Screenwriting Instructors

As working screenwriters with current credits in TV and feature films, Script Anatomy instructors know what it takes to break into the industry.

  • Aaron Vaccaro

    After being chosen as one of the NBC’s Writers on the Verge Aaron has gone on to write for Mike & Molly and Superior Donuts, both on CBS, Team Kaylie on Netflix, Drama Club on Nickelodeon, and most recently he’s been a Producer on Disney’s The Villains of Valley View.

  • Adrian Vina
    Adrian Vina

    Adrian wrote the hit movie Liar, Liar, Vampire, followed by Blurt!, both for Nickelodeon, as well as a TV movie starring Lou Diamond Philips. Switching to TV, he became a 2020 Disney/ABC Fellow.

  • Alex Raiman
    Alex Raiman

    Alex is co-producer on NCIS: Tony & Ziva (Paramount+). He has written for The Magicians (Netflix/Syfy), sold a dramedy to Warner Bros TV and developed an anthology series based on Time’s ‘Person of the Year’.

  • Ali Laventhol
    Ali Laventhol

    Ali is currently a Co-Executive Producer who sold 5 TV shows, been hired to write 3 movies and has written on over a dozen shows including Bel Air (Peacock), A Million Little Things (NBC), My Life With The Walter Boys (Netflix) and Ginny & Georgia (Netflix). 

  • Alyson Feltes
    Aly Feltes

    Aly is developing Peter Bogdanovich’s “The Killing of the Unicorn” (Kennedy Marshall). She was Consulting Producer on The Mosquito Coast (Apple+), an EP on The First Lady (Showtime) and “The Alienist (TNT), and a Co-EP on Ozark (Netflix).

  • Brandy Finmark
    Brandy Finmark

    Brandy has sold two features (Paramount, Blumhouse), three feature pitches (Paramount Players, Hulu and Sony) and two TV shows (Freeform, FX).

  • Chelsea Grate
    Chelsea Grate

    Chelsea is currently a Producer on The Testaments (Hulu), was formerly Co-Producer on the Amazon superhero series GEN V. She has staffed on For the People (ABC), produced a true crime podcast for Marcia Clark, and produced a pilot for New Form.

  • Craig Fernandez
    Craig Fernandez

    Craig has sold 22 features, 2 mini-series, 1 pilot, and 2 kids shows in a 28 year career. He has written in every genre and worked in Development for Michael Mann, and sold projects to Disney, Fox, Universal, Sony, Dreamworks, and Warner Brothers.

  • Daniel Stewart
    Daniel Stewart

    Daniel Stewart is an Emmy-nominated Co-Executive Producer who has written for Sweet Tooth (Netflix), Swamp Thing (WB/DC), and Stephen King’s The Mist (Spike/Paramount). He has sold TV/Feature projects to Netflix, Sony/Columbia, Lionsgate and Screen Gems.

  • Eva Gonzalez Szigriszt
    Eva Gonzalez Szigriszt

    Eva worked with Eric Robles on a spin off of Stranger Things for the Duffer Brothers (Netflix, 2025). She also wrote on Roland Emmerich’s Those About To Die, created and wrote the animated horror Woman In The Book (Crypt TV) and sold her TV series Lost Angels to Bedrock Entertainment/ iTV.

  • Hannah Rosner
    Hannah Rosner

    Hannah wrote for the espionage thriller series The Copenhagen Test (Peacock). She also wrote for 3 seasons on the supernatural drama Legacies (CW). She is a 2019 Warner Bros fellow, a former VP of Zak Penn’s company, and the co-host of the Untitled Female-Driven Podcast.

  • Howie Kremer
    Howie Kremer

    Howie is writing 2 features on assignment and developing a TV series with Mike Tollin Productions. For the past five years he worked with Judd Apatow, writing and producing his TV & feature projects.

  • Ian Sobel
    Ian Sobel

    Ian was a writer and Co-Executive Producer on SNOWPIERCER (AMC), and previously, Marvel’s HELSTROM (Hulu), SIREN (Freeform), 911 (Fox), 12 MONKEYS (SyFy) and FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (Netflix).

  • J Holtham
    J. Holtham

    J. was a Co-EP on the final two seasons of The Handmaid’s Tale. Other credits include Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger and Jessica Jones. He writes comic books for IDW, Marvel and Oni Press and has developed projects with Hulu, White Oak Productions and Future Shack.

  • Jackie Penn
    Jackie Decembly Penn

    Jackie is a drama writer who has written on Turner & Hooch (Disney +) and 4400 (CW) where she was the story editor.

  • Jeremy Svenson
    Jeremy Svenson

    Jeremy has sold back-to-back pitches to ABC, written for Good Sam (CBS), BH90210 (FOX), Rizzoli & Isles (TNT), and the Game of Thrones interactive story (Telltale Games).

  • Joe Saunders
    Joe Saunders

    Joe Saunders wrote on Solar Opposites (Hulu) for six seasons, becoming co-executive producer. He also wrote for Comedy Bang! Bang! (IFC), and Apple & Onion (Cartoon Network), as well as several specials and awards shows.

  • Kathryn Lyn
    Kathryn Lyn

    Kathryn is a two-time Hugo Award nominee, currently working as a Co-Executive Producer on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+). She has sold multiple horror, sci-fi, and comedy pilots to CBS Studios, Paramount, A+E Studios, and Freeform.

