Success Stories

What does Roadmap count as a writer signing?

Our signing numbers reflect only those writers who we directly helped get signed to representation via either a personal Roadmap introduction or through one of our many programs. We don’t pad the numbers by doubling up on writing duos; if a writing team gets signed, we only count that as one signing. We also love shouting out (but do not credit ourselves with) subsequent successes & signings outside of Roadmap for writers that either went through our programs and/or we helped get signed to part of their team. On these, you will not find a signing #; instead, there will be a badge reading "Congrats!"

Wow, Roadmap's pretty strict about how your signing numbers are counted!

It's true. We value transparency and integrity. We know how much work goes into helping a writer land representation. We don’t want to misrepresent the success a writer achieved with the direct help of someone else and likewise would hate for our efforts to be misrepresented by another entity as their own. It’s just the right thing to do.

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Signing #360
Signed
Nick Coffman

Signed with Rothman Andres. They met through our Top Tier program. 

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Nick Coffman
Hired
Saurin D Lakhia

Saurin D Lakhia hired to write a feature for producer Justine Raczkiewicz (HORNS, MANIAC). They met through our consultation program. 
 

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Lakhia
Signing #359
Signed
Katharine McPhee

Signed with 3 Arts Entertainment. Australian-based writer,  Katharine McPhee, met her now manager through our consultation program.

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Katharine McPhee

 

Hired
Brandon Constantine

Brandon Constantine (one of our writers signed) hired to write a feature for Shaun and Yvette Redick’s company Impossible Dream Entertainment (Get Out, Day Shift).

Signing #358
Signed
Ashleigh Nichols

Signed with Fourth Wall. Ashleigh developed her pilot that got her signed through a Roadmap incubator. 

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Ashleigh Nichols
Signing #357
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Jennifer Kim

Signed with 4 agents at IAG/APA. Jennifer met her agents through a Roadmap introduction. She was a finalist in our Shorts Competition and we also helped her sign to a manager previously. We're excited to help her land agency and management representation. 

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Jennifer Kim
Signing #356
Signed
Alyson Richards

Signed with The Cartel. Alyson did a Month Mentorship with Roadmap's CEO who helped her get several rep offers, including The Cartel. 

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Alyson Richards
Signing #355
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Jenny Wise and Sam Woods

Signed with Gersh. Jenny and Sam met their now agent through our Top Tier program.

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Jenny Wise & Sam Woods
Signing #354
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Nick Richey

Signed with Heroes and Villains. This was through an introduction Roadmap made. 

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Nick Richey
Signing #353
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Nick Richey

Signed with Verve. Nick met his now agent through one of our programs.

Signing #352
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Samantha Moody

Signed with Grandview. Samantha (located in the UK) met her now manager through the Career Writer's Top Tier program.

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Samantha Moody
Signing #351
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Zacharia Smith

Signed with Grandview through our Top Tier program. Zacharia met his now manager through one of our rep meet and greets in our Career Writer Program. 

Signing #350
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Courtney Amis

Signed with Industry Entertainment. Courtney met her now manager through our Hollywood General Meeting Program.

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Courtney Amis

 

Signing #349
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Laura Kirk

Signed with Lit Entertainment Group. We worked with Laura through our consutlations and Career Writer Program and introduced her to her now manager, Adam Kolbrenner, at Lit Entertainment Group. 

Signing #348
Signed
Mariem Omari

Signed with Lit Entertainment Group. We met UK-based writer Mariem through our SONY-backed diversity initaitive created by Tolu Stedford, Charlotte Knowles and Roadmap. Roadmap marketed her to reps leading her to sign with Lit. 

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Mariem Omari
Staffed
Collin Moore

Hired by podcast company to be an In House writer. Collin met this company through our Top Tier program.

Signing #347
Signed
Erin Grogan

Signed with Navigation Media Group. Erin met her now manager at our spring retreat. 

