PGA Announces 2025 PGA Create Fellows for 5th Year of Program

Producers Guild selects 13 emerging producers for professional development fellowship supporting underrepresented voices in film and television.

LOS ANGELES — The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today the 13 producers of eight projects invited to join the PGA Create lab for emerging and mid-career creative producers. Now in its fifth year, the program focuses on supporting and uplifting producers from underrepresented backgrounds.

PGA Create is a professional development lab for creative producers in active development, financing, or packaging of a feature or series. It was developed through the Producers Guild’s One Guild initiative, which supports inclusive membership, employment, content, and authentic depictions.

“As PGA Create enters its fifth year, we are delighted that the program has expanded to support underrepresented producers seeking opportunities in newer formats, such as vertical series,” said One Guild Task Force Chairs Javier Chapa and Shelby Stone. “We are proud that the Guild remains steadfast in its commitment to championing an inclusive producing future.”

Rooted in the practical realities, challenges, and opportunities facing producers today, PGA Create offers fellows the opportunity to hone their pitches, attend master classes led by experienced producers, and expand their network of fellow producers. Following the lab, each project is paired with a producing mentor.

The 2025 Final Selection Panel included Javier Chapa, founder, Mucho Mas Media; Lori McCreary, executive producer, The Gray House, Madam Secretary, and producer, Invictus; Loretta Ramos, independent producer and senior director, Screamwriting Fellowship; and Shelby Stone, executive producer, The Chi and Bessie.

The PGA Create’s fall Scripted cycle will take place Monday, November 10 through Thursday, November 13.

PGA CREATE FELLOWS - 2025 Scripted Cycle
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Laura Scarano, Producer – A World of My Own
In the heat of summer, two young women from neighboring ranches discover a love that challenges them to reimagine desire, home, and their futures.

Nico Blanco, Producer – Best Man
When image-obsessed Mattie Greene makes his estranged high school best friend his best man, their reunion stirs old wounds, blurred desires, and the kind of queer intimacy that threatens to unravel the perfect life he's built.

Sachin Dheeraj Mudigonda, Producer/Director and Janani Vijayanathan, Producer – Mouna Tharangam (A Silent Wave)
In Post-Roe Texas, Amal, an Indian-American woman, grapples with an unexpected pregnancy when her path crosses with a newlywed Indian immigrant, Charulata. Their love sparks a journey of sexual awakening as the specter of abortion looms large.

Sofia Rovaletti, Producer – Not It
After a failed suicide attempt sends her back to 1992, burnt-out jingle writer Jackie Garcia sets out to stop her teenage mom from getting pregnant with her—only to realize that saving her family's future means facing her own.

Marcel Pérez, Producer and Alicia Herder, Producer/Director/Writer – The Girl Who Cried Wolf
Convinced her alcoholic mother is turning into a werewolf, six-year-old Bee races to find a "cure" before the full moon, blurring fantasy and reality in a desperate bid to save her.

Omar Al Dakheel, Producer/Writer/Director and Steven Snyder, Producer – The Washroom
In small-town Texas, a closeted Imam fights for his community's right to bury their dead while hiding a forbidden love that could cost him everything.

Patrick Epino, Producer/Writer/Director and Paola Mardo, Producer – Veterano
In 1981 San Francisco, a desperate Filipino World War II veteran launches a frantic bank robbery spree to save his dying best friend, putting him on a collision course with a young, ambitious detective eager to make his mark.

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Vivian Ip, Producer/Director/Writer and Fanfan Zhou, Producer – Shophouse Hearts
Set in modern Singapore, a marketing strategist returns to her birthplace for a career-defining project, but clashes with a local architect who sees her as an outsider until buried memories reveal a shared past that forces them to face what home and love mean.

For more information on PGA Create, visit producersguild.org/pga-create.