Writers’ Retreats

Corey was the driving force behind FreshMaker Media, a literary management and production company, before joining Evoke Entertainment (formerly The Cartel) as Manager/Producer in the fall of 2016. He represents TV writers, screenwriters and filmmakers in all media. 

Eszter is a Hungarian screenwriter, story editor, and writing tutor working with Hungarian and international talents alike.

Ciara works for World 2000 Entertainment, the company responsible for The Tudors (Showtime) and Vikings (MGM).

Jennifer Au is a literary manager and producer.

Blake Avery is currently a Manager in the Original Film group at Netflix.

Conor is an Irish producer working in Dublin-based Savage Productions.  

Claire Best is the Founder & CEO of Claire Best & Associates, International Talent Agency.

Emily is the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, an entertainment platform built to increase diversity and inclusion.

Alex’s production company Pistachio Pictures launched in London in 1999. 

Effie T. Brown is a prominent advocate for diversity and inclusion in the film industry, currently serving as the CEO and majority owner of Gamechanger Films.

Liz Cardenas is a 2022 Independent Spirit Award winner for Duplass Brothers Productions’ 7 DAYS (Tribeca ‘21 | Cinedigm)

Shari, an award winning writer/director, made her episodic television directing debut for Queen Sugar.

Scott is a screenwriter with a background in pre-sales film financing and international distribution.

Melody is writing the feature adaptation of the best-seller fantasy novel Beasts of Prey for Netflix.

In twenty words or less, Stacey is a mother, a wife, an advocate, a little blue dot in a big red state and a filmmaker. In various producer roles, her films include Bird in Hand (Tribeca 2025); McVeigh (Tribeca); Jockey (Sundance); Sword of Trust (SXSW), Little Sister (SXSW, named by “The New Yorker” as the best film of 2016); and 1985 (SXSW). She’s currently producing the documentary feature, SHOW ME THE LINE, which has garnered support from the following organizations: New Orleans Film Society Southern Producer’s Lab (Producing Fellow), Filmshop Docshop South, BendFilm: Base Camp (Fellow) and rePROFilm & Peace is Loud's Collective Lens. 

After working in feature film production in Hollywood on movies starring Rob Schneider, David Carradine, Jennifer Morrison, Winona Ryder, Wes Bentley, Steve Buscemi, to name but only a few, Caroline chose to come back to Europe and relocate to London in 2008 as Director of Development & Marketing at Seven Arts Pictures.

Ali has most recently been leading the Wild Atlantic Pictures (Fastnet Films) development slate across film & TV which includes the upcoming feature from Kate Dolan, Silent Caller.

Jonathan is a creative producer & co-founder of Ten Acre Films. 

A graduate of Stanford University’s MA program in documentary film, Bob has been a working screenwriter for 21 years.

Kristin Fairweather is an award-winning, independent filmmaker whose experience in politics, advocacy, and women’s empowerment creates a unique lens for her critically-acclaimed work.

Aaron Farrell is Head of Drama for Irish production company Shinawil.

Sola first began working in the film industry in development with Academy Award-winning producer Michael Phillips (Taxi Driver, The Sting) at Lighthouse Productions and soon after launched her own production company, Fasehun Films (Street Food, The Agitator).

Patrick Fischer is a successful film producer, entrepreneur, and content financier with over 15 years of experience in the industry.

Jessie Fisk has been producing since 2015. Her first feature as lead producer, Song of Granite by Pat Collins, which premiered at SXSW, Karlovy Vary, and BFI London and became Ireland’s 2018 Oscar entry for Best Foreign Language Film.

Ellie Foumbi is a Cameroonian-American filmmaker whose debut film, Our Father, the Devil (2021), premiered at the Venice Film Festival.

Sean Gascoine has been a talent and literary agent for over 25 years.

Darrien Michele Gipson is the Executive Director of SAGindie.

Born in Tehran, Tina is a BAFTA-nominated, award-winning TV and film showrunner and director.

Karol Griffiths is a development consultant, script editor, and writing mentor—in the past two years, she’s also been producing.