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Talkhouse

Alison Star Locke moved a lot as a kid with her single mother, growing up mainly in San Antonio and Oakland. She earned a B.F.A. in Filmic Writing from USC, where she won the Jack Nicholson Screenwriting Award. She began her writing career as a story producer for reality TV and has written, directed and produced numerous shorts. Her favorite, Shhhhhhh&#8230;, was laureled-up by the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Denver Film Festival. Her script The Projectionist won second place at Slamdance in the Horror/Thriller category. Her scripts have placed in numerous contests, including the BloodList, Nicholls, Screamfest, Women in Horror Film Festival, Scriptapalooza and Fright Night. After staying home to advocate and care for her daughter, Bethany, who was diagnosed with autism, she returned to work this year to make The Apology, her first feature as a writer-director, starring Anna Gunn, Linus Roache and Janeane Garofalo. She lives with her husband and daughter in the Los Angeles area.

Alison Star Locke

Film

On Bad Sisters: Fighting Back Against Being Smaller and Quieter

<div>Robin Edwards is Seattle-based musician who performs as <a href="https://lisaprank.bandcamp.com/">Lisa Prank</a>  and in the supergroup <a href="http://whoisshe.bandcamp.com/">Who is She?</a> You can follow her on <a href="https://twitter.com/lisaprank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lisa_prank">Instagram,</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lisaprankmusic/">Facebook</a>.</div>

Robin Edwards

Music

Mannequin Pussy’s World is On Fire

Jade Jenise Dixon is a filmmaker living in Los Angeles. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska, where she performed in local talent shows, plays and church events. She caught the directing bug in her teens and directed a rendition of the hit Broadway play For Colored Girls… before attending the University of Miami, where she was both a cheerleader for the football team and a passionate member of the UM acting conservatory, starring in and directing a production of The Scarlet Letter. After transferring to NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she directed two further stage productions, Dixon moved to L.A. and made a splash with her appearance in the music video for “Separated” by Avant. In 2008, she wrote, produced, directed and starred in her first feature film, Truth Hall, which won several film festival awards and was in heavy rotation on the BET, Centric and Bounce TV Networks. She recently shot a pilot for a TV show of Truth Hall. Her second feature film as writer, producer, director and star, Dog Park, also won awards and is now available on DISH Network, Amazon and iTunes. Dixon is currently writing a deeply personal film about her life, currently entitled Peony Park.

Jade Jenise Dixon

Let the Healing Begin

Emily Maxwell is the drummer of grunge-pop band Daddy Issues, an avid &#8217;80s music fan and an Aquarius. She lives in Philadelphia, PA with her dog, Wednesday. Follow her on <a href="https://twitter.com/8x8casserole">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://instagram.com/8x8casserole">Instagram</a>.

Emily Maxwell

Emily Maxwell (Daddy Issues) on “Empowerment” Anthems

Stuart Gordon was a writer-director-producer of film, television and theater. He is best known for the cult classic Re-Animator and for having murdered his wife Carolyn in his films whenever possible.

Stuart Gordon

Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator) Talks Lenny Abrahamson’s Room

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