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Erin Grogan
Staffed
Nick McMurdy and Michi Broman

Roadmap Writers Rachel Music (success story #320) & Kerrod Williams have teamed up with a former showrunner and emergent screenwriter to form the Good Story Guild, and have staffed fellow RW cohorts in two of their upcoming audio dramas. Michi Broman is showrunning Divorce Ranch, a female-forward detective story set in 1949 Reno, Nevada. Nick McMurdy is a Staff Writer on Leylines (s/r Kerrod Williams), a cinematic action-adventure about two brothers uncovering the mystery of their disgraced father's research into teleportation. 


 

Signing #346
Signed
Jessica Kantor

Signed with GLRBND Media. Jessica met her manager through our Top Tier program. 

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Jessica Kantor
Signing #345
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Khadijah Iman

Signed with The Shuman Company through a Roadmap intro. 

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Khadijah Iman
Signing #344
Signed
Eric Giancola

Signed with Bellevue Productions. Eric met his now manager through an introduction from Roadmap. 

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Eric Giancola
Jaime Saginor

Signed with Citizen Skull (for acting). She met this manager through our Top Tier program just as Jamie was signing with another manager (we introduced her to) but the manager was so impressed with her work, that they signed her for acting.

Signing #343
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Mika Frank

Signed with CAA through a Roadmap intro.

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Mika Frank
Signing #342
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Ella Schaefer

Signed with ColorCreative. Ella met her manager through our Top Tier program.

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Ella Schaefer
Signing #341
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Matt Bailey

Signed with 831 Entertainment. Matt met his now manager through our Top Tier program. 

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Matt Bailey
Signing #340
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Collin Gossel

Signed with Industry Entertainment. Collin met his now manager through our Top Tier program.

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Collin Gossel
Signing #339
Signed
Kate Segal

Signed with Navigation Media Group. Kate met her now manager through our UK retreat.

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Kate Segal
Signing #338
Signed
Stacey Maltin

Signed with Navigation Media Group. Stacey met her now manager through our UK retreat.

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Stacey Maltin
Signed
Christina Martin

Signed with Paradigm. We helped her sign with her manager Story Driven and her manager got her signed to Paradigm too.

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Christina Martin
Episode Written/Aired
Lillian Wang
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Lillian

FUBER premiers #1 on Netflix. Lillian Wang was a staff writer on the show (her first staffing job!) after we helped her get signed. 

Signing #337
Signed
Luisa Parnes

Signed with Content House. Luisa met this manager through our Top Tier program!

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Luisa Parnes
Signing #336
Signed
Jekeva Phillips

Signed with Affirmative Entertainment. Jekeva met this manager on our Scotland retreat and he signed her a week later.

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Jekeva Phillips
Signing #335
Signed
Mike McLaughlin and Eric Camiolo

Signed with Luber Roklin from a free script read. 

Produced
Aadip Desai

Aadip wrote the episode entitled How to Train Your Sharkpup for Season 3 of Nickelodeon/Netflix's Sharkdog. They also used clips from his episode for the Season 3 Trailer! This was his second script for this series.

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Sharkdog Season 3
Signing #334
Signed
Carley Whitt

Signed with Bellevue. Carley is an incredible staff writer (and teacher at Roadmap) and we marketed for her, leading her to get signed with Bellevue. 

Sold
Stacey Simmons
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Stacey

Sold her book to Black Dog & Leventhal | Hachette Book Group. Stacey is our 280th writer/author signed and through her agent she sold two books!

Attached
Eric Blume and Zac Kostyrka

American High attached to produce their script. After reading Eric and Zac's script, we sent their script to American High and AH are now attached to produce it.

Signing #333
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Paul Baiguerra
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Paul

Signed with Citizen Skull. Paul is in our Top Tier program and met his now manager through that program.

Signing #332
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Brandon Collins
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Brandon Collins

Signed with Gramercy Park. Roadmap did marketing for Brandon after being referred to us and we helped him get signed.

Signing #331
Signed
Kevin Luperchio
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Kevin

Signed with Echo Lake. Kevin was referred to us by one of our valued writers and we tracked Kevin and marketed him for him, leading him to sign with Echo Lake.

Produced
Jessica Kantor

Jessica hired to write project for Reel One Entertainment that was produced. Jessica was signed through our program to representation that led her to get this assignment. 

