UCLA and the American Film Institute and serve as a mentor at the Meryl Streep/Nicole Kidman funded Writer’s Lab in New York.

Jeffrey wrote and directed ALWAYS, LOLA, his feature directorial debut, which won multiple awards during its 2022 festival circuit. The coming-of-age camping dramedy closed The Boston Film Festival where it screened alongside DON'T WORRY DARLING in its US Premiere. The film was sold to Good Deed Entertainment, debuting globally on VOD in November 2023 with a 100% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and was rated one of FIlm Authority’s top 10 indies of 2023. In 2016, he optioned a half hour comedy that was eventually produced. That pilot presentation screened at multiple festivals, winning an award of excellence from the Best Shorts Film festival, among others.

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