Success Stories

What does Roadmap count as a writer signing?

Our signing numbers reflect only those writers who we directly helped get signed to representation via either a personal Roadmap introduction or through one of our many programs. We don’t pad the numbers by doubling up on writing duos; if a writing team gets signed, we only count that as one signing. We also love shouting out (but do not credit ourselves with) subsequent successes & signings outside of Roadmap for writers that either went through our programs and/or we helped get signed to part of their team. On these, you will not find a signing #; instead, there will be a badge reading "Congrats!"

Wow, Roadmap's pretty strict about how your signing numbers are counted!

It's true. We value transparency and integrity. We know how much work goes into helping a writer land representation. We don’t want to misrepresent the success a writer achieved with the direct help of someone else and likewise would hate for our efforts to be misrepresented by another entity as their own. It’s just the right thing to do.

Signing #209
Signed
Zach Waggoner

Signed by Mattie Management

Signing #208
Signed
Mary Albanese

Signed by Bohemia Group

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Mary Albanese
Signing #207
Signed
Richard Seidman
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Richard Seidman

Signed by Mattie Management

Signed
Andrea Shawcross

Signed by Romark Entertainment (developed script in Roadmap Incubator).

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Amanda
Signing #206
Signed
Cairo Smith
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Cairo Smith


Signed by Make GOOD Content (through our partnership with The PAGE Awards)

Produced
Lisa Hepner

Two films premier on The Roku Channel 

Development Deal
Erica Land

Lands writing assignment with Lifetime producer

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LIfetime
Development Deal
Vicki Englund
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Vicki Englund

Script optioned by Capricorn Pictures (developed script in Roadmap Incubator)

Congrats!
Azia Squire

Amblin Partners acquired rights to the Truly*Adventurous article “The Richest Black Girl in America,” penned by Lauren Henley, and tapped Azia Squire to adapt it into a feature script. She recently landing a staff job on Bridgerton. Previously, she was staffed on Bloom & Sons for Netflix with the Obamas’ Higher Ground producing; The First Lady for Showtime and Lionsgate TV with Michelle Pfeiffer starring, Viola Davis starring and producing; and Boomerang for Paramount TV and BET with Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad producing. On the film side, she recently adapted the New York Times bestseller Amari and the Night Brothers for Universal with Mandeville as well writing Return of the Rocketeer for Disney with Mortal Media and TaylorMade producing.

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Azia Squire
Signing #205
Signed
Elizabeth Ditty
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Elizabeth Ditty


Signed with 5X Media

Signing #204
Signed
Jeff Qiu
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Jeff Qiu


Signed by Rain Management through our BIPOC Initiative

Development Deal
Melody Cooper

Developing a series for Will Packer. 

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Melody Cooper
Signing #203
Signed
Nancy Safavi
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NANCY SAFAVI


Signed by Mattie Management

Lisa Steadman

Signed shopping agreement with Rebel Maverick

Signing #202
Signed
Geoffrey Yebra-Glenn
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Geoffrey Yebra-Glenn


Signed by Lee Stobby Entertainment

Signed
Lillian Wang
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Lillian Wang


Signed with A3

Congrats!
Amena Khestchin-Kamel
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Amena Kheshtchin-Kamel


Signed with Gotham Group

Signing #201
Signed
Eleanor Shelton
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Eleanor Shelton


Signed by Andy Ross Agency (through Roadmap Authors)

Staffed
Evan Iwata
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HBO max


Staffed on HBO Max series, SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Development Deal
Melody Cooper
After signing with The Cartel through our intro and partnering with her agents, Melody is writing the feature adaptation of BEASTS OF PREY for Netflix and is developing two upcoming original TV series with major producers.
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Melody Cooper
Signing #200
Signed
Jennifer Kim
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Jennifer Kim


Signed by Industry Entertainment (through our AAPI Initiative) 

Signing #199
Signed
Geoff Fairbanks
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Geoff Fairbanks


Signed by Bohemia Group

Signing #198
Signed
Carla Cackowski
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Carla Cackowski


Signed by All Trades Content

 

Staffed
Charlie Peppers
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Peacock

Hired as a story editor on Rian Johnson's Peacock TV series, POKERFACE, starring Natasha Lyonne.

