Jake Emanuel and Willie Block
Jake Emanuel and Willie Block are writing partners originally from the east coast. They’re most known for writing the film “Reunion” and the horror podcast “The Edge Of Sleep,” which was adapted into a TV series.
Liz Buda
Liz Buda is a writer and producer from the San Fernando Valley. She is an executive producer on the horror feature Malus, currently in post-production, and has sold projects to production companies, including Crystal City Entertainment and Biônica Filmes. Liz holds an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA, where she won the Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award for her pilot based on her grandfather’s experience in the post-World War II black market.
Sam Barnett
After graduating from the University of Michigan’s Screen Arts and Cultures program with a screenwriting concentration, Sam Barnett grew tired of his home state of Michigan and relocated to the ancient homeland of his parent: New York. In addition to his writing, he has served as a longtime story analyst for Lionsgate, and has worked on feature films and documentaries at production companies such as Big Beach, Ideal Partners and Keshet Studios. His work has been featured on websites such as The A.V. Club.
David Lombroso
David is a Brooklyn-based writer and filmmaker whose work mines the humor and heartbreak at the intersection of identity, inheritance, and assimilation. As a 2023–24 Jewish Writers’ Initiative Fellow, David developed and wrote PERPETUITY, a horror feature that satirizes the insidious spread of antisemitism through the outbreak of a bloodthirsty mind-virus at a summer camp in the Catskills. His debut feature NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM is slated for production in early 2026, and his comedy series SHTICK is currently out to streamers.