David Hoffman

After being passed over for a promotion a finance executive schemes to get herself fired, but when her efforts backfire and she falls for the guy who took her job she has to decide between money, love and doing the right thing.

Talia Gonzalez, David Hoffman and T.A. Snyder share their experience in terms of entering competitions and working as professional writers, and they also offer great insight into writer room dynamics.

We’re thrilled to announce that on Monday, October 3 we will be releasing the 2016 Young & Hungry List, comprised of the 100 best up-and-coming writers in the business, as voted on by industry professionals. Now just days away from the release of this year’s Young & Hungry List, we wanted to recognize one more group of writers: those who made the list just one year ago.

2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition winner David Hoffman has joined the writers’ room on the upcoming Shawn Ryan and Eric Kripke series Timeless premiering this fall on NBC.

Pitched as The King’s Speech meets The Founder, tells the compelling story behind the dawn of the television age and the visionary media adviser that transformed John F. Kennedy from underdog to American icon.

David Hoffman, whose drama Running Money was the 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition overall winner, has signed with film agents Adrian Garcia and David Boxerbaum and TV agents Ellie Schiff and Zac Simmons of Paradigm Talent Agency.

We’ve got the complete list of this year’s winners of the 2015 Austin Film Festival Screenplay & Teleplay Competition and Film Competition. Plus, we’re offering an exclusive promo code in honor of this year’s festival for 10% off any Tracking Board of Launch Pad product.

A comprehensive list of the 2015 Launch Pad’s Top 5% of All Submissions! Check out all of the Semi-Finalists, Quarter-Finalists, and more – with writers, loglines, and representation!

Logline: When an untested MBA graduate finds herself in the midst of Wall Street’s most successful hedge fund, she must decide how far she is willing to go in order to succeed.

Hoffman’s Top 10 script Running Money is a unique and diverse drama that’s garnered a lot of love and even more attention. The pilot tells the story of a young Latina woman who, despite her incredible qualifications, has the deck stacked against her in the fast-paced world of Wall Street hedge funds.