Finish Line Industry Professionals & Mentors
Meet Your Mentors
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ZADOC ANGELL
Partner/Literary Manager, Echo Lake Entertainment
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JACK GREENBAUM
Literary Manager/The Arlook Group
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ELANA BARRY
Literary Manager, Circle of Confusion
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JONATHAN BARUCH
Founding Partner, Rain Management
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JOHN BAUMAN
Literary Manager, Bauman Management
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MICHAEL BESMAN
Executive Producer/Head of Development, Arts District Entertainment
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ELLEN WILLIS BRENNER
Creative Executive, Netflix, Animation
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ALEX BROWN
Head of Film, Gloria Sanchez Productions
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WILLIAM BROWN
Literary Agent, CAA
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ANNE CAREY
President of Production, Purple Pebble Pictures
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MATTHEW DENCH
Literary Agent, Dench/Arnold, UK
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E. BRIAN DOBBINS
Co-President/Manager, Artists First
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JIM DONNELLY
SVP, Comedy, NBC Universal
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JORDAN EDELSTEIN
VP Development & Production, TV, Escape Artists
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MASON EWAYS
Literary Manager, LBI Entertainment
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GLORIA FAN
Head of Current Series, Disney Branded Television
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HARRY FINKEL
Partner, Feig/Finkel
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NATALIE HAACK FLORES
SVP, Film & TV, Nuyorican Productions
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KAREN SMITH-FORGE
President, This Radical Act Productions
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DAVID GAMBINO
TV/Film Producer
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KIAN GASS
Head of Film/TV, I’ll Have Another
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EMILE GLADSTONE
CEO, LatchKey Productions
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JON HERSH
Literary Manager, Housefire Management
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HENRY HUANG
Literary Manager, Heroes & Villains
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JANET JEFFRIES
VP, Development, Lawrence Bender Productions
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RICHARD JOHNS
Producer, Argo Films, UK
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JERMAINE JOHNSON
Literary Manager, Zero Gravity Management
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BRAD KAPLAN
Partner/Literary Manager/Producer, LINK Entertainment
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JANE LEE
Producer, Electric Somewhere
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ALEX LITVAK
Screenwriter, "Arcana"
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KAREN LUNDER
Producer, Outdoor Cat Films
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DAVID MADDEN
Head of Global Entertainment, Wattpad Webtoon Studios
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MADISON MARTINEZ
Development Executive, Fuzzy Door Productions
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SARAH MATTE
Director of Development, Esmail Corp.
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KEVIN MCCORMICK
EVP, Production, Warner Bros.
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TOM MORAN
VP, Development & Production, Scott Free
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ABRAM NALIBOTSKY
Co-Partner, Motion Picture Literary, Gersh Agency
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GAYLA NETHERCOTT
Owner/Literary Agent, The Nethercott Agency
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MATT NORDSTEN
Literary Agent, Buchwald
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VALERIE NOVOTNY
Head of Development/Imagine Entertainment
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KATE OH
Creative Executive, MonkeyPaw Productions
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BRONTE PAYNE
VP, Film, Lucky Chap Entertainment
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TANYA PHEGAN
Head of Scripted/Guesswork Television AU
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PETER RICHE
Heads of Content/CCO, IWORK4U Productions/HartBeat
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CHRIS SALVATERRA
EVP, Programming, HBO
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DAVID SAUNDERS
Literary Agent, IAG
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SIDNEY SHERMAN
Literary Manager/Producer, Rosa Entertainment
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OWEN SHIFLETT
EVP, Development & Production, Blue Monday Productions
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BEN CHARLES SILVERMAN
Co=Founder/Head of Literary, Integral Artists, Vancouver
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MITCH SOLOMON
Literary Manager/Producer, Authentic Talent
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SCOTT STEINDORFF
President, Stone Village Pictures
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JOEL STILLERMAN
President, Content Superba
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SIA VASH
TV/Film Writer/Producer
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KORIN WILLIAMS
CEO, Kronicle Media