Signing #197
Signed
Michael Gutierrez
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Michael Gutierrez


Signed by Industry Entertainment

Signing #196
Signed
Ivan Tsang
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Ivan Tsang


Signed by The Buchwald Agency (through our AAPI Initiative).

Kayona Brown

Hired by CBS for short feature writing assignment.

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Kayona Ebony Brown
Signing #194
Signed
Jenny Taylor-Whitehorn
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Jenny Taylor-Whitehorn


Signed by 5 Otter Literary (from Roadmap Authors)

Development Deal
Kelsey Jones
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Kelsey Jones


Landed a development deal with WarnerMedia

Signing #193
Signed
Sandra Hamada
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Sandra Hamada


Signed by Kaplan Perrone (from our BIPOC Initiative)

Signing #192
Signed
Lisa Sanaye Dring
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Lisa Sanaye Dring


Signed by Heroes and Villains (from our BIPOC Initiative) 

Signing #191
Signed
Greg Sorin
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Greg Sorin


Signed by Good Fear Content (through our Support Staff Initiative)

Signing #190
Signed
Kelly Eisenbrand
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Kelly Eisenbrand


Signed by Agile Entertainment (through our AAPI Initiative)

Signing #189
Signed
Libby Doyne
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Libby Doyne


Signed by Echo Lake (through our Support Staff Initiative) 

Signing #188
Signed
Parker Lemal-Brown
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Parker Lemal-Brown


Signed by Kaplan Perrone (from our Support Staff Initiative)

Staffed
Shruti Saran
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Netflix

Staffed on an upcoming Netflix series

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Shruti Saran
Signing #187
Signed
Michelle Lesley Johnson
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Michelle Lesley Johnson


Signed by Industry Entertainment (through our
BIPOC Initiative)

Signing #186
Signed
Jennifer Coates
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Jennifer Coates

Signed by Anonymous Content (from our BIPOC Initiative)

Signing #185
Signed
Christina Martin
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Christina Martin

Signed by Story Driven (from our BIPOC Initiative)

Signing #184
Signed
Jen Troy
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Jen Troy


Signed by Kaplan Stahler (from our BIPOC Initiative)

Staffed
Elba Roman Morales
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Mayans M.C.

 


Staffed on FX's Mayans M.C.

Signing #181
Signed
Sean Collins-Smith
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Sean Collins-Smith

 

Signed by A3 (from our BIPOC Initiative)

Signing #180
Signed
Steven J. Kung

Signed by Artists First (through a free script read)

Signing #179
Signed
Joshua Taylor
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Joshua Taylor

Signed by Trident Media Group (from Roadmap Authors)

Staffed
Lillian Wang


Staffed on Netflix and Skydance series starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and created by Nick Santora. 

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Lillian Wang
Staffed
Mika Frank

Staffed on a FOX series, THE RESIDENT.

Staffed
Myles Warden & Capri Sampson
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Capri Sampson & Myles Warden

Staffed on the  Netflix series Wings of Fire produced by Ava Duvernay(they developed their pilot sample in a Roadmap class)

Signing #177
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Richard Nguyen & Vinita Mehta
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Richard Nguyen & Vinita Mehta


Signed by Industry Entertainment (from our AAPI Initiative)

Signing #176
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Vanessa Every-Burns
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Vanessa Every-Burns


Signed by Ensemble Entertainment

Benji Smith

Sold pilot to Warner Bros.

Congrats!
Aadip Desai

Signed with Mazo Partners!

