Victoria Negri is a filmmaker, producer, actor and festival curator based in Brooklyn, New York. Her feature directorial debut, Gold Star -- which she wrote, directed, produced and acted in --features Oscar-nominated actor Robert Vaughn in his last on-screen performance.

Jessica S Hinds is an award winning writer, teacher and creator of Meditative Writing © .  She began her career as a published poet at the age of 12. She wrote the award winning film “Stranger at Home”, and best screenplay winner "The Mending Wall" (Stonefair International Film Festival, Oregon Film Awards Gold Winner). She has been a finalist in over a dozen major competitions and festivals including the Austin Film Festival, O’Neill Conference, Made In NY Writers Room, The Van Gogh Award and The Heidman Award.  Her plays have been developed and produced at theaters across the country including La MaMa, Cherry Lane, Rattlestick Playwright's Theater, Primary Stages, The Amoralists, The Flea, The Claque, and the New York Artists' Community. She received her MFA in Dramatic Writing from the New School for Drama.

As a teacher Jessica has mentored thousands of writers including Sundance Award-winning filmmakers, Emmy Award-winning writers & producers, Tony Award winners, best-selling authors, professional musicians, TV showrunners, reality TV stars, published poets, and emerging artists in the fields of screenwriting, playwriting, novel writing, TV writing, memoir writing, poetry, journalism, and music.  

Jess  has mentored writers working on dozens of  TV shows including MINDHUNTER, WEST WORLD, MAD MEN, LEVERAGE, CONSTANTINE, BROAD CITY, SNL, THE GOLDBERGS, BLUE BLOODS, GAME OF THRONES, XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS,  OCTOBER FACTION, WATCHMEN,  HIGH MAINTENANCE and more.