Executive Director
Clea Frost — Screenwriter/Story Consultant

A native of Australia, Clea attended one of its leading film schools (Victorian College of the Arts). Since graduating, she has worked as a director's assistant, writer's assistant, creative executive, story analyst and writer. She also has a background in working for nonprofits dedicated to film culture.

Contact: cleafrost @ cinestory.org

Board President
Lisanne Sartor - Screenwriter

MFA, UCLA Screenwriting, BA, Yale, English. Lisanne's screenplay "Cleaverville" aired on Lifetime as an MOW. She has written an MOW for the DeAngelis Group and developed projects with Hearst Entertainment and Roth/Arnold, among others. She also works as a story analyst and previously worked as a DGA assistant director in film and television. Among other awards, she won the Samuel Goldwyn Screenwriting Award and was a semifinalist for the Nicholl Fellowship, the Chesterfield Writer's Film Project and the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Award.

Executive Director Emeritus
Pamela Pierce — Screenwriter/CineStory Co-founder

M.A. Stanford, Screenwriting. Creator of the CineStory Screenwriting Awards and the CineStory Retreat. Former Director of the Austin Film Festival Conference and Screenwriting Competition. Business Affairs, CBS Entertainment. Pre-Academy Nicholl Fellow. Screenwriting teacher, Northwestern University, Columbia College Chicago, and University of Chicago Graham School.