Writers Program

Amedeo D’Adamo

Amedeo D’Adamo currently teaches the 12-credit film directing and writing workshop at Universita Cattolica in Milan and Brescia. He was the original architect and then Scientific Director of the Apulia Film Commission’s E.U.-funded Feature Development Program Puglia Experience (2008 – 2011) and was the founding Dean and then President of the Los Angeles Film School,… Read more »

Khadijah Iman

Khadijah Iman was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts with an undeniable love for television, film, and music. Good luck getting her away from a classic horror flick like Child’s Play or Scream. In 2015, she graduated from Full Sail University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing for Entertainment and moved to… Read more »

Kelly D’Angelo

A writer for Hasbro, a Sundance/IAIA fellow and a LA Skins Fest HBO/CBS/NBC’s Native Writer’s Workshop participant, this First-Nations comedy writer has a knack for the whimsical. We offer the proper recommendations for you if you want to play casino online in Canada. Our experts go through a rigorous process of evaluating the best casino sites… Read more »

Joey Clift

Joey Clift is writer, performer and registered member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe who has written on Wabbit and Lego Ninjago: Decoded for Cartoon Network and OMG, Swamp Talk With Shrek and Donkey and What They Got Right for DreamWorks. A web series episode he co wrote for the Fine Brothers was nominated for a… Read more »

Carlee Malemute

Born and raised in an Alaskan village of 500, Carlee Malemute, a graduate from USC’s Screenwriting MFA Program and a participant in the 2016 Native American TV Writers Lab, co- wrote three movies for Lifetime and is currently staffed with her writing partner on Hallmark’s Good Witch. She enjoys writing stories about complicated families.

Eva Thomas

Eva Thomas (Tohono O’odham /Ojibway/Cherokee) is an actor, filmmaker and writer.  Eva graduated from Arizona State University with degrees in Communication and Broadcasting.  After university, she attended the Webber Douglas Dramatic Arts Academy in England and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.  Eva earned a Masters of Arts degree from UCLA in… Read more »

Isaac Cruz

Isaac was born in New York City but currently lives in Los Angeles. His writing credits include the cabaret “Sexy 101”, the musical “Shadows” and the short-film “Lov/Sik”. He has performed on off-Broadway stage, television and film. One of the short-film projects he co-starred in, “The Last Bullet” was chosen for official selection at the International Film… Read more »

Montana Cypress

Cypress is a Los Angeles based writer for the screen and stage. He also acts in short films he produces, “Thunderdance” a short which he co-produced and starred in took Second Place for Overall Standard Film in the Nationwide AT&T Create-a-thon contest where contestants were invited to film on the Warner Brothers Lot. -Concentrated with… Read more »

Richard Montes

Writer/Director Richard Montes (Chichimeca/Blackfeet) credits include the award winning comedy “Aguruphobia” released theatrically and currently available on VOD platforms.  His feature documentary “Pass The Mic” screened for American Film Institute’s Music Doc Series, distributed by Image Entertainment, and included in Stanford and Harvard University’s Global Hip Hop Archive. Richard co-created the horror-sci-fi thriller “Lost Angeles… Read more »

3rd Native American TV Writers Lab

Congratulations to our 2018 Native American TV Writers Lab fellows for completing the program! Seven Native writers developed incredible new television pilots. The writers pitched three original ideas, selected one to develop and crafted their idea into a second draft within the 5 week intensive. Actors read the scripts during the final week. Thanks to… Read more »