Success Stories
Success Stories
In recent years, over 50 Big Break semi-finalists, finalists, and winners have been signed to professional representation. Many have had scripts optioned, sold, and produced. Others have found full-time work in television. Read about their successes below!
Chris Pittas
2021 Top-10
Signed with Matt Prater at Citizen Skull
Lindsay Grossman
Semifinalist 2021
Signed with Sarah Nezamzadeh at Stride Management
Manfred Lopez Grem
2020 Top-5
Signed by Zero Gravity
Chris Hill
2020 Top-3
Signed with Matt Dy of Lit Entertainment Group
Bill Poore
Category Winner 2020
Signed with Brian Spink at REALM
Ryan Dingus
Category Winner 2020
Signed with Citizen Skull Management
Helena Derett
Category Winner 2020
Signed with Zack Zucker at Bellevue Productions
Mira Z. Barnum
Category Winner 2020
Signed with TFC Management and wrote for Netflix series Partner Track
Steve Anthopoulos
Grand Prize Feature Winner 2019
Signed with Daniel Vang at 3Arts
Ben Johnson
Category Winner 2019
Signed with Mark Finley of Plain Text Literary
Adam Kline
Category Winner 2019
Signed with Circle of Confusion and has feature in production at Netflix
Jessica G. Hill
Category Winner 2019
Signed with Brian Spink of REALM
Jacob Migicovsky
Category Winner 2019
Embankment Films boards winning script Freefall
Susan Brunig
Category Winner 2019
Winning script awarded Cinestory Fellowship
Kate Duffy & Jimmy Carlson
Category Winner 2019
Winning script optioned by ABC
Myles Reid
Grand Prize Feature Winner 2018
Signed with Jewerl Ross and staffed as showrunner’s assistant on The Lost Boys
Natasha LePetit
Quarter-Finalist 2018
The Undertakers Children optioned by Chayah Masters/Rumination Road
Jonathan Barger
Quarter-Finalist 2018
Station Zero optioned by Zorg Studios
Mike Langer
Category Winner 2018
Screenplays Burying Yasmeen and Agent Game produced
Jeff Cassidy
Category Winner 2018
Wrote pilot for Warner Bros. and signed with Verve
Greta Heinemann
Grand Prize Feature Winner 2017
Signed with Jeff Portnoy of Bellevue and feature pitch sold to Amblin
Charles & Hana Callaghan
Grand Prize TV Winners 2017
Attached Bradley Bredeweg and Peter Paige of Blazing Elm Entertainment to executive produce winning script
Nancy Duff
Top-3 2017
Signed with Jennifer Au of Untitled Entertainment, 2018 Universal Writers Program Fellow
Julia Mogerman
Category Winner 2017
Signed with Jeff Portnoy of Bellevue
Nicolas Pinzon
Category Winner 2017
Signed with Markus Goerg of Heroes and Villains
Kevin Bachar
Category Winner 2017
Signed with Matt Koss of Zero Gravity Management
JJ Bailey
Category Winner 2017
Signed with Markus Goerg of Heroes and Villains Entertainment, sold pilot Echo to NBC
Rowan Wheeler
Grand Prize Feature Winner 2016
Signed with UTA
Alexis Perkins
Grand Prize Feature Winner 2016
Signed with Stagecoach Entertainment and agent David Rubin at Gersh
Matt Katzenberger
Category Winner 2016
Signed with Entertainment Lab
Julia Cooperman
Category Winner 2016
Staffed on USA Network’s Colony
Paul Jarnagin
Top-5 2016
Signed with Universal Writers Management
Nick Watson
Quarter-Finalist 2015
Signed with Abrams Artists Agency, staffed on the animated sitcom Final Space for TBS.
GW Freund & Daniel Bonjour
Grand Prize Feature Winners 2015
Signed with Natalie Covault of Brillstein Entertainment Partners
Eric Buchman
Grand Prize TV Winner 2015
Signed with Mitch Solomon at Magnet Management and continues to write for NBC’s Blindspot and has since been promoted to co-producer
Paula Sabbaga
Category Winner 2015
Signed with Brian Spink of REALM, staffed on The CW's Dynasty and Walker. Currently adapting The Grimm Legacy novels for Disney+
Aadip Desai
Category Winner 2015
Signed Good Fear, 2019 ABC/Disney Fellow and staff writer on The Goldbergs
Joseph Greenberg
Category Winner 2014
Sold script Man Alive to 20th Century Fox for Noah Hawley of Fargo to direct. Man Alive also made the 2016 Black List
James Barclay
Top-5 2014
Signed with Magnet Management
Derek Asaff
Category Winner 2014
Signed with Derrick Eppich of Lee Stobby Entertainment
Peter Wulff
Category Winner 2014
Signed with Jeff Portnoy of Bellevue Productions
Nicholas Anthony
Category Winner 2014
Hired as a writer for CBS’ The Inspectors