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Saturday, October 23 • 9:00am - 10:15am
Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television*

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Get in-depth answers to your questions about the art, craft, and business of writing for film and television. This roundtable session offers registrants exclusive access to screenwriters, directors, producers, executives, and studio reps in an informal setting. Come prepared with questions that focus on the importance of both the creative and business sides of breaking into and writing for film.

*This Roundtable requires advance registration at the Roundtable Sign-up Table in the Driskill Mezzanine; the Roundtable takes place at St. David’s Episcopal Church’s Crail Hall, located at 301 E 8th Street. Only one roundtable sign-up slot per registrant. Registrants must have the day-appropriate badge.


ROUNDTABLE SIGN UP HOURS:
Registrants must sign up for Roundtable Sessions in the Mezzanine of the Driskill Hotel!
Wednesday, October 20 | 12:00PM–5:00PM
Thursday, October 21 | 8:30AM–5:00PM
Friday, October 22 | 8:30AM–5:00PM
Saturday, October 23 | 8:30AM–3:00PM

Must have an AFF Producers, Conference, Weekend, or Lone Star Badge for entry.


Speakers
avatar for Jason Lubin

Jason Lubin

Lit Manager/Producer, First Story Entertainment
Jason Lubin is a manager-producer and the principal at First Story Entertainment, which he founded in 2018. The lit management company represents a diverse roster of talented writers and directors with fresh voices in all genres for Film and TV. Jason also develops both feature film... Read More →
avatar for Lowell Blank

Lowell Blank

producer Holes, Addict Named Hal
LOWELL BLANK is a producer and executive with over twenty-five years’ experience on both Hollywood studio and independent productions. Blank was a Producer on the Walt Disney Pictures hit HOLES, directed by Andrew Davis, and starring Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, and Patricia Arquette... Read More →
avatar for Kevin Hamedani

Kevin Hamedani

writer Darius the Great Is Not Okay, Infidel; writer/producer/showrunner Tether, writer/showrunner Stephen King's N.; writer/director Saviors, Zombies of Mas
Hamedani (along with his co-writer, Travis Betz) became known when their script The Saviors was selected to the 2018 Black List. The screenplay is being produced by Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films and Amasia Films with Hamedani directing. Hamedani just finished adapting Adib Khorram’s... Read More →
avatar for Michael Fry

Michael Fry

writer/co-creator Over The Hedge; writer/illustrator How To Be A Supervillain, Ghosted; co-writer/illustrator The Naughty List, Odd Squad
Michael Fry is an author/illustrator/screenwriter. He is the co-creator/writer of the syndicated comic strip Over the Hedge that inspired the 2006 DreamWorks Animation feature animated film (the most successful film ever made from a comic strip). He is also the creator of three additional... Read More →
avatar for Cam Cannon

Cam Cannon

writer/producer Zero Contact; writer/executive producer USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage; executive producer Give 'Em Hell Malone, Tokarev a/k/a Rage; development executive The Big Bang, Casino Jack
A native of Atlanta, Cam Cannon attended University of Georgia, where he majored in Drama and worked on several student films in various capacities. After college, he and his wife co-produced a micro-budget feature and decided to move to Los Angeles in 1999. He began his career in... Read More →


Saturday October 23, 2021 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church, Crail Hall 301 E. 8th Street Street, Austin, TX 78701