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America Young currently works in Film, TV and Video Games as an award-winning Director and Stunt Coordinator. She uses her love and extensive knowledge of action, genre and comedy to tell important stories hidden under the guise of entertainment. Her first feature film, The Concessionaires Must Die! executive produced by Stan Lee, premiered at the Palm Springs Film Festival and received distribution. Her second feature is currently in post-production. She directed an animated Barbie series for Mattel that was featured on VICE and was lauded for being "woke" and a refreshing, inspiring new take on the character. After completing the Warner Bros. Directors' Workshop, she directed an episode of Blindspot (NBC).

Bola Ogun is a first generation Nigerian American filmmaker who made her episodic directing debut on Ava DuVernay's Queen Sugar (OWN). She was previously selected for AFI's Directing Workshop for Women, Ryan Murphy's Half Mentorship Program, Robert Rodriguez's docuseries 'Rebel Without A Crew,' and the WeForShe DirectHer program. Ogun's second short film Are We Good Parents? premiered at SXSW and won Best Short Film/Emerging Filmmaker at AT&T's SHAPE Event. Her work has received acclaim from Black Girl Nerds and Shadow and Act, and she was tapped by Essence Magazine as one of the "22 Black Directors Who Answered Hollywood's Call for Diversity and Inclusion." She honed her filmmaking skills working in production for eight years on projects such as The Dark Knight Rises, Battleship, True Detective, and Friday Night Lights. She then produced the Emmy campaign music video for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Vanity Fair's viral video "Ladyboss" and four Capital Records music videos. After completing the Warner Bros. Directors' Workshop, she directed an episode of Legacies (CW).

Caity Lotz currently stars on the CW series DC's Legends of Tomorrow, after recurring on Arrow and appearing on The Flash and Supergirl. Caity has appeared in the films Small Town Crime, The Machine, The Pact, and Battle of The Year, along with a memorable arc on AMC's Mad Men. She also directed the short film Twin Turbo. Following the Workshop, she directed an episode of DC's Legends of Tomorrow (CW).

Charissa Sanjarernsuithikul is a director and television editor who has worked alongside showrunners such as Greg Berlanti, Kevin Williamson, Shonda Rhimes and Aaron Sorkin. Her editing credits include The Following, The Catch and The Rookie. In 2017, Charissa directed her debut short film Playing It Straight, which was an Official Selection of the 2018 Cinequest Film & VR Festival. Later that year, Charissa directed LA Hustle for the AWD Shoot 'Em Up Female Filmmaker Series that was an Official Selection of the 2019 Women's Film Festival San Diego. She was a Finalist in the 2018-2020 Disney ABC Directing Program and a participant in the 2018 Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. After completing the Warner Bros. Directors' Workshop, Charissa directed an episode of God Friended Me (CBS).

Writer/director Chell Stephen was raised in Toronto on a healthy dose of music videos, The X-Files and teen dance movies - influences which shaped her debut short film Crystal (SXSW 2014). Its follow up, Shauna is a Liar, was based on a true story from Chell's youth and featured camp visuals, a dash of the surreal, and an earnest beating heart at the center - Chell's wheelhouse. Chell was a Sundance Fellow in the 2017 New Voices Episodic Short Form Lab with her series Kidnapping Brihanna. She also directs fashion and music content for brands including L'Oreal, JanSport, Fendi and Givenchy. After completing the 2019 Warner Bros. Directors' Workshop she directed an episode of Riverdale (CW).

Evelyn Yves grew up in Jakarta, Indonesia, surrounded by crazy rich Asians while her family was going broke. She sought comfort in reruns of American shows and convinced her parents that she wanted to be a doctor like Doogie Howser or a lawyer like Ally McBeal. To her Tiger Mom's disappointment, Evelyn's real dream was to write Toby and C's epic walk-and-talks in The West Wing, so at 17, she flew halfway around the world to LA and launched her career. Evelyn interned at the Dino de Laurentiis Co., Franklin Leonard's The Black List, and Scott Meyers' Go Into The Story. Her pilot The Merc was a finalist at Script Pipeline and the Austin Film Festival. Evelyn was also selected as one of five writers to participate in Aaron Sorkin's Masterclass - a childhood dream come true. Following the Workshop, Evelyn was staffed on Katy Keene (CW).

Hannah Rosner grew up in Michigan and attended film school at Columbia College, where she made short films by day and played bass in a punk rock band by night. The best part wasn't traveling the country in a beat-up Ford Aerostar, relentless partying, and living off PBR and PB&J - it was being a part of a team of artists working together to create something special. Hannah's passion for genre stories led to her first job in Hollywood working with esteemed screenwriter Zak Penn, during which time she also directed an indie feature, Park City. One of Hannah's childhood dreams came true when she worked as the Script Coordinator on Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One. She was the writers' assistant on Jupiter's Legacy (Netflix), and upon completion of the Workshop, Hannah was staffed on Legacies (CW).

Jes Macallan, a series regular on DC's Legends of Tomorrow, previously starred for four seasons in the ABC drama series Mistresses. She was also one of the leads in an ensemble cast for the digital film series, Relationship Status, executive produced by Milo Ventimiglia and StyleHaul, which screened at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival. Some of her other onscreen credits include Red Band Society, NCIS: Los Angeles, Grey's Anatomy, Shameless, and Justified. Macallan wrote, directed and produced the short film Self, E, which is currently on the festival circuit. She also co-wrote the film 12 Days with fellow actor and friend jerry O'Connell, which is in final negotiations to be sold, produced, and distributed by the Hallmark Channel. After completing the Warner Bros. Directors' Workshop, she is Slated to direct an episode of Legends Of Tomorrow (CW) in the 2020-2021 season.

