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Above: William Goldman, on the right, with Scott Frank, a fellow Guest of Honor last year.  The most respected screenwriter in Hollywood, Mr. Goldman will return  in 2008.

Guests of Honor are screenwriters whose work has shown exceptional artistic achievement or had exceptional commercial success in the past year.  

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Guests of Honor -- partial list as of 08/22/08 (others expected--watch this page!):

The 2008 Screenwriting Expo is proud to announce that these Guests of Honor will be appearing this Year:

WILLIAM GOLDMAN
William GoldmanFor the fifth straight year, Oscar winner William Goldman is coming back to the Expo as the Sunday Guest of Honor. As a screenwriter, novelist, and playwright, he has won two Oscars, two Edgars, a WGA award, and a BAFTA. Among his original creations are Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Princess Bride, and Marathon Man. His numerous adaptations include the classic All the President’s Men as well as Misery and Hearts in Atlantis. He has also written the popular book Adventures in the Screen Trade, in which he penned the most famous line in Hollywood that didn’t come from the Silver Screen: “Nobody knows anything.”

 
NANCY MEYERS, WRITER-DIRECTOR
Nancy MeyersNANCY MEYERS began her Hollywood career at the top, and has moved up from there.  Her first script, "Private Benjamin," was nominated for three Oscars, including Best Screenplay Written Directly For the Screen. She launched her directing career with her co-written script for "The Parent Trap," and she has now surpassed Penny Marshall as the highest-grossing female movie director.  Her baker's dozen screenwriting credits also  include  “Something’s Gotta Give,” The Holiday,” “Protocol,” “I Love Trouble,” “Father of the Bride” “Irreconcilable Differences,” and “What Women Want.”.
 
DAMON LINDELOF AND CARLTON CUSE
DAMON LINDELOF is one of the creators and showrunners of ABC’s hit show, "Lost." Before that, he was a co-producer and writer on NBC’s Crossing Jordan. He had previously written on such TV shows as Nash Bridges and Undressed. During this past season of Lost, he also served as a producer on J.J. Abrams’ upcoming reinvention of the Star Trek franchise for Paramount.

A veteran of TV writing and producing for over 20 years, CARLTON CUSE is now one of the executive producers and showrunners of Lost. He also created the show Nash Bridges for CBS in 1996, which ran for five seasons and 122 episodes. In addition, he has been the executive producer and writer for such shows as "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr" and "Martial Law."
 
CHRISTOPHER MARKUS AND STEPHEN MCFEELEY
CHRISTOPHER MARKUS & STEPHEN McFEELY are the hit writers behind Disney’s massive The Chronicles of Narnia franchise, penning both 2005’s "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" and this year’s "Prince Caspian," and word is that they're working on "The Voyage of the Dawn Trader," due to come out in 2010. Before entering Narnia, they made their writing debut with the TV movie, "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers," for which they won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special.  Showcasing the range of their talents, they also wrote the noir, offbeat 2007 comedy, "You Kill Me," starring Ben Kingsley and Tea Leoni.    

 
TIM KRING
A TV veteran for over 25 years, Tim Kring created Heroes in 2006 for NBC and has groomed it into one of the most exciting shows on television. He also created the popular show Crossing Jordan, which ran for six seasons, and is a veteran of many one-hour shows.    

 
JEPH LOEB
Before becoming an executive producer and writer on HEROES, Jeph Loeb was a supervising producer on both LOST and Smallville.  He is perhaps best known for his legendary comic writing, which includes the seminal titles Batman: The Long Halloween and Superman For All Seasons, among many others.    

 
JESSE ALEXANDER
Before joining HEROES, Jesse Alexander was a co-executive producer on ABC's LOST and an executive producer and writer for five years on Alias. He is now a writer and producer on HEROES.   

 
MARSHALL HERSKOVITZ
The recipient of multiple Emmy's and DGA awards as well as a WGA award,Marshall Herskovitz is one of the more successful writer/producers in the last 20 years. In addition to co-writing and producing The Last Samurai,Herskovitz also had a hand in this impressive list of hits: "Traffic," "Blood Diamond," "I Am Sam," and "Legends of the Fall. "On the TV side of things, he created the television shows "thirtysomething," "Once and Again," and "Quarterlife" with his partner Ed Zwick, and was the executive producer of the acclaimed "My So-Called Life. "