• J.J. Abrams (directed/co-creator of TV's Felicity, creator of TV's Alias/ Screenwriter of Regarding Henry, Forever Young, Armageddon)
• Scott Alexander (Man on the Moon, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Ed Wood)
• Jessica Bendinger (The Truth About Charlie '02, Bring it On, Sex and the City)
• Sam Bernstein (Bobbie's Girl, Silent Lies)
• Shane Black (A.W.O.L, The Last Boy Scout, Lethal Weapon)
• Michael Brandt & Derek Haas (Fast and Furious II '03)
• Bill Broyles (Unfaithful, Castaway, Apollo 13)
• Lem Dobbs (The Score, The Limey, Dark City, Kafka)
• Larry Doyle (Looney Tunes: The Movie '03, Duplex '02, wrote for TV's Daria and The Simpsons)
• Robert Festinger (In the Bedroom)
• Robert Gordon (MIB 2, Galaxy Quest, Addicted to Love)
• John Lee Hancock (writer/director: The Rookie/screenwriter: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, A Perfect World)
• Brian Helgeland (Blood Work '02, The Sin Eater '02 (also directed), LA Confidential, Conspiracy Theory)
• Philip Levens (TV writer for Smallville and Wolflake)
• Karent Lutz & Kirsten Smith (Ella Enchanted '03, Legally Blonde, 10 Things I Hate About You)
• David McKenna (S.W.A.T. '03, Blow, American History X)
• Polly Platt (prod. Bottle Rocket, Broadcast News/screenwriter: A Map of the World)
• Anne Rapp (Dr. T and The Women, Cookie's Fortune)
• Ed Solomon (Levity '03 (also directed), Men in Black)
• Paul Weitz (Meet the Fockers '03, American Pie (directed) About a Boy (writer/director)
• Chris Weitz (Meet the Fockers '03, About a Boy (writer/director).
• Gina Wendkos (The Princess Diaries, Coyote Ugly)
• Bill Wittliff (The Perfect Storm, Legends of the Fall, Black Stallion)

 
• DARREN STAR (creator/writer: Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, Sex and the City) is our 2002 Outstanding Television Writer Award recipient!

Other Panelists Include:

• Greg Beal (Nicholl Fellowship Program Coordinator)
• Lisa Ford & Pete Barnstrom (The Screenplayers)
• Matt Gross (Kopelson Entertainment)
• Joe McSpadden (Independent Producer)
• Joanne Lammers (Script Consultant/Story Analyst)