INDUSTRY 101 EVENT SERIES
Adaptation 101
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 | 5-6:30 PM PT | Online
Following up from our popular session in 2024, this conversation will further delve into what adapting from a source material to a screenplay entails, from the craft-centric to the very practical details.
MODERATOR
Naomi Scott
Named one of Variety’s “Top 10 Producers to Watch,” Naomi Scott has produced award-winning content for film and television. She is a partner at Great Scott Productions, the LA-based company she founded with her partner actor Adam Scott. Great Scott has a first look deal with Apple TV+. Scott was an Executive Producer on Fox’s Ghosted. She produced the feature Other People starring Molly Shannon and Jesse Plemons, which earned four Independent Spirit Award nominations, the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film and was chosen as the opening night film at the Sundance Film Festival. Scott has produced two other features, which also premiered at Sundance: The Overnight starring Adam Scott, Jason Schwartzman and Taylor Shilling and Fun Mom Dinner starring Toni Collette and Bridget Everett. Scott started her producing career on the late-night series Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Scott is a proud Italian-American/Pacific Islander with family roots in Lucca, Italy, and Agat, Guam. She is also a gun violence prevention advocate, serving as a founding member of the Everytown Creative Council. She also serves as Co-Chair for the Center for Reproductive Rights Los Angeles Benefit.
PANELIST
Dana Ledoux Miller
Dana Ledoux Miller is a Samoan writer/producer. She was the co-showrunner of Netflix's Thai Cave Rescue Limited Series produced by SKG and Jon M. Chu. Previously, she was an Executive Producer on Last Resort for Seven Bucks Productions and Feigco Entertainment as part of the Break the Room Initiative and set up at Quibi. Prior to that, she's written for AMC’s Kevin Can F*ck Himself and Lodge 49, as well as ABC’s Designated Survivor, Netflix’s Narcos and HBO’s The Newsroom. She is a graduate of the University of Hawai’i at Manoa and was born and raised in Long Beach, CA.
