ABOUT US - "These are not like the people that would be reading your script when submitted to a production company or agency, these are the people."

JOEY TUCCIO

Joey Tuccio is the founder of THE HAPPY WRITERS and has covered scripts and books for Seed Productions - (Hugh Jackman's production company), Smoke House (George Clooney's), Night and Day Pictures, Gilbert Films, Future FIlms and Bold Films. At Bold Films, Joey worked closely with the VP of Development to discover commerical and unique projects. While serving as the executive assistant to the co-president, Bold Films produced DRIVE with Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan and Christina Hendricks. Amongst several film projects, he is currently producing OUT OF BROOKLYN with Howard Rosenman (FATHER OF THE BRIDE) also producing and Bob Dolman (THE BANGER SISTERS) directing.

ZVI HOWARD ROSENMAN

Zvi Howard Rosenman is one of the most respected, experienced, caring producers in town. Starting in Broadway working with the likes of Katherine Hepburn, Howard soon became one of Hollywood's top producers producing such classics as FATHER OF THE BRIDE, THE FAMILY MAN and BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. Howard has worked with some of Hollywood's biggest stars including Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Gloria Swanson, Harvey Keitel, Liam Neeson, Jeremy Piven, Don Cheadle, Susan Sarandon, Paul Walker, Ben Kingsley, Barbara Streisand, Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Steve Martin and Diane Keaton, to name a few. It's no wonder that he eventually became President of Motion Pictures at Brillstein-Grey Entertainment. Howard is currently developing a slate of films and is one of the nicest guys in the business.

NATALIE HSIEH

Natalie Hsieh graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in English Literature. Since moving out to Los Angeles, she has worked for Imagine Entertainment (Ron Howard's company- THE DAVINCI CODE, 8 MILE) as well as Smoke House Pictures (George Clooney's production company). Her experience and exposure to A-level talent gives her first hand knowledge of how to make scripts palatable to Studio executives as well as the viewing public.

NICOLE BLUME

Nicole Blume is a Los Angeles native who grew up around the entertainment industry. After graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree English Literature, she put her writings skills to good use as the script supervisor for the award-winning independent short film "Surf Detroit," directed by Catherine Owens. From there, she landed a development position at the Mark Gordon Company, where she covered multiple scripts a day for top level producers and executives. Realizing that a mailroom training program was the best way to accomplish her goals, she then joined the prestigious William Morris Endeavor talent agency, where she quickly landed the desk of senior talent agent Nicole David, who represents such iconic talent as Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys, Rhianna, Jaden and Willow Smith, Elijah Wood, and countless others. She was responsible for reading all submitted scripts for the aforementioned talent and helping to select the best projects for them, in addition to covering hundreds of other scripts as one of the Story Department's most trusted coverage writers. After learning the ins and outs of the talent world, she moved to Josephson Entertainment to focus on full-time script development, where she compiled studio pitch presentations, gave notes to writers to prepare them for studio pitches, and of course, read and covered countless of other available material. She maintains a vast network of contacts within the Entertainment Industry and is always happy to help out!

MICHELLE DUNN

Michelle was a full time employee of The Weinstein Company, working as the assistant to the SVP of Production and Development, Eric Robinson. Working heavily in development, Michelle then moved with Eric to The Gotham Group, a well-known management company, in the spring of 2010. After getting experience on the other side, Michelle left the company in 2011 to venture onward and upward, and is now a creative executive at Das Films. The development slate is quite broad and active, with many projects slated to go into production by the end of the year.

MICHAEL CRUZ

Michael Cruz studied under the Academy Award nominated producer Alexandra Rose (NORMA RAE, THE OTHER SISTER), director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, War Games), director Randall Kleiser (GREASE), and was mentored directly on his own scripts and project by Academy award winning writer and director David Ward (THE STING, SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, MAJOR LEAGUE) from which he truly learned to art of screenwriting and development. He has since gone on to read and support development of many scripts at Future Films and currently works at the acclaimed writer/director management company Circle of Confusion and is always looking for great stories to support and people to help!

DREW POKORNY

Drew Pokorny is a graduate of the prestigious Groundlings School and has written three live shows, each of which were invited to play extended runs on the Comedy Central Stage. Represented by top agency CAA, his screenplay CONTROL FREAK was one of only three selected to be read by Steven Spielberg and garnered meetings with Jim Carrey, Fox, Disney, UA and Paramount. Drew continues to develop his own material while happily ushering many fellow writers through the weeds of oblivion with just the right amount of patience and perspective. He loves to solve script dilemmas and is a whiz when it comes to breaking down comedies!

SEAN BENNETT

Sean Bennett has worked at Seed Productions (Hugh Jackman's production company) and is currently working for the SVP of Laurence Mark Productions - the company behind JULIE & JULIA, DREAMGIRLS, I, ROBOT, JERRY MAGUIRE, and AS GOOD AS IT GETS. In his role at the company, Sean is involved in a wide variety of projects set up at various studios throughout the industry and participates in the development of the company's active projects.

NICOLE PISANO

Nicole Pisano first started writing script coverage while interning at MTV Films. Upon graduating Penn State University with a B.A. in Film, she moved to Los Angeles and immediately started working at the prestigious William Morris Agency. She quickly worked her way up to being an agent after only two and a half years. There, amongst many things, she searched for the right projects for many top musicians wanting to cross over to the acting world. After leaving William Morris, Nicole started working as a freelance casting associate on various projects, such as a live-action animated series for The Jim Henson Company. In addition, she has worked as an associate and manager at an up and coming entertainment company, helping develop and manage the careers of ground breaking new talent. She is currently developing several film and TV projects and is always willing to help out in any way she can!

AMY BAACK

Amy Baack is a graduate of the University of Southern California's prestigious school of Cinematic Arts, where she studied Cinema and Television Production. She got her start in the television industry working under Scott Rosenbaum (THE SHIELD, CHUCK) on the Warner Bros./ABC remake of the sci-fi show V. She currently works on the number one CW show THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, created by industry leaders Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec. In addition, Amy has worked for AMC's award-winning hit MAD MEN, as well as E! Network, Fox Television Studios, the Television Lit department at ICM, and Spyglass Entertainment. Amy is developing multiple television screenplays and short stories in both the dramatic and comedic genres, and is known among her network of friends in the industry as the go-to girl for script notes and rewrite suggestions. If you have a TV pilot, she is the one to read it!