Hollywood Wolfpack With Kaia Alexander

Tom Vaughan has been writing professionally for over twenty years. He studied at the University of Houston with Broadway legend Jose Quintero and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Albee. It was his work as a writer and director in Houston theatre that got him recognized by Hollywood. He was soon writing screenplays for, among others, Phoenix Pictures, TNT, MTV Films, Castle Rock Entertainmen...

Ed Solomon began his career in college as a joke writer, stand-up comedian, and playwright. While still in college, he was a staff writer for  Laverne & Shirley  – making him (at the time) the youngest member of the  Writers Guild of America . He then spent three years writing the cult Showtime TV series,  It's Garry Shandling's Show , before venturing into feature films in the 1980s. He helpe...

Carson Lee Kressley was born on 11 November 1969 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA. Growing up, he was very interested in horses and owned his first pony (named Sparky) when he was five years old. Carson still loves horses and is now a world champion equestrian. In 1987, he graduated high school and went on to study at Gettysburg College from which he graduated in 1991 (magna cum laude and phi beta...

Matthew Medney is not only the Founder, CEO and Co- Lead Writer at Herø Projects, the leader in custom animated storytelling for the stars. He is also the Head Writer for web3 gaming juggernaut Star Atlas, and a published author in his own right. If that wasn’t enough for the eccentric renaissance man, Matthew is also the former CEO of the seminal and generational genre bending company, Heavy Meta...

Christopher Monfette  is a television writer, producer, and comic book author who worked as supervising producer on the first five episodes of  Star Trek: Picard 's  second season  and as co-executive producer on the rest of the second season and on the  third season . He previously worked as staff writer and story editor on  Terry Matalas ' science fiction series  12 Monkeys  (2015-18), starring ...

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5328709/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_q_sullivan%2520fitz Sullivan "Sully" Fitzgerald , a native of Niagara Falls, NY, is a graduate of Syracuse University's Newhouse School with a BS in Television, Radio & Film and a minor in Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises. He is an alumni of the highly-competitive  Television Academy Foundation Internship Program  and wa...

Andrea Ciannavei is a writer/producer in LA. She’s currently a Co-EP on THE CORPS for Netflix, Sony and Norman Lear with showrunner Andy Parker.  Her original pilot LIFE SUPPORT was optioned by Universal TV with Danielle Brooks (ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK), Jessica Goldberg (THE PATH, AWAY) and director Jesse Peretz (ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, GLOW). Shows include Mayans MC (FX Networks), The Path (Hul...

Stuart Volkow is a producer and technology strategist. After a career as a Hollywood executive working for Academy Award- winning producer Mike Medavoy, he transitioned to working for various governmental agencies, including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, where he gained his TS/SCI clearances. He now serves as a Project Manage...

Lastine Entertainment Law is helmed by attorney Joshua R. Lastine. Joshua helps actors, production companies, writers, producers, directors, animators, social media influencers, and podcasters negotiate their deals, protect their work, and maximize their revenue streams. His passion for show business, its players, and its creators drive him to be a strategic negotiator, fierce advocate, and practi...

Alexa Alemmani started her career as an actor, working in independent features, as well as hit shows such as Masters of Sex, Lucifer, The West Wing & more, she’s most well known for playing Allison on the Emmy winning AMC Drama Mad Men for four seasons, for which she won a SAG Award. As a writer, she launched her career with the pilot Appletown, which landed on the Tracking Board’s Young &...

David O’Donnell  has extensive experience in dramatic documentary film and television, as a vice president, executive producer, producer, writer, and development executive, overseeing everything from development and pitching to pre-production, production, post, and deliverables for a variety of streamers and networks. Currently he is Vice President of Current Production and Executive Producer at J...

Filmmaker & Marketing Analyst Kawika Hoke is changing the way indie films do business by challenging the norms that have maintained the status quo of Hollywood. His goal is to educate and push indie filmmakers to keep ownership of their films, distribute and connect with audiences personally on their own terms. He launched Manawa Kau, A Hawaiian Motion Picture Company intent to get Hawaiians o...

Mark Blutman 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. twitter.com/BlutmanMark https://www.instagram.com/markblutman Deadline Article Connect with your host Kaia Ale...