Katie Avery was born and raised in Upstate New York, in a town so small that it doesn't have its own post office or library. From a young age, she escaped her town by imagining far-off worlds. The first story Katie ever wrote, at age seven, was Star Wars fan-fiction. She continued to write short stories through college at Colgate University, where she majored in Creative Writing. Even though she wasn't allowed to watch most TV growing up, she knew that's what she wanted to do with her life. So, while catching up on a quarter-life's worth of TV, Katie received her MFA from USC's Writing for Screen & Television program and worked as a writers' PA. Following the Workshop, Katie was staffed on Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Netflix).

Lauren Petzke began her career as a musical theatre performer, but quickly found that her passion for telling stories from behind the camera outweighed being in front of it. She studied technical filmmaking from the trenches as a union Set Lighting Technician and Producer and Director's assistant. She has directed four short films to date and has produced on the TV shows Legacies, The Originals, The Vampire Diaries, and Containment. In addition, she handles writer staffing and assists with development for showrunner Julie Plec. After completing the Warner Bros. Directors' Workshop, Lauren directed an episode of Legacies (CW).

The son of an American CIA agent and an Australian diplomat, Mark Bruner was born in Virginia but spent the next 11 years living in Algeria, Tunisia and Israel. In those countries, TV wasn't in English, so when Mark moved back to the United States he watched American TV for the first time and got hooked. After Mark graduated from the University of Virginia, his love of writing brought him to Los Angeles, where he worked as an assistant on several TV shows. During that time, Mark wrote freelance episodes of Criminal Minds, Under The Dome, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the feature film Suburban Gothic. Mark also produced the feature film Excision, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Following the Workshop, Mark was staffed on DC's Legends of Tomorrow (CW).

Mo Perkins earned an MFA in directing from UCLA, and her thesis film, Piss Hat, was nominated for a Student Academy Award. She is an alumnus of The Ryan Murphy Half Initiative, WeForShe Program, Sony Diverse Directors' Program and Film Independent Labs.

She wrote and directed her first feature, A Quiet Little Marriage, which won the Grand Jury Award at Slamdance and was distributed by IFC. Her second feature, The Last Time You Had Fun, premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and was distributed by Gravitas.

Most recently, Mo directed every episode in season 2 of the romantic musical comedy I Ship It for the CW. After the Warner Bros. Directors' Workshop, she directed an episode of Manifest (NBC).

Molly Schreiber is a comedy writer, actor, and director. Raised in Boston, she studied acting at Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. After college she returned to Boston and performed in plays by Pulitzer Prize winners in beautiful 1000 seat theatres until she tripped and fell into doing comedy at Improv Asylum, a 200 seat club in the basement of a CVS. Shortly thereafter, she jumped ship to LA to do film and tv. As an actor, she has appeared in Westworld, Grey's Anatomy, and Daddy's Home 2. She honed her comedy at The Groundlings and UCB and started writing and producing sketch comedy. She has garnered millions of views creating content for Funny or Die, McSweeney's, Warner Bros. Records, music videos and podcasts, and was selected for Just For Laughs as a New Face: Creator in 2018.

Nathalie Boltt is an award-winning South African filmmaker who has been recognized around the world for her long and short form content, from wicked web-series and smash hit music videos to outrageous short films and art-house features. Melbourne Film Festival's Accelerator Lab and the New Zealand Film Commission have paved the way for her upcoming feature film, Holy Days, which she wrote and will direct. Boltt has also enjoyed success in front of the camera. She is most recognized as Riverdale's top villain, Penelope Blossom, and after completing the Warner Bros. Directors' Workshop, is slated to direct an episode of Riverdale (CW) in the 2020-2021 season.

Ryan Zaragoza is a Los Angeles based writer/director from El Paso, TX. His latest film Bebé is currently available on HBO. Ryan is an alum of the HBO Access Directing Fellowship where he directed Sterling, a pilot presentation that premiered at SXSW. Ryan also completed the Ryan Murphy Half Initiative where he became a mentee of Brad Falchuk. Following the Warner Bros. Directors' Workshop, Ryan directed an episode of All American (CW).

Sabrina Deana-Roga was conceived in Belgium, the chocolate and waffle capital of the world, but her parents thought it best that she be born in New Jersey, the armpit of the United States. When she was older, this seemingly bizarre left turn led her to question how we choose our paths and how even the smallest decision can alter the course of one's life. It produced in her an empathy for the human condition and an enchantment with how each person's story is uniquely different. That, combined with her love for the Twilight Zone, ghosts, and all things unanswered, led Sabrina to attend Loyola Marymount University where she studied screenwriting. Prior to the Workshop, she was the writers' assistant on NBC's Blindspot, where she co-wrote an episode starring Bill Nye the Science Guy. Following the Workshop, Sabrina was staffed on Prodigal Son (FOX).

Wyatt Cain grew up in South Jersey and spent much of his life as the guy who always took a joke too far, one time even landing himself in jail for the night. From that point on, Wyatt vowed to channel his more chaotic impulses into writing and out of every other part of his life. Wyatt attended Ithaca College and the UCLA MFA screenwriting program. He's worked as an assistant on projects like Birdman, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Sleepy Hollow, and Iron Fist. Between these gigs, Wyatt supported himself with a number of odd jobs: delivering pizzas, delivering groceries, delivering people (Lyft, not human trafficking), making cappuccinos, trading Bitcoin, teaching undergrads at UCLA, and curating the homepage for the website "Medium." Following the Workshop, Wyatt was staffed on Prodigal Son (FOX).