Neil Ferron
Country: United States of AmericaNeil Ferron is a Seattle-born writer/director currently based in LA. His first feature script, FISHMONGER - a supernatural dark comedy about tentacle sex and self-acceptance - was the Grand Prize Winner of the 2021 Slamdance Screenplay Competition.
Prior to FISHMONGER, Neil’s work has won accolades in film, theater, and fiction. His work has been described as “wonderfully surreal” (Sub Pop), “shocking, horrific, and funny” (Rolling Stone), and a “Ph.D testing of what ‘works’ on the human consciousness” (Seattle Weekly).
Neil is a Directing Fellow at the American Film Institute (AFI) Conservatory. He holds a Masters in Theater from Trinity College Dublin, thanks to a George J. Mitchell Scholarship.
Jason Filiatrault
Country: CanadaJason Filiatrault’s credits include writing and co-producing on two seasons of the cult Netflix drama THE ORDER, award-winning feature ENTANGLEMENT (WGC Best Screenplay 2018), genre fave A CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY, and the upcoming feature ALL NIGHT WRONG (starring Oscar nominee Maria Bakalova & Severance’s Zach Cherry).
In addition to his writing projects, Jason is also in development on his feature directorial debut, NOW, I AM A BEAR, which will be filming in 2026.
Sam Fox
Country: United States of AmericaBorn on a secluded animal farm at the top of Malibu’s infamous Mulholland Highway and now based in Venice Beach, Sam blends highly stylized imagery, music, and psychedelia with horror and genre cinema via her production company Foxy Films (WOWZERS, UNAGI). Inspired by a clothing collection from indie fashion label Animal Crackers Clothing, for whom she often collaborates, Sam wrote and directed BAD ACID in 2021 featuring Bonavega, Number One Pop Star and DJ Harvey. Sam also produces with the Greatgrandma Film Collective, namely as executive producer along with Desiree Staples on Heidi Weitzer’s female ensemble comedy feature MY DIVORCE PARTY coming Fall 2022 (ft. Rumer Willis), and as producer on Britt Lower's CIRCUS PERSON, which screened at Tribeca Film Festival, won Best of Festival at Catalyst 2021, the Audience Award at Nashville Film Festival and which FX Productions' Diversity Hire, Ltd. is currently developing into a half hour TV series. Sam is also developing her mother's journey through addiction memoir BLOOD IS THICKER THAN VODKA into a mini series about alcoholism and family dysfunction, as well as Alex Knell's horror fantasy project, MALOCCHIO, about body dysmorphia. Sam freelances as a commercial producer for J. Crew and spends her free time surfing, sailing and disco dancing.






