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December 6-9, 2024

Join us for an unprecedented gathering of cinema's most compelling voices in an intimate virtual setting. Over four days, engage with visionary filmmakers and screenwriters who have shaped contemporary cinema through their groundbreaking work. 

Conversations include: 

  • Denis Villeneuve & Jon Spaihts on world-building and adapting complex narratives
  • Jeff Nichols & Jodie Comer on the actor-director relationship
  • A live conversation with Jason Reitman about comedy storytelling

Take a look at our full lineup below, including writers and filmmakers behind Fargo, Palm Royale, Only Murders in the Building, The Piano Lesson, Nickel Boys, Blitz and more. 

Plus, for the first time ever, we’re offering a Premium tier ticket with direct access to agents and managers from top entertainment companies including Verve, Buchwald, Lit Entertainment and more. 

It’s time to get inspired!

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Networking Opportunities

In addition to interviews with Summit speakers, get access to face-to-face virtual sessions with agents and managers from Lit Entertainment Group, Verve, and Buchwald.

In these small group networking sessions with top literary representatives, you’ll be able to ask questions directly related to your journey as a screenwriter. 
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Legendary Lineups

Our goal with each summit is to welcome the writers and filmmakers you love most. Be sure to check back as we expand our 2024 lineup!

2024 Winter Summit Speakers

Jason Reitman

Writer, Director, & Executive Producer
Satruday Night, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Up In The Air, Juno, & Thank You for Smoking

Denis Villeneuve

Academy Award-Nominated Filmmaker
DUNE I & II, BLADE RUNNER 2049, ARRIVAL, SICARIO, PRISONERS, ENEMY, & INCENDIES

Jon Spaihts

Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter
Dune I & II, Prometheus, Passengers, & Doctor Strange

Jodie Comer

Actress & Executive Producer
The Bikeriders, 28 Years Later, Killing Eve, & Free Guy

Jeff Nichols

Writer & Director
The Bikeriders, Loving, Mud, Take Shelter, & Midnight Special

Steve McQueen

Director, Writer, & Producer
Blitz, 12 Years A Slave, Hunger, Shame, & Widows

Allison Tolman

Actress
ST. DENIS MEDICAL, Gaslit, Shining Vale, Fargo, The House, & The Gift

Eric Ledgin

Emmy Award-Winning Writer/Producer, Showrunner, and Co-Creator
St. Denis Medical, Superstore, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, & American Auto

Christy Hall

Writer, Director, & Producer
DADDIO, IT ENDS WITH US, I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS, & YOURS, ISABEL

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Actress
NICKEL BOYS, The Deliverance, Supremes-at-Earl's All You Can Eat, & Exhibiting Forgiveness

RaMell Ross

Co-Writer/Director
NICKEL BOYS, & HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING

David E. Kelley

Award-Winning Writer/Producer
PRESUMED INNOCENT, BOSTON LEGAL, THE PRACTICE, ALLY MCBEAL, & BOSTON PUBLIC

Dana Ledoux Miller

Writer & Producer
Moana 2, Narcos, Kevin Can F**k Himself

Jared Bush

Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, Writer, Director, & Producer
Moana 2, Zootopia, Encanto, Raya and the Last Dragon

Abe Sylvia

Creator, Showrunner, & Executive Producer
PALM ROYALE, GEORGE & TAMMY, THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE, FITHY RICH, & DEAD TO ME 

Noah Hawley

Showrunner, Director, Novelist, Screenwriter, & Series Creator
Fargo, Alien: Earth, A Conspiracy of Tall Men, & Other People’s Weddings

David E. Talbert

Playwright, Filmmaker, & Author
Jingle Jangle, Almost Christmas, First Sunday, & Baggage Claim

Steven de Souza

Screenwriter
Die Hard, 48 HRS., Commando, The Running Man, The Flintstones, Ricochet, & Die Hard 2

John Hoffman

Five-time Emmy nominee, Co-Creator, and Showrunner
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING, GRACE & FRANKIE, & LOOKING

Marco Ramirez

Playwright, Screenwriter, & Producer
La Máquina, Orange is the New Black, Sons of Anarchy, & Daredevil

Justin Kuritzkes

Playwright, Novelist, and Screenwriter
CHALLENGERS, QUEER, & FAMOUS PEOPLE

Kate Gersten

Screenwriter & Producer
THE LAST SHOWGIRL, Up Here, & The Good Place

Virgil Williams

Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter & Producer
The Piano Lesson, Mudbound, & Criminal Minds
Speaker lineup subject to change

Past Summit Speakers

Chuck Lorre

Writer & Producer
Bookie, Bob Hearts Abishola, Young Sheldon

Richard Linklater

Writer & Director
HIT MAN, BOYHOOD, BEFORE SUNRISE, DAZED AND CONFUSED

Quinta Brunson

Writer & Actress
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY, A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW

COURTNEY A. KEMP

Emmy-nominated Creator, Showrunner, Writer, Producer
THE POWER UNIVERSE: POWER, GHOST, RAISING KANAN, & FORCE. ELI STONE, THE BERNIE MAC SHOW

ROBERT & MICHELLE KING

Emmy-nominated Creators, Showrunners, and Exec. Producers
EVIL, THE GOOD FIGHT, YOUR HONOR, THE GOOD WIFE

BRENDAN HUNT

Emmy Winning Writer, Producer, Actor
TED LASSO

Sofia Coppola

Writer, Director, Producer
ON THE ROCKS, LOST IN TRANSLATION, THE BEGUILED, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES

Tanya Saracho

Creator, Showrunner, Exec. Producer
VIDA, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, LOOKING

Spike Jonze

Writer, Director, Producer
HER, ADAPTATION, WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

Michael Schur

Writer, Producer, Co-Creator
PARKS AND REC, THE GOOD PLACE, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, THE OFFICE, HACKS

JEYMES SAMUEL

Writer, Director, Producer, Composer
THE HARDER THEY FALL

Steven Canals

Writer, Director, Producer
POSE

WENDY CALHOUN

Writer, Director, Producer
THE ROOKIE: FEDS, JUSTIFIED, EMPIRE, NASHVILLE, STATION 19

LIZ TIGELAAR

Writer, Producer
Little fires everywhere, the morning show, casual, bates motel

j.j. abrams

Writer, Director, Producer
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, LOST, STAR TREK, LOVECRAFT COUNTRY

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