
Dana is an Australian-born, LA-based writer who crafts wickedly offbeat dark comedies with emotional depth and fantastically flawed, potty-mouthed protagonists. Her hour-long pilot, THE BAD, BAD GUY, was a semi-finalist at the 2024 Austin Film Festival (top 2% of 10,500+ entries), while her half-hour pilot, TRIPPIN', earned Black List scores of 8 and 9, landing her on their "Top Lists". Named one of Coverfly's twelve Writers to Watch, Dana has advanced as a Second Rounder for the Sundance Episodic Lab, was shortlisted for the Black List x Women In Film Episodic Lab, and placed in Screencraft Comedy, Stage 32 Comedy, and Coverfly Pitch competitions. Her web series, THE CHRONICLES OF A MANCHILD, received a Best New Comedy nomination at the Hollyweb Festival.
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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.
Well. What’s old is new again … It’s been over 15 years since Evan Daugherty (2008 Screenwriting winner) sold Snow White and the Huntsman to Universal—in what is still one of the biggest spec sales ($3.5m) from an unproduced writer in Hollywood history. So why not another fantasy script in 2026? Paramount Primal picked up […]
Scott Wagner, winner of the First Look Project (Drama) with his screenplay Intern of the Year signed with manager Aubrey Morgan at Adventure Media in 2026. Pipeline execs called Intern of the Year, loosely based on Scott's own experiences working in a hospital, as "one of the "most riveting dramas we've ever reviewed." The Pipeline […]
Screenwriting Competition winner Untitled Home Invasion Romance (formerly Getaway) was produced in the summer of 2024 released in 2026 and is now on streaming. Jason Biggs (American Pie, Orange is the New Black) makes his directorial debut with the crime/comedy. Stars Anna Conkle (Pen15), Arturo Castro (Broad City), Meaghan Rath (Hawaii Five-o), and Justin H. […]
