The Dallas Screenwriters Association Board

President -- Carolyn Hodge (See Sidebar)

Vice President -- Steve Carter

Secretary -- William Best

Treasurer -- Debra Hardy

Debra is a high school math (algebra II, geometry, AP Stats) and physics teacher. She holds a .BA Ed, MA ED, and MBA. Debra has been writing short stories since high school, and screenwriting for the last 6 years. She has one insane dog Zoe (Demon Dog on her wild days but that's another story).

Debra has received wide recognition for her screenwriting. She was a Quarterfinalist for Scriptapalooza, BlueCat, and StoryPros, Action/Adventure finalist for StoryPros (different script), Honorable Mention Comedy Division (rom-com) ScreenPlay Festival (1 of the top 6 scripts), top 15% for Nichols.

Her favorite movies include: THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY, SHOOTER, GHOST, BULLITT / THE GREAT ESCAPE (she couldn't choose), and ARMAGEDDON.

Public Relations Director -- James Alexander

James has been writing screenplays for about 10 years and has finished about six scripts (the key word being "finished"). He was the recipient of the DSA Favorite Screenwriter Award in 2007 and 2008 and also won a DSA scholarship to the Santa Fe Screenwriter Expo in 2009.

His favorite movies include: BADLANDS, AMERICAN GRAFFITI, THE BIG LEBOWSKI, PATTON, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, PULP FICTION, MATADOR, ED WOOD, & DR. STRANGLOVE.

Information Director -- Wayne Nichols

Wayne Nichols is a screenwriter and independent filmmaker by evenings and weekends, and a Social Studies Lead Content Teacher for the Fort Worth Independent School District by day. But his most important life pursuit is as a husband to his wife Annie and a father to four great children. He has written, produced and directed 3 award-winning short films with his filmmaking partners. In addition, he has co-written one feature script, Far Enough, which is in development. He currently is producing and directing his first feature film, Texas Tango, which he also wrote. Wayne is also a musician and songwriter who wrote, performed and produced his own CD, The Lost Episodes, comprised of 16 original songs.

 

His favorite movies include: DOUBLE INDEMNITY, OUT OF THE PAST, MANHATTAN, CHINATOWN, and THE BIG LEBOWSKI.

 

Librarian -- Alan Tregoning

Web and graphic design -- A. Paul Myers

Paul is many things: a web and graphic designer, theologian, film-junkie, music-lover, sometimes-writer, constant-reader, and a pop-culture consumer. His varied experience includes retail management (he was an in-store voice of Geoffery Giraffe), web design and a contributing writer on two gift books for Word Publishing. He got bit by the filmmaking bug while working on the set of The Imposter and has since served as 2nd AD on two independent short films.

His favorite movies include: STAR WARS, TOMBSTONE, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, SHAUN OF THE DEAD, and THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THAT COWARD ROBERT FORD.

Scene Read Committee Chair -- Jennifer Dulin

A newcomer to the screenwriting world, Jen has been a midwife, a ballerina, a writer and a mom - but not in that order. Her most impressive accomplishments are a toss-up between handling postpartum hemmorhages, and choreographing musicals for young people who have never danced before. She says you'd be surprised how the two resemble each other. She has become addicted to the DSA Scene Readings.

Her favorite movies include: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, MOONSTRUCK, PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN; CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL, MY DINNER WITH ANDRE, and THE PRINCESS BRIDE.

Carolyn Hodge

DSA President

Carolyn C. Hodge is a screenwriter, producer, and director. Her latest project, “Murder by Mistake” a mystery/thriller short subject film, is currently on the festival circuit.

Carolyn became involved in the entertainment community officially in January of 2006, when she began attending DSA meeting. She joined in 2007 and is now in her second term as President. She's been writing since the third grade, when she self-published her first and only novella. True to a young girl's heart, the story was about horses.

 

As a U.S. Air Force officer and consummate traveler, she has lived in or visited about one third of the countries around the world and almost 50 percent of states within the U.S. Her Texas roots called her home in 1998. The one consistency that has followed Carolyn as she meandered through life has been writing. She wrote short stories because she loves a good story and enjoys being a storyteller. When her daughter grew up and flew the nest in late 2005, Carolyn was left with her stories and her cat. And then, she decided to follow a dream she had had since she was a very young girl – to write the great American novel or an award-winning screenplay. A lover of movies, music, television and the whole entertainment scene, she decided to try her hand at writing screenplays.

 

Carolyn has several screenplays in various stages of development and has another short "Emma's Wish" she plans to produce and direct in 2009.

She lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex with her cat, Shea. Her daughter, Sara, lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.

 

Her favorite movies include: CHINATOWN, BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID, 300, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, and DR. ZHIVAGO.