Janice Pieroni

Janice Pieroni’s entertainment experience includes working as an executive at Universal Studios, as a co-writer for Universal Studios and its affiliates, and as an assistant to Martin Scorsese. She is a member of Writers Guild of America.

Through Story Arts Management®, which Janice founded, she has worked with a national clientele to develop film, television, and book projects – placing approximately 25 client fiction or non-fiction book projects with publishers such as Simon & Schuster, W.W. Norton, Wiley, and others, and guiding numerous client screenplays into development with L.A. producers.

As an Adjunct Faculty Member at Boston University, Janice teaches undergraduate and graduate students in such courses as Writing the Television Pilot, Writing Episodic Drama for Television, and Screenwriting 1.

Janice also is a Senior Affiliated Faculty Member at Emerson College. At Emerson, Janice teaches Writing Television Pilots, Writing for Television, and Writing the Feature Film. In addition, she serves as a Thesis Reader for M.F.A. students.

At Emerson, she also has taught Screenwriting and The Business of Screenwriting in Emerson’s Screenwriting Certificate Program and Screenwriting in Emerson’s Pre-College Program.

A popular speaker, Janice has spoken at educational institutions such as Boston University, Harvard University, University of Massachusetts, Emerson College, and Amherst College, as well as at writers’ conferences, professional organizations, and continuing education venues.

She has produced or assisted with producing presentations by industry leaders, including by Pulitzer Prize, Academy Award, and Emmy winners. She has moderated or participated in industry panels, served as a judge for screenwriting, film competitions, and pitch festivals, and written articles about the industry.

Janice earned an undergraduate degree from Amherst College and a graduate degree from University of California at Berkeley. She also studied in the School of the Arts, Graduate Film Division, at Columbia University.

Jeff Kahn

Jeff Kahn is an Emmy Award-winning writer and WGA member, who co-created The Ben Stiller Show. Some of Mr. Kahn’s TV credits include Austin Stores, All-American Girl, Dilbert, and Drawn Together.

He has TV writing deals with Sony and Castle Rock. He has written pilots for all the major networks. He also wrote for: MTV, The Disney Channel, F/X and Comedy Central. As an actor, Jeff’s been seen on Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage, The Larry Sanders Show and Blossom. He was in the features films, Tropic Thunder, 40 Year Old Virgin and The Cable Guy as well.

Justin Shatraw

Justin Shatraw is a film and television writer who has worked on: WORDGIRL, NATURE CAT (PBSKids), and SONIC BOOM (Cartoon Network). He has developed projects with MondoMedia and Nickelodeon, as well as done marketing work for the National Geographic Channel.