  • Kevin Townsley

    Kevin currently writes for the reboot of Norman Lear’s Good Times (Netflix). He’s been staffed on both comedies and dramas, has written four comic books for Zenescope Entertainment and is adapting one into a feature. 

  • Lauren Otero
    Lauren Otero

    Lauren writes both drama and comedy. Her credits include Undone (Amazon), Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K (Hulu), Umbrella Academy (Netflix), Interior Chinatown (Hulu), and Wednesday (Netflix).

  • Lindsay Gelfand
    Lindsay Gelfand

    Lindsay has staffed on comedies and dramas at ABC (Manhattan Love Story) and Netflix (Umbrella Academy, One Piece, Prince of Peoria). She wrote a freelance episode of CW’s Supergirl and sold pilots to MTV and Freeform.

  • Moises Zamora
    Moisés Zamora

    Moisés is the creator, executive producer, and co-showrunner of global-hit Selena: The Series on Netflix (Best Dramatic Series, Imagen Awards). He has sold four TV shows and written for American Crime, Star, and Star Wars: The Bad Batch.

  • Natalie Light
    Natalie Light

    Natalie has sold multiple TV shows, including one-hour dramas “The Week” and “PTA”, to Warner Bros and Warner Horizon. She has completed numerous feature writing assignments as well as projects with Berlanti Productions, Appian Way and Three Things Productions.

  • Omaira Galarza
    Omaira Galarza

    Omaira has written for Station 19 (ABC) and two STARZ mini rooms for Family Crimes (David Ayer). She is the current co-chair of the NHMC Series Scriptwriters Program.

  • Pang-Ni Landrum
    Pang-Ni Landrum Vogt

    Pang-Ni recently wrote on the comedy Team Kaylie (Netflix), and has sold pilots to Sony, E! and ABC. She is an alum of the Warner Bros Writing Workshop.

  • Peter Dirksen
    Peter dirksen

    Peter Dirksen has staffed on 10 shows. He was Supervising Producer on Schooled (ABC), Co-EP on Goldbergs (ABC), and is currently Co-EP on The Varnell Hill Show (BET). He and his writing partner have sold comedy pilots to NBC, Disney, and Nickelodeon Animation.

  • Phillip van
    Phillip Van

    Phil has been on The Black List and sold scripts to Endeavor Content, Ramona Films, and written for a Netflix series by Brad Falchuck. 

  • Ross Lazar
    Ross Lazar

    Ross has been on The Black List and sold scripts to Amazon Studios and Fifth Season. He currently has a deal with Sony Screen Gems and has been hired to write an independent thriller.

  • Rowan Wheeler
    Rowan Wheeler

    Rowan is an Emmy award-winning producer and screenwriter. She has staffed on five TV shows and sold pilots to ABC Studios, Showtime, and Peacock. Rowan was also Executive Producer at Funny or Die where she showran the short-form series Under A Rock with Tig Notaro.

  • Sam Zvibleman

    Sam Zvibleman served as co-creator and executive producer on the critically-acclaimed Hulu series Pen15, and wrote and directed the majority of episodes. Sam has sold and optioned several features, has been on The Black List, and has multiple scripts in active development which he is attached to direct.

  • Sasha Feiler
    Sasha Feiler

    Sasha has written for Robot Chicken (Adult Swim), and was a fellow at the Colony A3 Incubator, who are attached to produce her pilot, Queen Bitch.

  • Scott Barkan
    Scott Barkan

    Scott Barkan’s feature credits include Edge of Fear (Netflix), I’m Just F*cking With You (Blumhouse/Hulu), and a supernatural western, with Danny McBride attached to direct.

  • Stacey Miller
    Stacey Miller

    Stacey has written and developed multiple projects for James Franco, and her features have premiered at the Sundance, Venice and Austin Film Festivals. 

  • Tawnya Benavides Bhattacharya
    Tawnya Benavides Bhattacharya

    Tawnya is the founder of Script Anatomy, and currently a Co-Executive Producer on My Life With The Walter Boys (Netflix) with her writing partner Ali Laventhol.

  • Thane Economou
    Thane Economou

    Thane is a feature writer who recently sold a musical romantic comedy to Lionsgate and previously wrote and directed the one-shot feature film The Wedding Party.

  • Tim Saccardo
    Tim Saccardo

    Tim is currently an Executive Producer on Universal Basic Guys (Fox). Other TV comedy credits include Dan Harmon’s Community (NBC), Seth MacFarlane’s American Dad (TBS), and HBO’s Vice Principals starring Danny McBride.

  • Tom Shepherd
    Tom Shepherd

    Tom wrote the movie Dolittle, starring Robert Downey Jr, and has sold multiple projects to major studios. His written assignments include rewrites for Capone, starring Tom Hardy, and Matt Helm with Bradley Cooper.

  • Zach Ayers
    Zach Ayers

    Zach recently sold the CIA drama THE RECRUIT (CBS) and is the showrunner/creator of the upcoming suspense thriller THE MINE (Audible). In addition to multiple TV staffing jobs, Zach has sold two drama pilots (Sony) and two comedy pilots (UTV, CBS TV). He’s been the instructor for WBD’s Access Writing Program since 2021.