Matt Firman is a freelance Photographer, Filmmaker, Writer, Producer, & Co-Founder of Story Prism Jon Firman is an expert at taking high-concept ideas and executing on them; of making sense of the abstract, the facts and figures and finding the story within. He is Co-Founder of Story Prism. https://www.storyprism.io/ This is a Roundtable discussion about ChatGPT as a storytelling tool, ethical...

TJ Keenan is a UK producer and screenwriter of TV and Film, whose work has attracted A-List stars and talent. He is the writer/producer of "The Rosy Cross: The Rebels Who Wrote Shakespeare", A Conspiracy drama series being brought to the screen by Lasse Hallberg, executive producer of Netflix series “Lilyhammer". The series explores the controversial Shakespeare authorship debate. The cast include...

NCIS Hawaii co-producer and WGA strike captain on the wheelworks of network TV from the writer's chair, and his perspective on the strike. Connect with your host Kaia Alexander: https://entertainmentbusinessleague.com/ https://twitter.com/thisiskaia   Produced by Stuart W. Volkow P.G.A. Get career training and a free ebook “How to Pitch Anything in 1Min.” at  www. EntertainmentBusinessLeague.com L...

Paul Scanlan is Cofounder and CEO of Legion M, the world's first fan-owned entertainment company. Legion M is uniting fans together to invest in and/or produce a diverse slate of original projects in various stages of development, including the critically acclaimed Colossal, starring Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis, the cult hit Mandy starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Panos Cosmatos, Bad Sama...

The New York Times declared Andrew Levitas “has the Midas touch” when describing his continued work across multiple creative platforms. A mainstay on the New York and European art scene for over two decades, Levitasʼ Metalwork Installations® are widely regarded as a breakthrough in connecting photography, sculpture, and contemporary art. Levitasʼ “Organic Abstractions” (paintings built from homema...

In this episode, your host Kaia Alexander explores the intersection of Hollywood, AI and ChatGPT with AI expert Manuj Aggarwal. Whether you work above the line as a writer or showrunner and want to know how ChatGPT might be used in the writers rooms, or you’re a VFX artist who can now bring long-dead movie stars back to life in perpetuity in future films, or you’re concerned about racist AI, this...

Three-time BloodList writers Joe Russo & Chris LaMont's Netflix horror movie, The Inheritance, directed by Alejandro Brugues (Pooka Lives), is currently in post-production. They re-wrote The Locksmith, a thriller starring Ryan Phillippe, Kate Bosworth and Ving Rhames, which shot in November 2021. Their screenplay, Soul Mates, wrapped production in July 2022. All three are expected to release i...

Pamela Ribon  is the creator and writer of  MY YEAR OF DICKS , an adaptation of her critically-acclaimed comedic memoir  NOTES TO BOYS (AND OTHER THINGS I SHOULDN’T SHARE IN PUBLIC)  My Year of Dicks  is currently nominated for  Best Animated Short Film  for the 95th Academy Awards. Pamela is a screenwriter ( Moana ,  Ralph Breaks the Internet ,  Bears ), performer,  VR and TV writer , comic book...

Academy Award-winning Screenwriter David Rabinowitz shared the Oscar for best screenplay for the Spike Lee movie, BlackkKlansman which he co-wrote with Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott. They currently have multiple projects in development as both writers and producers. Rabinowitz attended Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, and as a freshman and sophomore he worked for the college’s famous pol...

Brooks Elms is a screenwriter and independent filmmaker. His specialty is grounded personal characters and writing story tension so thick it knots up your stomach. He's written 25+ screenplays, a dozen of them on assignment, and sold several scripts, including one this year with Brad Peyton as Executive Producer. Brooks was recently hired to rewrite a screenplay started by an Oscar-winning writer....

  Megha Kadakia  is VP of Impact Media at  Creative Visions , where she works with filmmakers and activists to develop, co-produce and finance social entertainment impact media. She also brings a unique blend of business experience, diversity, and artistic vision to independent filmmaking through her production company -  Blue   Velocity Pictures . Kadakia has produced the fiction features  MISS INDIA...

Seth M. Sherwood is a Los Angeles based screenwriter, director, designer, and producer. He is a credited writer on Leatherface, and Hellfest and is serving as Co-Executive Producer on season 2 of Light As A Feather for Awesomeness TV & Hulu. He has feature and television projects in development across town. Sherwood’s tale of the son of serial killer hot on the trail of a copycat killer,  Inte...