Guest Distributor / Studio — All Access 2021:
Courtney McAllister
Head of Development - Vortex Media
Courtney McAllister is a passionate, dedicated and innovative writer/producer.
In 2020, Courtney wrote Inn for Christmas, starring Jonna Walsh and Jesse Hutch, which aired on Lifetime in the US and the W Network in Canada. She is also currently working on a slate of MOW films that have been sold and are scheduled to air throughout 2021.
Over the past four years, she has helped both emerging and established filmmakers develop and package their scripts. Most recently, she has found and optioned a script that has since sold to Blumhouse and Amazon. Of the hundreds of screenplays she’s read and provided notes for, she has proudly seen 15+ greenlit projects go to camera— selling well internationally afterwards. And though her background is in writing, in the spring/summer of 2018, Courtney produced the critically acclaimed documentary series Street Spirits for Bell Canada.
While earning her Master’s Degree in Media Production in 2016, Courtney managed the production on Night Owl, a web-series that premiered at SXSW Film Festival in March, 2018. IMDb: