Analysts
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KO
- Has worked for: Phoenix Pictures, Sony, Script Magazine
- Education: BFA in Film
- Specialty: Thriller, Action, Horror, Drama, Heist, Crime
- Residence: Los Angeles
- Favorite Screenwriters: Scott Frank, William Goldman, Martin Scorsese, David Fincher
- Favorite Directors: Quentin Tarantino, Ridley Scott, Anton Fuqua
- Favorite Movies: Midnight Run, Seven, The Departed, The Town
- Favorite TV Shows: Breaking Bad, House, The Shield
RB
- Has worked for: Informant Media, Anonymous Content, CAA
- Education: AA Mass Communications
- Specialty: Pilots, Comedy
- Residence: Los Angeles
- Favorite Screenwriters: Aaron Sorkin, Nora Ephron, Christopher Nolan
- Favorite Directors: Christopher Nolan, Stephen Spielberg, Martin Scorsese
- Favorite Movies: Goodfellas, When Harry Met Sally, A Fish Called Wanda
- Favorite TV Shows: The Sopranos, Deadwood, Fleabag, PEN15
MM
- Has worked for: Nicholas Sparks Studios
- Education: Bachelor's Degree in Writing
- Specialty: Screenplays
- Residence: San Francisco
- Favorite Screenwriters: Gillian Flynn, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Zaillian
- Favorite Directors: Darren Aronofsky, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alfonso Cuarón
- Favorite Movies: Black Swan, Children of Men, Gone Girl
- Favorite TV Shows: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dexter, Sharp Objects
OEK
- Education: MFA in Screenwriting
- Specialty: Screenplays
- Residence: Oregon
- Favorite Screenwriters: Paddy Chayefsky, Billy Wilder, Joel and Ethan Coen
- Favorite Directors: Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick, Billy Wilder, Joel and Ethan Coen
- Favorite Movies: Network, The Good The Bad and the Ugly, 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Favorite TV Shows: The Twilight Zone, Married With Children
DS
- Has worked for: Focus Features, Mandeville Films
- Education: MFA Screenwriting, American Film Institute
- Specialty: Sci-fi, Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Drama
- Residence: Los Angeles
- Favorite Screenwriters: Charlie Kaufman, Alex Garland
- Favorite Directors: Denis Villeneuve, David Fincher
- Favorite Movies: Children of Men, Memories of Murder, 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Favorite TV Shows: Lost, Haunting of Hill House
AM
- Has worked for: Stage 17 and Silver Sound Studios
- Education: Williams College, UCLA
- Specialty: Comedy, Dramedy, Animation
- Residence: Los Angeles
- Favorite Screenwriters: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Nora Ephron, Charlie Kaufman, Tina Fey
- Favorite Directors: Bong Joon-Ho, Greta Gerwig, the Coen Brothers, Jean-Luc Godard
- Favorite Movies: The Birdcage, Children of Men, Parasite, Spirited Away, Raising Arizona
- Favorite TV Shows: Fleabag, Centaur World, Atlanta, Over The Garden Wall
CB
- Has worked for: Darius Films
- Education: San Diego State University
- Specialty: Dramas
- Residence: Los Angeles
- Favorite Screenwriters: The Coen Brothers, Aaron Sorkin, Spike Lee
- Favorite Directors: Barry Jenkins, Martin Scorsese, Chloe Zhao
- Favorite Movies: Good Will Hunting, Superbad, Casino
- Favorite TV Shows: Breaking Bad, The Office and Atlanta
SC
- Has worked for: Blumhouse Productions
- Education: Syracuse University
- Specialty: Drama, Thriller, Horror
- Residence: Los Angeles
- Favorite Screenwriters: David Mamet, William Goldman
- Favorite Directors: Stanley Kubrick, Darren Aronofsky, Quentin Tarantino
- Favorite Movies: Mother!, Rosemary's Baby, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Doubt
- Favorite TV Shows: The Wire, Breaking Bad, The Leftovers and Atlanta
KL
- Has worked for: ABC Studios, Circle of Confusion, MetaMorphic Entertainment
- Education: Columbia College Chicago, B.A. in TV Writing and Producing
- Specialty: Character and dialogue development, overall story development
- Residence: Los Angeles
- Favorite Screenwriters: Sam Levinson, Alan Ball, Vince Gilligan
- Favorite Directors: Melina Matsoukas, Jennifer Morrison
- Favorite Movies: Goodfellas, Clueless, Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump
- Favorite TV Shows: American Horror Story, American Crime Story
CS
- Has worked for: Untitled Entertainment, Amazon Studios, Netflix
- Education: B.A. in Screenwriting
- Specialty: Comedy, Thrillers, Historical
- Residence: Los Angeles
- Favorite Screenwriters: Greta Gerwig, Paul Thomas Anderson, Raymond To, Bill Lancaster
- Favorite Directors: Paul Thomas Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, Hayao Miyazaki, Denis Villeneuve
- Favorite Movies: American Psycho, There Will Be Blood, The Thing, Frances Ha, The Apartment
- Favorite TV Shows: Insecure, Chernobyl, Generation Kill, Battlestar Galactica
BB
- Has worked for: Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures
- Education: BA in Writing for the Screen & Stage
- Specialty: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi and Fantasy
- Residence: Los Angeles
- Favorite Screenwriters: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Jordan Peele
- Favorite Directors: Jon Favreau, Jennifer Lee, John Francis Daley
- Favorite Movies: The Muppets, Little Women, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
- Favorite TV Shows: The Muppets, Little Women, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
SHO
- Has worked for: Elevate Entertainment
- Education: Studio 58, Queen’s University
- Specialty: Action, Thriller, Drama, Teleplays
- Residence: Los Angeles
- Favorite Screenwriters: John Logan, James Cameron, Phoebe Waller-Bridge
- Favorite Directors: Denis Villeneuve, Jean-Marc Vallée, Michael Mann, Baz Luhrmann
- Favorite Movies: Heat, Blade Runner 2049, Anchorman, Gladiator, 28 Days Later
- Favorite TV Shows: The Wire, Mad Men, The Fall, Luther, Succession
RR
- Has worked for: Golden Script Competition, TMFF, Feel The Reel
- Education: BA in Law, BS in Psychology
- Specialty: Features, Comedy, Action, Horror
- Residence: Valencia, Spain
- Favorite Screenwriters: Wachowski Sisters, The Nolans, Seth McFarlane
- Favorite Directors: Amy Pohler, David Leitch, Guy Ritchie, Alex Garland
- Favorite Movies: V for Vendetta, LoTR, Inception, A Knight's Tale, Split
- Favorite TV Shows: The Good Place, Russian Dolls, Parks and Rec, Westworld
JS
- Has worked for: Netflix
- Education: MA in Film Studies, MFA in Film Production
- Specialty: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Art Cinema
- Residence: British Columbia
- Favorite Screenwriters: Paul Schrader, Lawrence Kasdan, Orson Welles, Phil Lord & Chris Miller
- Favorite Directors: Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas, Terence Malick, Andrei Tarkovsky
- Favorite Movies: A Space Odyssey, The New World, Soleil O, Star Wars, LotR, Hara-Kiri
- Favorite TV Shows: Twin Peaks, The Sopranos, American Gods, X-Files, The Prisoner