Insiders Q&A

A native of Los Angeles, Gregg is a screenwriter, playwright and television writer. He has sold numerous TV pilots to networks as diverse as Lifetime, Amazon and ABC and feature films to 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Sony Animation, Amazon and Disney. His most recent film sale, THE GARDEN OF EDEN was sold to Disney studios and producer Devon Franklin. He has written on the NBC TV series Wind on Water and on the final season of Xena: Warrior Princess. Gregg’s first Off Broadway show in New York City, Truffles, a murder mystery farce, had a successful run in 2020. His current musical, SOUL OF MOTOWN is currently running at the StageWest Theater in Calgary Canada, with plans to open in London this summer.

A graduate of UC Santa Barbara with a degree in Film Studies, Mark Saffian is the owner of literary management company Content House which represents dozens of New York Times Best Selling Authors, screenwriters, directors, and production companies, as well as top names in comic books, video games, and new media. Projects include THE CROOK FACTORY based on the best-selling novel by Dan Simmons (THE TERROR, HYPERION) and the television series ONE SECOND AFTER with Constantin Films based on the best-selling trilogy of books by William Forstchen. Recently, Content House sold or set up series on behalf of its clients to eOne, Warner Bros. Studios, Warner Animation, CW, Comedy Central, Showtime, and HBO. Mark began his career working in the mailroom at Agency for the Performing Arts (APA) before being promoted to an Assistant in the Packaging Department and eventually becoming the Literary Department Development Coordinator where he helped develop pilots and films including the television series 24. After APA, Mark worked as a Development Executive and Story Editor for Sony Pictures (GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE; AN AMERICAN PICKLE) and Sid Ganis/Out of the Blue Entertainment where he was a story editor on BIG DADDY and DEUCE BIGELOW: MALE GIGOLO.

Diane Kang is a Korean-American writer (for the screen, not yet literature) and producer currently based in Los Angeles, CA. After getting her BFA in Film & Television Product at NYU's Tisch School of Arts, Diane worked as an assistant and eventual associate producer for LA-based comedian, producer, and writer Grace Helbig. She went on to be Head Writer for Studio71's short form series "This Might Get" hosted by Grace Helbig and Mamrie Hart.

In 2018, she set off for the motherland -- Seoul, South Korea, where she worked as lead producer for the international media company, DIVE Studios. These shows primarily featured K-Pop artists and other Asia-based celebrities in both English and Korean languages, each of which was outlined and directed in-person by Diane. She also spent a summer as an adjunct instructor teaching long form improvisational comedy to graduate students in acting at the Seoul Institute of the Arts at their Namsan campus.

As of January this year, Diane has found her way back to Los Angeles to expand her work in bridging Asia and western creatives. Her current company affiliations are Anonymous Content Studios,Diamond M. Print Productions, and Penguin Publishing for directing audiobooks.