HORROR WRITERS' PANEL DISCUSSION, hosted by Jenelle Riley. EDUARDO SANCHEZ co-wrote, co-edited and co-directed famous breakthrough virally-marketed the Blair Witch Project, which grossed over $140 million theatrically in North America. He also designed and built the original blairwitch.com website and co-directed the TV special Curse of the Blair Witch for The Sci-FI Channel. He directed the feature film Altered, which was distributed on DVD in the United States and United Kingdom by Universal Home Entertainment in 2005. His third feature film, Seventh Moon, stars Amy Smart and is being released by Ghosthouse Underground in October of 2009. He lives with his wife, Stefanie, their three children, Bianca, Lucas and Lennon, in Urbana, Maryland. TI WEST, writer, director and editor, marks his fourth feature with the House of the Devil following such cult hits as the Roost and Trigger Man and the forthcoming Lionsgate release Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever. He is represented by Artists & Directors Cooperative and ICM. ADAM GREEN made is first feature film, the comedy Coffee & Doughnuts, for a mere $400 in the summer of 1999. In 2003 the movie was bought by Walt Disney Studios/Touchstone TV and developed as a sit-com for UPN with Green writing the pilot. He wrote and directed the feature film Hatchet , which won numerous awards, including the Audience Choice Award for “Best Picture” in three countries and placement in both MTV's and Ain't It Cool News' Top 10 Films of the Year lists. Hatchet saw a successful nationwide theatrical release in September of 2007. His next film, the award-winning Spiral, saw a US theatrical release in February of 2008. He also produced the disturbing and horrifying thriller Grace, and just completed writing the animated Aquaman movie for Warner Brothers/D.C. Comics and just wrapped production on his new snowy thriller Frozen, due out in theaters in February of 2010. RYAN SCHIFRIN was touted on ABC News as the future of horror after his critically acclaimed and award-winning feature film Abominable premiered in New York. Its world TV premiere on cable's SCI-FI Channel was the top-rated broadcast on the network the week it aired. His screenplay Wimpy sold to Warner Bros.-based Alcon Pictures for Neal Moritz (I Am Legend, Prison Break) to produce. Last year, Ryan created the hit comic book series Spooks, and co-wrote it with Larry Hama (Gi Joe) and New York Times best selling author R.A. Salvatore (Forgotten Realms). His new comic series, the Devil's Handshake, and is being released this October. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Cinema.

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