Signing #330
Signed
Samantha Ferrand
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Samantha

Signed with Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency. Samantha joined Roadmap's Top Tier Author program and, after 1 month, we helped her sign with a book agent. 

Signing #329
Signed
Foley Ibidapo
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Foley

Signed with Industry Entertainment. Foley submitted his script after we sent a call-to-action email looking for diverse writers. After reading Foley's material, we marketed him to reps leading him to sign with Industry Entertainment. 

Signing #328
Cristina Williams
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Cristina

Signed with Schemers Entertainment. Cristina met her managers through one of our consultation programs. 

Signing #327
Signed
Christopher Cramer
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Christopher Cramer

Signed with AAO Entertainment. Roadmap worked with Christopher to find him a manager and introduced him to his now manager at AAO.

Produced
Lisa Hepner

After meeting an exec through Roadmap, Lisa Hepner had 5 movies produced through Nicely Entertainment. 

Signing #326
Signed
Courtney Kocak
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Courtney

Signed with Trident Media Group. Courtney met her manager through one of our one on one author consultations. 

Signing #325
Signed
Paloma Lamb

Signed with APA. Paloma submitted to one of our free initiatives and we were able to introduce her to her now agent at APA.

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Paloma Lamb
Attached
Larry Collins

Attaches EP Danny Rose (SCORPION, COUGAR TOWN) to his pilot. Larry met Danny through one of our Top Tier programs in our Career Writer Program. 

Signing #324
Signed
Afshin Hatami
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Afshin Hatami

Signed with Grandview. Afshin submitted to one of our free diversity initiatives and introduced him to several managers, leading to multiple rep offers, leading him to sign with Grandview. 

Development Deal
Christine Autrand Mitchell
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Christine Autrand Mitchell

Bohemia Group Originals reps Christine's project! Christine met an exec from Bohemia Group Originals through our program. 

Signing #323
Signed
Joe Carroll
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Joe Carroll

Signed with 42 Management & Production. Roadmap marketed Joe to reps, which lead him to getting signed.

Signing #322
Signed
Harrison Hamm
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Harrison

Signed with Industry Entertainment. Harrison was a previous Roadmap Diversity Initiative Winner and worked his way up the Career Writer Program and got signed through the Top Tier program.

Development Deal
FV Everleigh
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FV

Developing book adaptation with Bohemia Group. FV is in our Top Tier program and was connected to Bohemia trough our Director of Top Tier. 

"I'm thrilled to be working with Justin Ross and Bohemia Originals. He's incredibly intuitive and knows story like no other. When he asked me to adapt Dan's Baums grim and beautiful book "Nine Lives" for a limited series, he didn't know it was one of my favorite books. Chemistry and synchronicity like that make this even more exciting." 

 

Staffed
Parker Lemal-Brown

Staffed on Paramount's GREASE: RISE OF THE PINK LADIES. Parker was our 188th writer signed and we are thrilled for him to get his first staffing job! 

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Parker Lemal-Brown
Signing #321
Signed
Suzanne Griffin

Signed with Schemers Entertainment. Suzanne is in our Top Tier program and met her now manager through that program! 

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Suzanne Griffin
Signing #320
Signed
Rachel Music

Signed with Navigation Media Group. Rachel is in our Top Tier program and met her now manager through the program!

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Rachel Music
Signing #319
Signed
Tarik Woodbine

Signed with Range Media Partners. Tarik did a consult through our program. The exec was so impressed with Tarik that he sent his script to Range, and they signed him.

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Tarik Woodbine
Staffed
Allison Sanchez

Staffed on Amazon series, WE WERE LIARS! Allison was our 183rd writer signed. After she got signed, she sold a pilot and got staffed!

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Allison Sanchez
Allison Sanchez

Signed with CAA. Allison was our 183rd writer signed. We introduced her to her managers at Artists First and we're excited to announce that she added an agent to her team. 

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Allison Sanchez
Catherine Schetina
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Catherine Schetina

Signed with WME. Catherine was our 265th writer signed. We introduced her to her manager at Housefire Management and we're excited for her to add an agent to her team. 

