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Ken Rotcop: The author of  the book series "The Perfect Pitch:  How To Sell Your Self And Your Movie Idea To Hollywood." Ken has been the winner of the Writers Guild Award, The Neil Simon Award, and the Image Award as well as others.  He has written for every form of TV and has "doctored" many scripts through the years, including last year's feature, "Baby On Board." Former Creative Head of Hanna Barbera, Avco Embassy, Cannon Films, and TransWorld Productions. His writers’ workshops, now in their 25th year, have produced such winners as HBO's "Boardwalk Empire."

Pamela Jaye Smith: Has written the following books: “Symbols Images Codes: The Secret Language of Meaning in Film, TV, Games & Visual Media, “The Power of the Dark Side: Creating Great Villains & Dangerous Situations” and “Inner Drives:  How to Write and Create Characters Using The Eight Classic Centers of Motivation.” Pamela Jaye Smith is a consultant, speaker, producer, writer and director with over twenty years in the film industry on features, TV, commercials, documentaries and corporate films. Some of Ms. Smith's international story and production clients and credits are Microsoft, Paramount Pictures, Columbia-Sony, director Wes Craven, Universal Pictures, "A Very Brady Sequel," "Austin Powers," General Motors, Hyundai, Hughes Space & Communications, Bank of America, Cosmo Japan, the FBI, and the U.S. Army

Brad Schreiber: is a literary consultant, writer and producer. He was VP of Storytech Literary Consulting, founded by story structure expert Christopher Vogler, for 11 years. In television, he created the series North Mission Road, which ran for six  seasons on Court TV, based on his nonfiction book Death in Paradise (Running Press/Perseus). He has worked as a writer, producer and development executive for L.A. PBS affiliate KCET-TV as well as director of development for TV/film director Jonathan Kaplan.

Stephen Jay Schwartz: As a Los Angeles Times Bestselling Author, he spent a number of years as the Director of Development for Wolfgang Petersen where he worked with writers, producers and studio executives to develop screenplays for production. Among the film projects he helped developed are Air Force One, Outbreak and Bicentennial Man. His two novels, “Boulevard” and “Beat,” follow the dysfunctional journey of LAPD Robbery-Homicide detective Hayden Glass as he
fights crime and corruption while struggling with his own sex-addiction. Stephen has also written for the Discovery Channel and is currently writing his third novel, as well as a 3D zombie film on assignment.

panelists subject to change.