Hollywood Wolfpack With Kaia Alexander

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Reed Martin is a former adjunct professor at NYU's Stern School and Columbia Business School. Previously, he has worked as Director of Marketing at Independent Pictures, the New York-based production company of Cary Woods (producer of the dancehall comedy "Swingers" starring Jon Favreau and Heather Graham.) Martin is also a former researcher at Harvard Business School, where he co-authored busines...

Austin Highsmith Garces was born on March 31, 1981 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Dolphin Tale (2011), Scream: The TV Series (2015) and Criminal Minds (2005). https://www.austinhighsmithofficial.com/ https://www.instagram.com/iamoyster @AustinHighsmith https://www.instagram.com/miracletreebook/ Connect with your host Kaia Alexander: https://enterta...

Lee Jessup is a career coach for screenwriters, specializing in guiding emerging and professional scribes toward long-standing and prolific screenwriting careers in both TV and feature writing. She also provided consulting services to NBC International, and the Universal Writers Program. Her coaching clients include everyone from showrunners and A-list studio writers to contest winners, TV writing...

Oh Canada! Originating from the snowy north, Hayley has travelled and trained all over North America. Winning awards for her signature dark comedy writing style, she has carved out a place in the world of film and TV. A graduate of Humber College with a degree in Comedy Writing and Performance, she has worked with such names as Andrea Martin (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Robyn Duke (Saturday Night L...

MADISON HATFIELD (she/her) is a writer, actor, and filmmaker based in Atlanta. Her debut feature Pageant Material , co-written with Jono Mitchell, premiered at the 2019 Atlanta Film Festival. Their award-winning short Jenna Gets An Abortion premiered in 2020. In 2021 she co-wrote, produced, and acted in the feature films Miles From Nowhere and Courtney Gets Possessed (which she also co-directed) i...

Danny Manus is an in-demand script consultant, mentor, and CEO of No BullScript Consulting ( www.nobullscript.net ), and was ranked in the “Cream of the Crop” Script Consultants by Creative Screenwriting Magazine. He is the author of “No BS for Screenwriters: Advice from the Executive Perspective” and was named one of Screencraft’s “25 People Screenwriters Should Follow on Twitter”.  His clients i...

Cara J. Russell is a prolific screenwriter with a background in journalism. Her movies can currently be seen on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Drama, Lifetime, UPtv, PixL TV, and more. As of this writing, she has 10 + screenplay projects in development with various producers and production companies. In addition to her screenwriting, Cara works as a Creative Development Executiv...

Kelly Krause is a screenwriter, producer and "talking head" known for 'Bone Detectives' and 'Quest for the Lost Ark'. She is the Co-founder of Disaster Capital, a boutique genre film lab and production company. Her genre work has earned accolades through PAGE, Shore Scripts, Roadmap Writers, and Screencraft. Prior to entering the film industry, Kelly worked as an archaeologist, historian and media...

Eric Rogers is a prolific television, film, and comic book writer whose produced credits include the Emmy-winning FUTURAMA and NYPD BLUE, as well as POLLY POCKET, S.M.A.S.H., BRICKLEBERRY, UGLYDOLLS, STRETCH ARMSTRONG, WANDER OVER YONDER, KINGDOM BUILDERS, TEEN TITANS GO!, and LITTLEST PET SHOP. Eric is the Co-Creator, Executive Producer, and Show Runner for the new sci-fi/action-comedy series fro...

Barnet Bain is a Canadian filmmaker, executive coach and educator. Select film credits include Milton’s Secret (director, writer) based on the novel by Eckhart Tolle, Oscar-winner What Dreams May Come (producer), Emmy-Award nominee, Outstanding TV Movie, Homeless to Harvard (executive producer), The Celestine Prophecy (writer, producer), and The Lost and Found Family (director). Barnet is a member...

https://www.carolekirschner.com/ Having worked as a senior level television development executive for eighteen years (including at CBS and Steven Spielberg’s first Amblin Television), Carole has heard over 5,000 pitches, read more than 3,000 scripts, bought hundreds of projects and was involved in developing dozens of television series.  She is the Creator and Director of the CBS Diversity Writers...

