Stowe Story Labs Mentors

We are honored to work with a stellar pool of mentors. The list of mentors is constantly expanding and shifting so please check this page often. Further, because our mentors are top-tier working professionals in the industry, schedules and obligations can shift quickly. Given that, those slated for a particular program may change with little or no notice. (We take this risk because we believe it valuable to participants to work with mentors who are tremendously busy with film and TV work given they are deeply active in the industry today.

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Mark Protosevich

Mark Protosevich is an American screenwriter whose credits include THE CELL, Wolfgang Petersen’s POSEIDON, I AM LEGEND, THOR, and Spike Lee’s OLDBOY.

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Rachel Raimist

Rachel is a college-professor-turned-television-director tapped by Ava DuVernay to direct Queen Sugar for the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).

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James Rogan

James is an award-winning producer and director. He has produced and directed three international documentaries for BBC Storyville

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Jason Rosenfield

Jason Rosenfield’s resume as film editor, director, producer, and writer includes three Emmy Awards, an Oscar nomination, a Peabody, DGA, and R.F. Kennedy Awards, and collaborations with directors ranging from Hollywood legend Robert Altman to three-time, Oscar-winning documentarian Mark Jonathan Harris.

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Christian Routh

Christian is a story analyst and film consultant based in Catalonia, Spain. From there he works for various filmmakers, state institutions, and training programs.

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Michele Turnure-Salleo

As Principal/Producer at Feracious Entertainment, Michele develops, finances and produces independent films.

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Sanjay Shah

Sanjay Shah is under an overall at CBS Studios and is the showrunner/executive producer of Everybody Still Hates Chris which he co-created with Chris Rock for Comedy Central/Paramount+. Prior to that, he was the co-showrunner/executive producer of Apple’s animated musical Central Park.

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Rachel Shane

As Head of Film and Television for Madison Wells, Rachel Shane oversees the company’s feature film and television development and production.

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Derek Simonds

Derek is a writer, filmmaker, and most recently the creator/show-runner of USA Network’s hit series, The Sinner.

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Judit Stalter

Judit is one of the most active producers in Hungary, a country that has a very vivid film industry.

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Ciara Wardlow

Ciara Wardlow supports the media team at BOOM! Studios, developing film and television adaptations of the comic book publisher’s extensive IP library.

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Claire Willats

Creative Producer, Seasoned Creative Executive London

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David Rocchio

David is an attorney, writer, and Emmy-nominated filmmaker.

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