MIC: The Screenwriter/Agent Relationship

The Screenwriter/Agent Relationship: Jim Ehrich and Cindy McCreery

When: Monday, September 16, 2024 - 5-6:15pm CT
Note: Speaker sessions are subject to change based on evolving guest schedules.

Please join us for a Q&A session where we discuss Jim Ehrich's and Cindy McCreery's career trajectories, their roles and responsibilities, and their views on the current state of the media industries.

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Speaker Biographies

Jim Ehrich (Partner Agent, Rothman Brecher Ehrich Livingston)
Jim Ehrich started his career at boutique management company Hofflund/Polone, where he rose from receptionist to manager. While at Hofflund/Polone, he worked with both feature and television writers and directors. After Hofflund/Polone, he joined Writers & Artists Agency as a literary agent, where he specialized in crossing over playwrights into the feature business. Jim joined The Rothman Agency in 2003 as a literary agent and later became a partner in the agency. He works in film, television and IP representing both writers and directors.

Cindy McCreery (RTF Chair and Screenwriter)

Cindy McCreery is the Chair of The Department of Radio-TV-Film and a Professor of Screenwriting at The University of Texas at Austin. Previously she taught screenwriting at UC Santa Barbara and UCLA. She is a graduate of the Walt Disney/ABC Feature Writing Fellowship program and has sold feature screenplays and television pilots to most of the major studios. She has been a member of the WGA since 2004.