The Dallas Screenwriters Association Board
President -- Carolyn Hodge (See Sidebar)
Vice President -- Wayne Nichols (See Sidebar)
SECRETARY -- Sherri Mignonne
Sherri is an artist, photographer, and writer. She currently spends most of her time working as an artist with gallery representation in Aspen, CO and Dallas, TX. She has worked as an American Film Institute Photographer for 3 years and has had multiple photojournalism articles published in magazines, brochures, and newspapers throughout her career. Additionally, she has worked freelance for organizations such as “The Legends of the Blues”, and “The Friesian Horse Association”. Her love of story keeps her involved in writing screenplays and in writing lyrics and music.
Sherri became acquainted with the Dallas Talent Industry during the 10 years her 5 children modeled with The Kim Dawson Agency working on movies, commercials, print ads, and runways.
Her favorite movies include: AMADEUS, FRACTURE, GHOST, SLEUTH, CAST AWAY and ELIZABETH.
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 -- M. Robert Turnage
A professional writer and consultant, Robert has obsessed over movies most of his life, and can still re-enact most of 'The Muppet Movie' with very little prompting. He has worked as a video store manager, a training video producer, and film lecturer. He is the author of the book, '26 Short Screenplays for Independent Filmmakers' and has assisted in the production of many short films. When writing, his preferred soundtrack consists of a mix of The Pixies, Uncle Tupelo, and Benny Goodman.
His favorite movies include: THE RED SHOES, TRUST, AMADEUS, THE QUIET MAN, VERTIGO, STAGECOACH, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, THE MUPPET MOVIE, and THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
Newsletter Editor -- Vacant Position. Please contact if interested
Librarian -- Alan Tregoning
Alan Tregoning is an award winning screenwriter based in Plano. He writes for “iShine Knect”, a tween sitcom seen weekly on TBN, JCTV and the Smile of a Child network and now in syndication on several channels throughout the world and available on DVD. Alan is also a speed filmmaking veteran having written and produced several films in the 168, 48 and 24 hour film competitions. To date his films have won over 20 awards at various film festivals and contests. Links to his films and scripts are available on his website at www.alantregoning.com
His favorite movies include: GALLIPOLI, WHAT LIES BENEATH, THE BOURNE IDENTITY, THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY, ANYTHING PIXAR
Web and graphic design -- A. Paul Myers
Paul is many things: an SEO, 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" feature film and has since worked on four independent shorts, one commercial and a music video.
His favorite movies include: STAR WARS, TOMBSTONE, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, HOT FUZZ, and THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THAT COWARD ROBERT FORD.
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 produced and directed 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.
Vice President -- 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.
Scene Reads Director -- Heather Alexander
Wearing many hats in the Production Industry is what I do best. I love to see each production from script to screen. My specialty for the past 12 years has been in Production Coordination, and being a Director Rep. Location Scouting, Production Assistant, Hair and Makeup Artist, assisting in the editing process, have been part of my job description as well. My passion for filming has led me to another creative outlet in Screenwriting for the past 6 years.
I am proud to be a part of the DSA.