Ian is originally from Niagara Falls, NY and began writing in his spare time after graduating from NYU film school. He’s worked at Walt Disney Feature Animation on MY PEOPLES, SNOW QUEEN (FROZEN) and PETE’S DRAGON and has optioned original material and pitches to VH1, Landscape Entertainment, and Paramount. Since 2014, he was at Blue Sky Studios / Fox / Disney writing on ICE AGE 5 and FERDINAND, and most recently was developing an exciting ensemble action comedy and providing production rewrites for NIMONA.
He lives in New York City with his husband and rescue dog and continues to look for new ways to tell original, entertaining and meaningful stories.
The 14th Annual First Look Project searches for higher-concept material across MULTIPLE categories for film and TV, introducing select writers to reps and producers.
After an introduction by Script Pipeline execs, First Look Project winner Stacy Adelman signed with manager Ryan Goldblum at Ghostwriter. "I always can rely on Script Pipeline to elevate new and exciting voices," Ryan said. "This led to signing Stacy (winner of the pilot competition), and I could not be more excited to work with […]
This one is best-expressed through a timeline ... A totally easy process spanning a breezy … nine years. From Laura: "The Pipeline team has been amazingly helpful since The Mother was a finalist in the Script Pipeline TV competition years ago. It's a story that has stayed close to my heart so I ended up adapting it […]
First Look Project winner (Horror & Thriller) Kelly Walker signed with reps at Kaplan/Perrone in April 2025. The Script Pipeline team helped develop The Stag & the Bull after her FLP win and said of the screenplay "probably the best erotic thriller script we've read ..." From Kelly: "I’m so grateful to the team at […]