Signing #318
Signed
Lisa Donner

Signed with Schemers Entertainment. Lisa submitted to one of our free initiatives and we did marketing for her, leading her to get signed with Schemers. 

Jennifer Coates

Signed with Verve. Jennifer was our 186th writer signed. She signed with Anonymous Content and then signed with Verve. 

Brenda Lynn Bynum

Brenda was hired as paid in-house writer for a podcast company. An exec at a podcast company reached out to Roadmap to help them fill this position, and after sending them Brenda's resume, they hired her!

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Brenda Lynn Bynum
Daniel McNaught
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Daniel McNaught

Daniel was hired as paid in-house writer for a podcast company. An exec at a podcast company reached out to Roadmap to help them fill this position, and after sending them Daniel's resume, they hired him!

Signing #317
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Amena Kheshtchin-Kamel

Signed with 3 Arts Entertainment. Amena was in our Top Tier program. We introduced her to her new manager!

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Amena Kheshtchin-Kamel
Signing #316
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Ryan Atimoyoo

Signed to 3 Arts Entertainment. Ryan submitted to one of our initiatives, and we introduced him to his manager.

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Ryan Atimoyoo
Signing #315
Signed
Winnie Kemp

Signed by Agile Entertainment. Winnie submitted to one of our initiatives, then we connect her with her manager. 

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Winnie Kemp
Signing #314
Signed
Davis Kop

Signed with Luber Roklin. We met Davis through one of our free initiatives and marketed him to reps, eventually introducing him to Luber Roklin.

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Davis Kop
Catherine Schetina
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Catherine Schetina


Congratulations to Catherine Schetina who was part of the writing team who won the 2023 Writers Guild Awards for Best Comedy Writing  on THE BEAR (FX): Written by Karen Joseph Adcock, Joanna Calo, Rene Gube, Sofya Levitsky-Weitz, Alex O’Keefe, Catherine Schetina, Christopher Storer. We're so proud of you!!!!

Development Deal
Rachel Music

Civilized Entertainment hired Rachel to write a feature. She met the producer through one of our Top Tier programs.

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Rachel Music
Signing #313
Signed
Michael Hubbard

Signed with Industry Entertainment. Michael met his manager through one of our Top Tier programs. Michael also got his script picked up through one of our Top Tier programs!

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Michael Hubbard
Staffed
Lillian Wang
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Fubar - Lillian Wang

Congratulations to our 163rd writer signed, Lillian Wang, who staffed on the Netflix series FUBAR. 

Episode Written/Aired
Erica Land

Erica's movie "Her Affair to Die For" premieres on Lifetime. Roadmap introduced her to Lifetime execs who hired her to write the feature. 

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Erica Land
Produced
Mary Albanese

Bohemia Group Originals and Roadmap Writer Mary Albanese (EP) present their first theatrically released feature, THE LAST DEAL. Mary met Bohemia through one of our programs. 

Signing #312
Signed
Thomas Schrack

Signed with Citizen Skull. Thomas met his manager through our Top Tier program, who signed him soon after reading his script.

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Thomas Schrack
Staffed
Emily Abbott

Congratulations to Emily, our 210th writer signed, who staffed on COBRA KAI Season 6. 

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Cobra Kai Emily
Signing #311
Signed
Christopher Isenegger

Signed with Citizen Skull. Christopher is in Top Tier and met his manager through one of the program's  exclusive roundtables. 

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Chris I
Signing #310
Signed
Jason Goldberg

Signed with REJ Entertainment. We met Jason through one of our initiatives, then pitched him to reps, who then signed him.

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Jason Goldberg
Signing #309
Signed
Marquese Clark

Signed with 3 Arts Entertainment. Marquese met and developed a project with his future manager during one of our story development programs. They were so impressed they signed him!

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Marquese Clark
Signing #308
Signed
Zander Adell

Signed with Sugar23. We met Zander through one of our free initiatives and introduced and marketed him to reps!  He's our first writer to sign with Sugar23! Congrats.

