Hollywood Wolfpack With Kaia Alexander

Tim is the creator of the horror comedy series  Demonhuntr , available on HereTV and Amazon Prime. A display dedicated to  Demonhuntr  began its exhibition at the  Hollywood Museum  in 2022 as part of their focus on queer film and TV. In 2019, he established  Murder & Gay Stuff , a production company dedicated to inclusive genre projects. A graduate of the UCLA Professional Program in Televisi...

STEVE HARPER ’s TV writing includes Co-Executive Producer duties on Tracker and Stargirl and episodes of God Friended Me, Tell Me Your Secrets and American Crime. His web series SEND ME earned a 2016 Emmy Nomination for series lead Tracie Thoms. As an actor he’s appeared onstage at The Guthrie, and the Kennedy Center and on TV in Law & Order: SVU and 90210. Through his company Your Creative Li...

Seth Michael Donsky is one of the International Screenwriters' Association's top 25 writers to watch in 2024. He is a 2023 recipient of the ISA's Diversity Initiative award and on the ISA's distinguished development slate. His feature screenplay  Stardusk , about the life of transgender  Andy Warhol  Superstar  Candy Darling  is in pre-production with the Oscar-award winning producer  Bruce Cohen...

David Merritt is a writer, director, and producer from Durham, North Carolina and now lives in Tarzana, California. He is a passionate storyteller who delves into multiple mediums. His writing accomplishments span the spectrum from awkward comedy to compelling drama. At the beginning of his film career, David wrote and directed the dramatic short, The Rain Dance, which depicts the horror of domest...

Where Bob DeRosa comes from, nice guys finish first. His screenwriting credits include  Killers ,  The Air I Breathe , and the hit USA TV show  White Collar . Along with frequent collaborator Ben Rock, Bob co-wrote  Video Palace  (the first narrative podcast from SHUDDER) and co-created the award-winning horror/comedy web-series  20 Seconds To Live . Their new audio drama  Catchers  is available n...

Carole Kirschner is a Hollywood business coach, public speaker, and writer. She runs two prominent programs for writers, one at CBS and the other at the WGA . the WGA Showrunner Training Program helps senior-level writer-producers and recent creators hone the skills they need to become highly effective showrunners. More than 150 new series have been created by alumni since the Program's inception....

Mark Blutman – Television Writer/Producer Mark is the writer/producer of such television series as Boy Meets World, Girl Meets World and Apple TV+’s Ghost Writer. He is also the writer of such feature films as Ten Wishes , Last Man on Earth and Friend of the Family. Mark has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards. Mark’s Twitter:  @BlutmanMark Connect with your host Kaia Alexander: https:...

Jenny Frankfurt is the founder of The Finish Line Script Competition, currently in its 7th year. Prior to Finish Line and her work as a script consultant, Jenny was a film and television literary manager/producer at ICM, Handprint Entertainment and her own company, Highstreet Management. She has represented writers and filmmakers around the globe, specializing but not limited to breaking UK, Europ...

Kyle F. Andrews is a Los Angeles-based producer, writer, and actor with almost two decades of experience in the business. An Emerson College graduate, he is one half of the creative team behind FilmFrontier Studios, whose recent debut feature production - the dramatic sci-fi/thriller THE VEIL - screened at Fox Studios before its 2023 festival run. The team has several projects in development, incl...

Heat, Spotlight on Women, By Women, In Hollywood is a new podcast hosted by Heather Fowler, Cari Sudmeier, Jennifer Mondfrans, Kiki Watkins, Marie Wetmore, and Sasha Wulf. With cohosts who are writers, actors, screenwriters, producers, directors and film scholars, each month we have a lively exchange designed to call out stellar work by women in all parts of the film and television industry and sh...

Ivan Mbakop , an American actor, film director and application designer, was born on October 15, in Yaoundé, Cameroon. He is the first of three boys, and the son of a Supreme Court Justice and a High School Vice Principal. Securing acceptance at an HBCU, he flew to the States to attend Tuskegee University. As he completed his Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering, he married his college c...

Pierrepont Productions is a successful entertainment company that takes productions of all kinds from pre-financing, through production and post-production to sales and distribution. We use our extensive relationships in the entertainment industry, banking and finance, in-house capital and our roster of additional private equity investors to provide producers with a range of financing options to e...

Phillip Rosen J. D. launched his career as an attorney for PolyGram’s music division, where he negotiated and drafted music publishing agreements and handled copyright matters. He subsequently spent five years at RCA, as Business Affairs Manager and Director of Program and Talent Negotiations, working in the arenas of pay, cable and syndicated television. Entering the Los Angeles market as Vice Pr...

