Independent Writers' Caucus
Megan Rees
Megan once drove 3 murderers to a museum in a Honda Accord. Another time she helped a passenger snap back from a catatonic state on the subway floor. She writes female-led TV projects about wounded healers who are reluctantly pulled into saving society from destruction by the status quo. Her multi-accoladed pilot, Hot Town, is based on her grassroots work in community emergency care. So is Hot Flash, but the protagonist therapists also happen to be menopause-onset witches.
With an interest in changing the industry from the outside in, Megan founded a community of women and nonbinary emerging screenwriters 40+ which now has over 500 members in 6 continents. She has collected data on accomplishments, arranged several industry speakers, and received donations from all the major screenwriting companies.
Honors & Awards
Finalist, Athena Film Festival Writers' Lab - Hot Town - 2023
Semifinalist, The Writers Lab - Hot Town - 2023
Semifinalist ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship - Hot Town - 2022
non-WGA
Female, LGBTQ+, 40+
HOT TOWN
drama pilot
When a charged video of her altercation with a cop goes viral, the captain of Oakland's only all-female fire crew must fight a corrupt city government that threatens to disband them.
HOT FLASH
fantasy comedy pilot
When her first hot flash causes her to inadvertently bewitch her students and colleagues, a righteous school psychologist must join forces with a coven of fellow menopause-onset witches to learn to control her powers in exchange for helping them pull off a series of heists centuries in the making.
Character-driven, Female-centric, Snarky
Female, LGBTQ+, 40+
unrepped