MEET YOUR READERS
Braxton T. Rickert
Braxton has extensive experience working with screenwriters – most recently, working as a Creative Executive, he provides invaluable support in various capacities, including script development, project management, and career development. Braxton has been a part of developing scripts with clients that have wrote for the JOHN WICK franchise, the ARMY OF THE DEAD films, STRANGER THINGS, including clients that have landed on the yearly Black List.
Previously, in addition to working in talent management, he got his start as an intern covering scripts for Mike Medavoy’s Phoenix Pictures (ALTERED CARBON, BLACK SWAN), and Jim Stern’s Endgame Entertainment (MURDER MYSTERY, THE DISCOVERY).
Braxton was raised in North Carolina. Before making the big move cross country, Braxton graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BA in Communications Studies: Media Production and minors in Writing for the Screen and Stage and Creative Writing.
As a co-producer on FOIBLES, an independent film, he played a pivotal role, collaborating closely with the writer-director, and production team. He contributed to every stage of the filmmaking process, from script development to post-production.
Anna Pebley-Row
Anna has lived many lives in the entertainment industry, ranging from production to talent management to working freelance gigs. Her production experience includes roles such as Script Coordinator for shows like IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE: SPIRIT OF THE SEASON, A GRAMMY SALUTE TO THE SONGS OF PAUL SIMON, and GLOBAL CITIZEN LIVE as well as assisting the Producers for the 61st and 62nd GRAMMY Awards.
On the administrative side, she honed her ability to evaluate scripts and provide detailed coverage during her time as an assistant at a management company.
Although raised in the LA area, Anna attended the University of Kansas where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film & Media Studies, with an emphasis in Screenwriting. Between her educational and professional background, Anna is excited to provide helpful feedback to future clients.
Emma Verdonik
Emma, a young aspiring writer, has several valuable years of screenwriting experience under her belt. Her journey started as an intern working and learning the delicate art of giving script feedback under the instruction of Braxton Rickert. Emma, after finding a love for learning the ins and outs of a script, turned her three-month internship with Braxton into a yearlong learning experience.
Shortly after Emma’s internship with Braxton ended, she was hired as a literary manager’s assistant at Untitled Entertainment where she worked on the desk to the head of the literary department. The same day Emma was offered this job she was accepted into Loyola Marymount University’s MFA Writing for the Screen program (a top 5 film school). Emma deferred and chose to work in the industry for another year and a half. She collaborated with writers and directors from all over the world during the time she was with Untitled Entertainment. She also continued to learn and hone the craft she so valued, giving script feedback. Over time, she became trusted to give feedback to clients directly, forming strong bonds with the professional writers and directors she worked with every day.
Emma has now just finished her first year at LMU’s Writing for the Screen MFA program, with two more years remaining. She is writing many scripts on her own and through her classes taught by professional writers and directors currently working in the industry. She also works as a graduate assistant to the head of her program.