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Zander Adell
Signing #307
Signed
Nick Gambino

Signed with Ensemble Entertainment. Roadmap met Nick at the Austin Film Festival. We read his script and marketed him to reps!

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Nick Gambino
Signing #306
Signed
Sanjeev Sirpal

Signed with Chatrone. Sanjeev was in our Top Tier program. We introduced and marketed him and his work to reps.

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Sanjeev Sirpal

 

Shopping Agreement
Roy Hsu

Signed shopping agreement with producer Michael Dwyer. Roy met Michael directly through one of Roadmap's programs. 

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Roy Hsu
Staffed
Ashlei Hardenburg-Cartagena

 

Staffed on HBOMax's series Girls On The Bus. Ashleigh was our 124th writer signed. We're so excited for her amazing continued success! 

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Ashlei Hardenburg-Cartagena
Signing #305
Signed
Rachel Naples

Signed with Chatrone. Rachel met her manager through one of our programs, developed the relationship, and then signed with them. 

 

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Rachel Naples
Sold
Stacey Simmons

Sold her book to Hay House. Stacey signed with her book agent through our program which led her to sell her book. 

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Dr. Stacey L. Simmons
Signing #304
Signed
Ora Yashar

Signed with Metamorphic Entertainment. We found Ora through one of our initiatives and were excited to market her script to different execs and reps, leading her to get signed with Metamorphic. 

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Ora Yashar
Shopping Agreement
Michael Hubbard

Signed shopping agreement with Ravendesk. Michael met an exec at Ravendesk through our Top Tier program.

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Michael Hubbard
Shopping Agreement
Rona Mark

Signed shopping agreement with Ravendesk. Rona met the exec during one of Top Tier's exclusive marketing sessions. 

Shopping Agreement
Joey Newfield

Signed shopping agreement with Ravendesk. Joey met an exec at Ravendesk through our Top Tier programs.

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Joey Newfield
Signing #303
Signed
Hymnson Chan

Congrats to Hymnson Chan, the first client we’ve gotten signed to 42 Management & Production. We’re thrilled for this multi-talented dynamo who writes, acts, directs, AND is an award-winning stunt performer! He's been working hard on his craft, making connections, and winning competitions!

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Hymnson Chan

 

Signing #302
Signed
Leah Degrazia

Signed with Heroes & Villains Entertainment. We met Leah through our partnership with The PAGE Awards where we market the winners, introducing her to her manager. She has worked at numerous high profile publications and has placed high in the most selective competitions. 

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Leah DeGrazia
David L. Williams

Congratulations to our 223rd writer signed who landed on the 2022 Black List for his script CLEMENTINE.

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David Williams
Staffed
Melody Cooper

Our 101st writer signed update! Melody is a co-producer on Season 2 of Power Book IV: Force in Chicago.

 

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Melody Cooper
Catherine Schetina
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Catherine Schetina

Catherine Schetina, Roadmap Writer #265, whom we helped sign with Jon Hersh from Housefire Management is #1 on The 2022 Black List!

From Catherine: "Truly would never have happened without Roadmap getting me on Jon's radar."

Burn Later Productions is producing and Verve is packaging. This will be Catherine's directorial debut. 

Fellowship
Ahyoka Saas

The Native American Media Alliance(NAMA) selected Ahyoka as 1 of 7 participants for the 4th Annual Native American Animation Lab. This talent development program aims to boost the careers of Native Americans in the field of animation. They were previously selected for our Roadmap Writers September Diversity Initiative! Congratulations! 

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Ahokya Saas
Signed
Rachel McClard

Signed with APA. Rachel signed previously with her manager through a Roadmap introduction and the manager helped set her up at APA.

 

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Rachel McClard
Signing #301
Signed
Gabriel Theis

Signed with Industry Entertainment after meeting Stephen through Top Tier.

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Gabriel Theis
Signing #300
Signed
Ana Defillo

Signed with Avalon Management. We read Ana through one of our contest initiatives and got her 2 meetings almost instantly, which led her to get signed with one of them.

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Ana Defillo
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