The Hollywood Hang

Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia Sphere.Writer/Director Jennifer Harrington’s (DGA/WGA) most recent scripts, HELL’S BELLES (Hollywood Reporter), and THE END OF LIZ AS WE KNOW IT (Hollywood Reporter), were sold to Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures, respectively, with Jake Kasdan and Melvin Mar attached to produce.  Previously, she wrote and directed the horror feature SHOOK, acquired by the streamer Shudder and reviewed by the Wall Street Journal as a "guilty pleasure.”  Her first feature, HOUSEKEEPING, was released by Lionsgate and After Dark Films.  In the documentary world, she was co-executive producer and a director for the doc-series DEAR… for Apple TV+ (Variety) and RJ Cutler.  As an editor, she has edited several award-winning documentary features and countless television shows: GAGA: FIVE FOOT TWO for Netflix which premiered at TIFF, the Emmy-nominated feature documentary BANKSY DOES NEW YORK for HBO, THE SOURCE FAMILY premiering at SXSW, and BOGALUSA CHARM premiering at Slamdance, on which she was credited as a writer for as well.  She has two film degrees: a BFA from UCLA and an MFA from USC.Tara Anaïse is an Indian American writer/director, a Sundance Feature Film Program Fellow, and an Emmy nominee. Her most recent work includes writing and directing on the season finale of Shudder’s Queer for Fear (from EP Bryan Fuller), a docuseries about the history of horror told through a queer lens, and producing all four episodes of the series. Queer for Fear was nominated for a 2023 Emmy for Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary, a 2023 GLAAD Award for Outstanding Documentary, and the winner of two 2023 Dorian Awards for Best TV Documentary and Best LGBTQ Documentary. Anaïse’s début feature, Dark Mountain, was released by Gravitas Ventures and peaked at number 8 in iTunes top horror. Anaïse also wrote and story produced on Dear… for Apple TV+ (nominated for a 2022 IDA doc award) and ran the story department on Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult for STARZ. Her upcoming projects include the features Bombay Blood, which she workshopped at the Sundance Screenwriters Intensive in Los Angeles, and Wildcats, a dark coming-of-age crime drama set in the California desert. She holds an MFA in film production from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts and a BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives and works in Los Angeles. 

Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia Sphere.

Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia Sphere.Originally from Rhode Island, editor Michael Shawver developed an early working relationship with director Ryan Coogler during their time at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Michael has edited all of Ryan’s feature films including “Fruitvale Station”, “Creed”, “Black Panther”, and most recently “Sinners”. His other credits include “A Quiet Place Part II”, “Abigail”, and the upcoming re-imagining of “The Thomas Crown Affair” with director Michael B. Jordan.

Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia Sphere.Alex Convery is a Chicago-born screenwriter and USC School of Cinematic Arts graduate best known for writing Air (2023), the critically acclaimed film about Nike’s pursuit of Michael Jordan. After landing on the Black List twice with his spec scripts Bag Man and Air Jordan, Convery gained recognition for his sharp, dialogue-driven writing style and ability to turn boardroom negotiations into high-stakes drama. Inspired by The Last Dance, he wrote Air during the pandemic, eventually attracting Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, with Affleck directing. The film launched Convery as one of Hollywood’s top emerging screenwriters.

Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Christian Gatica. Music by Stevia Sphere.Kyra Jones (she/her) is Black queer comedy writer, transplanted from the Windy City and currently based in Los Angeles. She is an alumna of Northwestern University, where she majored in Theatre and Gender Studies with a minor in Outrunning the Diversity Brochure Photographers. Her previous television writing credits include WOKE (Hulu) and QUEENS (ABC). She also co-created and starred in the award-winning comedy web series, THE RIGHT SWIPE. Her original scripts have won awards from Nashville Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Screencraft, and more. She has developed multiple series with Lionsgate, ABC Signature, Freeform, Sony, and some of her personal heroes, including Rashida Jones, Gabrielle Union, and Elliot Page. Before becoming a screenwriter, Kyra spent many years working as a professional sex educator and social justice advocate at her alma mater (which sounds like a fake job, but it's not). When she’s not writing, you can find Kyra crocheting elaborate outfits and toasting marshmallows over the burning patriarchy.

Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Music by Stevia Sphere.Warner Bailey is the creator of Assistants Vs. Agents (AvA), a meme page-turned-media company he founded while an assistant at WME in 2018. AvA has secured partnerships with major brands and studios, including Amazon MGM Studios, Netflix, Paramount+, Amazon Prime Video, Warner Bros., Meta, Nike, SZA, and RCA Records. Bailey also writes The AvA Connection, a weekly newsletter that shares industry insights, open jobs, and the stories of entertainment executives. He is currently developing IP across multiple mediums under the AvA umbrella.

Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Music by Stevia Sphere.Colby Day is a filmmaker and playwright. Recently named one of MovieMaker Magazine’s “25 Screenwriters to Watch,” Colby wrote the screenplay for the Netflix film, SPACEMAN directed by Johan Renck (Chernobyl), starring Adam Sandler, as well as the upcoming Searchlight Pictures film IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, directed by Andrew Stanton. Colby was also a writer on the upcoming season of Apple TV's FOR ALL MANKIND. He writes the weekly newsletter Hollyweird, about living and working in Hollywood, which is a totally normal place. 

Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Music by Stevia Sphere.Adam Faze is the co-founder and CEO of Gymnasium, the studio behind viral short-form series like Boy Room and Keep the Meter Running. In just two years, the six-person team has generated nearly a billion views across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.

Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Music by Stevia Sphere.The Pierce Brothers’ horror film THE WRETCHED opened in drive-in theaters on May 1st 2020 by IFC Midnight and was the #1 movie in the US for six consecutive weekends, making it the first film to hold that record since the release of AVATAR in 2009. At a time when thousands of theaters were shut down, major news outlets churned out headlines that credited Brett & Drew’s film as “forever redefining how we measure box office success” (Forbes) and “leading the drive-in resurge” (Variety). The film is now available to stream on Netflix where it is currently ranked in the Top 10 Most Watched Films in the U.S and continues to release internationally.

Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Music by Stevia Sphere.Dawson got her break as a writer on two Mindy Kaling series, Champions and Four Weddings and a Funeral. She most recently was a Co-EP on Everybody Still Hates Chris, the reimagined animated version of the Chris Rock live action series for Comedy Central. On the feature side, Dawson is attached to direct her romantic comedy, When Carrie Met Michael and Other People with Paul Feig producing. She is currently adapting Stacey Abrams novel "Rules of Engagement" with Stacey and Kerry Washington producing for Universal.