David DiGilio

Biography: An up-and-coming writer-producer with big- and small-screen credits to his name, DiGilio launched his career in the 2001 Disney Screenwriting Fellowship and was invited to join the studio's in-house program the next year. After working on a variety of projects, he penned the screenplay for 2006's Eight Below — a fact-based adventure about sled dogs stranded in Antarctica — and segued to TV as the creator and executive producer of Traveler, in which two college buddies go on the lam when they become suspects in a terrorist bombing. DiGilio is also branching out into publishing with his upcoming graphic novel for BOOM! Comics.