Stowe Story Labs Mentors

We are honored to work with a stellar pool of mentors. The list of mentors is constantly expanding and shifting so please check this page often. Further, because our mentors are top-tier working professionals in the industry, schedules and obligations can shift quickly. Given that, those slated for a particular program may change with little or no notice. (We take this risk because we believe it valuable to participants to work with mentors who are tremendously busy with film and TV work given they are deeply active in the industry today.

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David Magee

BAFTA and Academy Award Nominee David wrote the screenplay for director Ang Lee’s film Life of Pi

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Geeta Malik

Geeta is an award-winning writer/director for her feature script, Dinner with Friends (retitled to India Sweets and Spices).

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Ruth Meehan

Ruth is a writer/director & creativity coach

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Leah Meyerhoff

Leah is an award-winning independent filmmaker who wrote and directed the narrative feature film I Believe In Unicorns.

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Paul Miller

Paul is a partner at Escape Pictures which produces televison content for a global audience and offers executive producing and film policy/strategy advisory services.

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Chris Millis

Chris Millis is a prize-winning, best-selling author, screenwriter, and visual artist.

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Brandi Nicole

Brandi Nicole is a writer/performer whose work centers on multi-dimensional, underestimated women. She wrote for the first season of the Bosch spin-off BALLARD, a serialized police procedural set to premiere on Amazon in 2025. Next year will also launch the long-awaited HAPPY FACE, the Paramount+ true crime series that gave Brandi her first episodic writing credit.

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Bryce Norbitz

Bryce is formerly the director of scripted programs at the Tribeca Film Institute where she curated projects and oversaw the execution of their scripted programs

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Sonja O’Hara

Sonja O’Hara is an Emmy-nominated queer writer, director and actor who was selected as a “Filmmaker To Watch” by Independent Magazine.

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Kristin Overn

Kristin collaborates with writers and provides private consulting and development services for dozens of writers, producers, and production companies.

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Bertha Bay-Sa Pan

Pan’s feature film debut Face, co-written by Oscar nominee and Emmy Award winner Oren Moverman was selected as a NY Times Critic’s Pick during its U.S. theatrical release.

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Ellen Parks

Before entering the casting profession, Ellen had a 15-year career in dance, musical theater, experimental theater, contemporary theater, and the classics.

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Maya Perez

Television producer and screenwriter Maya Perez is currently developing a pilot with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. TV and an independent sci-fi TV series.

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Mark Protosevich

Mark Protosevich is an American screenwriter whose credits include THE CELL, Wolfgang Petersen’s POSEIDON, I AM LEGEND, THOR, and Spike Lee’s OLDBOY.

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Rachel Raimist

Rachel is a college-professor-turned-television-director tapped by Ava DuVernay to direct Queen Sugar for the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).

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James Rogan

James is an award-winning producer and director. He has produced and directed three international documentaries for BBC Storyville

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Jason Rosenfield

Jason Rosenfield’s resume as film editor, director, producer, and writer includes three Emmy Awards, an Oscar nomination, a Peabody, DGA, and R.F. Kennedy Awards, and collaborations with directors ranging from Hollywood legend Robert Altman to three-time, Oscar-winning documentarian Mark Jonathan Harris.

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Christian Routh

Christian is a story analyst and film consultant based in Catalonia, Spain. From there he works for various filmmakers, state institutions, and training programs.

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Michele Turnure-Salleo

As Principal/Producer at Feracious Entertainment, Michele develops, finances and produces independent films.

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Sanjay Shah

Sanjay was a co-showrunner/executive producer for two seasons of Apple’s critically-acclaimed animated musical Central Park.

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