Development Deal
Mary Albanese
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Mary Albanese

Developing project with Bohemia Group Originals

Development Deal
Ashley Glacel
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Ashley Glacel

 

Developing project with Dark Matter

 

Signing #173
Signed
Michelle Nation
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Michelle Nation

Signed by Industry Entertainment (from our AAPI Initiative)

Signing #171
Signed
Alida Winternheimer
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Alida Winternheimer

Signed by Trident Media Group (from Roadmap Authors)

Signing #170
Signed
Rishabh Bhavnani
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Rishabh Bhavnani

Signed by Art/Work Entertainment

Signing #169
Signed
Deb Busby

Signed by The Metamorphosis Literary Agency (from Roadmap Authors).

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Deb Busby

 

 

Signing #168
Signed
John Lowe
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John Lowe

Signed by The Buchwald Agency

Signing #167
Signed
Elizabeth Preston

Signed by Gandolfo Helin & Fountain Literary Management (from Roadmap Authors)

Staffed
Nicole Jones
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Nicole Jones


Hired by Luma Pictures to be their in house staff writer (through our partnership with The PAGE Awards)

Erin Muroski

Signed shopping agreement with Cranium Entertainment. 

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Erin Muroski
Signing #166
Signed
Craig Bealer
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Craig Bealer

 


Signed by The Jackson Agency

Signing #165
Signed
Alan Reid

Signed by Affirmative Entertainment

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Alan Reid
Signing #164
Signed
Kyra Jones
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Kyra Jones

 


Signed by Echo Lake Entertainment

 & Staffed on the ABC show QUEENS

 

Development Deal
Charlie Peppers

Sold pilot to MGM/Orion

Signing #163
Signed
Lillian Wang
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Lillian Wang

Signed by Rosa Entertainment

Signing #162
Signed
Kayona Ebony Brown

Signed by Anonymous Content

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Kayona Ebony Brown
Signing #161
Signed
Elba Roman-Morales

Signed by 3 Arts Entertainment

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Elba Roman Morales
Signing #160
Signed
Alice Stanley

Signed by Anonymous Content (through a free script read!)

Signing #159
Signed
Tonia Kempler

Signed by Valleywood Entertainment. 

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Tonia Kempler
Development Deal
Angie Engelbert

Signed shopping agreement with producer Kaia Alexander. 

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Angie Engelbert
Optioned
Cath Gulick

Script optioned by Bigscope Films (with Cath set to direct)

Optioned
Julianne Wargren

Optioned a game deal with Radioactive Productions

Development Deal
Marc Messenger

Signed a development deal for his script with Robert Cort Productions

Development Deal
Shane Isheev

Pilot set up at ImageMovers

Signing #158
Signed
Ijaaz Noohu

Signed by APA. 

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Ijaaz Nohu
Signing #157
Signed
Hakim Hill

Signed by Anthem Entertainment

Signing #156
Signed
Craig Holland

Signed by Gandolfo Helin & Fountain Literary Management (from Roadmap Authors)

Signing #155
Signed
Nicole Eilers

Signed by AAO Entertainment

Signing #154
Signed
Aimee Adell

Signed by The Jackson Agency (developed her pilot that got her signed in a Roadmap class). 

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Aimee Adell
Signing #153
Signed
Samantha Clay
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Samantha Clay

2020 JumpStart Competition Grand Prize Winner. Signed with managers at Zero Gravity Entertainment.

Signing #152
Signed
Janelle Malak

Signed by REJ Entertainment

Signing #151
Signed
Paul Baiguerra

Signed by CK Entertainment. 

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Paul Baiguerra
Signing #150
Signed
Lisa Edwards

Signed by WME

Signing #149
Signed
Tate Hanyok

Signed by ICM

Signing #99
Signed
Aadip Desai

Signed by Kaplan Stahler Agency.

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Aadp Desai
Signing #148
Signed
Tony Scott

Signed by Paper Plane Entertainment

Signing #146
Signed
Joey Hargrove

Signed  by Kersey Management

Signing #145
Signed
Quincy Cho

Signed by AAO Entertainment

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