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Screenwriters of 2025
The screenwriters featured across the 2025 season. The short biography sits here, and one click opens the full interview with each writer.
The 2025 writers
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Mick Lexington
Mick Lexington lives and makes films in New York City. He was Awarded Best Director for his work on Lipstick Traces by the Grand New York Film Awards in February 2022. This project went on to win an additional twenty-six awards and has appeared in over 60 festivals worldwide.
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Timothy A. McGhee
Timothy A. McGhee has been a writer since 1998 with two published novels and numerous sportswriter gigs. “American Money” is his first screenplay, based on his second novel “Risk, Return, and the Indigo Autumn” first offered on iBooks in 2006. “Padre Guns” is a film script in draft form, the film adaptation of Tim’s first novel “Wise Fools” published in 2001 by Writer’s Club Press.
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Rupert Miles
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Sardia Robinson
Sardia Robinson, a dynamic and multifaceted talent from Jamaica, thrives as an actress, writer, producer, director, and dedicated humanitarian. Her artistic journey began at Columbia College Chicago, where she earned a BA in theater before interning at the prestigious Goodman Theatre under the mentorship of Chuck Smith and August Wilson.
Quickly making her mark in Hollywood, Sardia seamlessly commands both comedy and theater stages. She was handpicked to open for the legendary R&B group The Whispers at the Crypto.com Theater, where her infectious humor earned her recognition as “Someone to Watch.”
Her critically acclaimed solo show received the Best Solo Show Production award from BroadwayWorld and the Innovation Woman in Theatre Award from the Hollywood Fringe Festival. It was also named one of the Top 10 Shows to See in LA.
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Selina Leone
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José Fresán
A Mexican visual artist and director. His first short film, El Retrato, was featured at the FilminLatino emerging short film festival in 2022. In 2019, he was awarded a One Show Young Ones Silver Pencil. He is a Fulbright scholar and graduated from The City College of New York.
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William Hovey Smith
Hovey Smith is a prolific author of over 20 books and producer of 11,000+ YouTube videos. Starting as a news and magazine writer, he became a Gun Digest editor before expanding into outdoor, business, and fiction writing. His novels and screenplays, including Until Death Do You Part and The Goldfarb Chronicles trilogy, have won multiple awards in global competitions.
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