Emma He & Maddie McCann

Maddie McCann & Emma He are a screenwriting & filmmaking duo based in Baltimore and New York. They first locked eyes in a Zoom breakout room and have been working together ever since. Their first feature script, Superbloom, was selected for the 2026 Film Independent Screenwriting Lab and was a Top 10 Finalist in the 2025 Shore Scripts Feature Contest. Their short films, I Want To Be You and Musicians Wanted, have screened at festivals including the Chelsea Film Festival and Philadelphia Film Society’s monthly showcase. 

MADDIE has managed production and development at SmartLess Media, the media company behind the SmartLess podcast hosted by Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes, since the company’s inception in 2022. She is a contributing writer to the ClueLess podcast, hosted by Emmy Award-winning writer Elliott Kalan. She is also the associate producer and video editor for Staying Alive, SmartLess Media’s podcast hosted by Adam Pally and Jon Gabrus. Her previous work experiences include Showtime, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jax Media, Netflix, and Seeso.

EMMA is a screenwriter & filmmaker from Arizona and based in New York. After a storied career in high school JV basketball (Warmest Bench award recipient), she studied computational neuroscience at Harvard, where she also did some comedy writing. She works in biotech by day.

Representation: Aaron Folbe, Underground Management