Harry Jay Knowles (born December 11, 1971 in Austin, Texas) is an online film critic best known for his movie news and review website, "Ain't It Cool News". He also appears in "Sky Movies News" for Sky Digital, and since April 2006, as the film critic for "Penthouse" magazine.

Drew McWeeny, also known by his pseudonym Moriarty, is a film critic, screenwriter, and the west coast editor of the Ain't It Cool News website. He attended, but did not graduate from, Florida State University, instead choosing to focus on a career in entertainment in Los Angeles. He has one son, Toshiro Lucas McWeeny, born in 2005.

Vern is a noted internet film critic based in Seattle, Washington, who contributes regularly to Ain't It Cool News. He also maintains his own website, titled Then Fuck You, Jack: The Life and Art of Vern. In addition to his many film reviews, Vern also houses a column, "Vern Tell's It Like It Is", as well as his own poetry on his personal site. His film reviews are generally well received, and are noted for their sense of humor.

Scott Swan is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles, CA. Best known for his work on seasons one and two of "Masters of Horror", Swan has been working with his writing partner Drew McWeeny for 20 years, since the two met in high school. Their recent films John Carpenter’s "Cigarette Burns" and "Pro-Life", both produced as part of the "Masters" series for Showtime, represent their first produced film work, but the two have been working professionally since 1994, …

Emily Hagins (born October 27, 1992), was the producer, writer, editor, and director of the 2006 independent feature film, "Pathogen." She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and moved to Austin, Texas in 1993. She is the first teenage girl in the United States to direct a feature-length film. She always had a keen interest in movies, and by second grade had earned the nickname, "The movie girl". Not long after reading J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit", …

Peter Briggs is a British born screenwriter, hired generally by Hollywood-based motion picture studios, a number of projects by whom have suffered due to "bad luck", as attributed by Harry Knowles of "Ain't It Cool News". Briggs hit the screenwriting scene in 1991 (after being a film cameraman for several years) with his well-received "Alien vs. Predator" screenplay, sold to 20th Century Fox. The movie languished in development hell for many years, …

Matt Smith is a Cambridge, Massachusetts illustrator best known for his work in such children's magazines as "Cricket", "Highlights for Children", and "Muse". He is also known for creating album cover art and concert posters for The Minibosses and as a contributor to FORTY-3, The official Massachusetts College of Art. He received a Xeric grant for the illustrated poem Alec Dear, written by Tom Pappalardo of Standard Design.

I write for a movie news website called Ain't It Cool News under the pseudonym "Quint." I'm an unabashed movie geek that lives in Austin, Texas, an oasis of cool.

Hi I'm Martha, I just finished my Masters degree in Media Studies from the University of Texas at Austin and I enjoy many activities including reading, bowling, traveling, and watching movies.

First of all, I'm blessed. I have a beautiful wife and an amazing baby who just celebrated his second birthday. So I really am ungodly lucky. I'm a writer. I think as long as I've been aware of wanting to do something, I've wanted to be a writer.