Katie Taylor is President and CEO of Taylor Casting and has been a casting director for over 20 years. She specializes in sports, comedy, beauty, “real people”, babies, kids and families with a strong focus on diversity & inclusion. She believes that there is a place in the industry for all abilities, ethnicities, body shapes and identifications. Read more about Katie Here: https://shoutoutla....

9X Produced Screenwriter (Features) Dave Rose (AKA David Rosiak) was born on September 28, 1974 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Leftovers (2014), The Storm (2009) and Thirsty (2009). @dave__rose Your Host: Kaia Alexander @ThisisKaia https://entertainmentbusinessleague.com/ The Entertainment Business Wisdom podcast and its hosts are providing this podcast as a publ...

James Moorer is an author, screenwriter, producer and motivational speaker who loves to find a way to succeed. James has also worked as an actor and voice talent on numerous projects. He's passionate about finding the story within the story and helping writers find their own given greatness. His other passion is being the San Fernando valley's expert on finding the best Pancakes. www. RoadmapWrite...

International speaker Jen Grisanti is an acclaimed Story/Career Consultant at Jen Grisanti Inc., a 13-year Writing Instructor for Writers on the Verge at NBC, a former 12-year studio executive, including VP of Current Programming at CBS/Paramount. Jen is the author of three books, Story Line: Finding Gold in Your Life Story, TV Writing Tool Kit: How To Write a Script That Sells, and Change Your St...

Ryan Knighton is an internationally acclaimed blind author, screenwriter, journalist and performer . His two memoirs, Cockeyed and C'mon Papa , received numerous award nominations, including the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor. He has contributed to the American radio programs This American Life and The Moth, and has written for The New York Times, Outside, Esquire, The globe and Mail, Popular Mec...

Zimran Jacob is an Indian American drama television writer originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. After graduating Cum Laude from Chapman University with a B.A. in Screenwriting and studying at NYU, USC, and UCLA, he moved out to Los Angeles where he began to work in the finance department at Gaumont Television, which released Narcos, Hannibal, Hemlock Grove, and F is for Family during his te...

Marc Sotkin began his writing career in 1976 and has been a staff writer and producer on more than 350 episodes of various situation comedies for every television network. His credits include Executive Producer and Head Writer of Laverne & Shirley, The Golden Girls, as well as co-writing and producing two Garry Shandling specials for Showtime. He has been honored with multiple Emmy, Golden Glo...

In 1980, after receiving a B.A. in Economics from Vassar College and a J.D. from Stanford Law School, Phillip 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...

Joel Zwick is a director and producer, known for  My Big Fat Greek Wedding  (2002),  Tango Shalom  (2021) and  Elvis Has Left the Building  (2004). He worked on the television series  Perfect Strangers ,  Full House , and  Family Matters , His father was a  cantor  from an  Orthodox  background, and Zwick had his  bar mitzvah  at an Orthodox synagogue. Zwick went to  Brooklyn College  ('62), where...

Glen David Brin is an American scientist and author of  science fiction . He has won the  Hugo ,  Locus , Campbell  and  Nebula Awards .His novel  The Postman  was adapted into a 1997 feature film starring  Kevin Costner . Brin is best-known for shining light — plausibly and entertainingly — on technology, society, and countless challenges confronting our rambunctious civilization. His best-sellin...

Kaia Alexander worked as a development exec on the films Just Friends, Peaceful Warrior and The Good Night. She's an award-winning novelist (Written in the Ashes, Harper Collins 2016), feminist and historian, producer/director and screenwriter who runs a global group for womxn writers called Writing with Kaia. Her directorial debut (coming in 2021) is the documentary feature, Chalice: Wise Women R...

Cindy Begel is a Writer-Producer who has worked on staff or freelance for over 30 classic sitcoms and some not so classic. Her background includes both multi and single camera series, animation, and was one of the writers for the hugely popular film, "The Flintstones". She's worked for Garry Marshall, Norman Lear, even Bill Cosby... Shows include: Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mind...

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