Glen Mazzara is the Creator, Executive Producer, and Showrunner of A&E's new series, DAMIEN , based on the classic horror film, THE OMEN. Mazzara was most recently Executive Producer and Showrunner for seasons two and three of AMC's record-breaking series and AFI Top Ten TV Program (2012), THE WALKING DEAD. The series earned him two Saturn awards, a Bram Stoker award for Superior Achievement i...

DELINA BROOKS is a hyphenate whose work marries story with music and champions troubled women who save themselves. Nominated for three ISADORA DUNCAN AWARDS, Delina won in 2016 for Outstanding Ensemble Performance in “An Open Love Letter to Black Fathers” which she wrote, produced, directed, scored, choreographed, and starred in. Delina is a DISNEY WRITERS PROGRAM FINALIST (2023) and a RESIDENT AR...

Emmy award winner Jeff Melvoin has been a writer-producer on over a dozen dramatic series, serving as showrunner on eight of them. In all, he’s helped produce over 470 hours of primetime television, most recently as an Executive Producer on season three of the BBC America series, Killing Eve. Other Exec Producer credits include Designated Survivor, Army Wives, Alias, Early Edition, and Picket Fenc...

Writer/Producer Richard Kahan was born and raised in the open prairies of Canada, and has worked in film and television for over 25 years. Richard got his start as an actor and appeared in over 100 hours of television and various films, starring opposite the likes of Dennis Hopper. In addition to his series regular role on USA Network’s Emmy-nominated THE 4400, he made dozens of guest appearances...

Scott Gardenhour is a feature film producer and co-founder of the Emmy award-winning commercial production company 'The Institute'. Gardenhour began his career working on large scale music videos and commercials. He produced many award-winning commercials including the 'Aaron Burr' and 'Baby & Cat' spots for the original 'Got Milk?' campaign winning numerous awards including a Clio and Gold Li...

Ben Lustig & Jake Thornton  burst on the scene when their spec WINTER’S KNIGHT sparked a 5-studio bidding war before selling to Sony for 7 figures. A fantasy-adventure about a Viking warrior whose epic journey leads him to become the legendary Santa Claus, the script established the duo as imaginative masters of adaptation. Since then, they have penned multiple projects for Sony, Amazon, Unive...

In this episode Kaia Alexander , founder of the Entertainment Business School, moderates a panel of diverse TV writers who discuss their scripts on The Stunt List . The conversation highlights the importance of a supportive community for writers, inspirations, what makes a good story and favorite movie snacks! The goal of the Stunt List and its new original script divisions The Dead List and The O...

In this episode, we have a conversation with several writers who have been featured on the Stunt List , a platform that amplifies diverse voices in the entertainment industry. The writers introduce themselves and share insights into their projects. The goal of the Stunt List and its new original script divisions The Dead List and The Originals Bureau is to amplify a diverse portfolio of voices thr...

Steve Sims has worked with Sir Elton John, Elon Musk, sent people down to see the wreck of the Titanic on the sea bed and closed museums in Florence for a private dinner party and then had Andrea Bocelli serenade them while they eat their pasta. Quoted as “The Real Life Wizard of Oz" by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine, Steve Sims is a best selling Author with "BLUEFISHING - the art of making thin...

Karen Schaler is a three-time Emmy Award-winning screenwriter, bestselling author, and national TV correspondent. She has written beloved Christmas movies for Netflix, Hallmark, and Lifetime, including the Netflix sensation A Christmas Prince that started the franchise, Hallmark’s Christmas Camp, and Lifetime’s Every Day is Christmas and Rediscovering Christmas. She also wrote a full-cast Top 10 A...

Kyra Jones grew up in Annapolis, Maryland, a small city know for its crabs, boats, and being where Kunta Kinte was sold into slavery. You can extrapolate as to how an upbringing in such a location contributed to her hatred of white supremacy and her love of seafood. Kyra is a 2nd-generation West Indian American and spent most of her life talking shit over curry chicken with her Trinidadian family...

Lee Stobby is a producer, literary manager, and principal of Lee Stobby Entertainment who has over 10 years of management and producing experience. Some of his client highlights include: Shay Hatten (JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3, JOHN WICK 4, ARMY OF THE DEAD, ARMY OF THIEVES), Kate Trefry (made the Black List in 2013 (PURE O) and 2016 (REVOLVER) who has an overall deal at Netflix and currently writes on...