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Julie Gratz is an Emmy®-nominated animation director, producer, and motion graphics artist. She founded the award-winning production company Kaleida Studio in 2013, focusing on animation, motion graphics, and augmented reality art. Kaleida has become the preferred GFX and animation hub for Academy Award-winning directors like Alex Gibney (Jigsaw Productions) and networks such as Netflix, HBO, […]

Amanda Mustard is a Brooklyn-based queer filmmaker and photojournalist raised on a Christmas tree farm in rural Pennsylvania. She began her career as a photojournalist during the Arab Spring In Egypt, and spent a decade working regularly for clients like the New York Times and National Geographic first in the Middle East, and then in […]

Carolyn Gartner, LCSW, FT is the founder and director of The Center For Integrated Grief. She is a licensed clinical social worker and a Fellow in Thanatology (the study of dying, death and bereavement). She has an advanced certification in grief counseling and a certification in Mindfulness. She utilizes IFS and Jungian Shadow Work in […]

Jennifer Zelaya, LICSW, LCSW, MPH, is a licensed independent clinical social worker and public health practitioner with over thirteen years of diverse and practical experience in the fields of public health and social work. As a clinician and consultant, she has worked with adolescents and adults in supporting them through trauma, grief, anxiety, and depression. […]

Sean Donnelly is the founder of the animation company AWESOME + modest which operates out of Los Angeles, California. They specialize in animation for documentaries and have created unique animations for projects like HBO’s The Lady and the Dale, Hulu’s Queenmaker, HBO’s The Stroll, Showtime’s The One and Only Dick Gregory, Davis Guggenheim’s Waiting for […]

Lina Lyte Plioplyte, Emmy, Clio and Silver Lion winning Lithuanian-born filmmaker, started her documentary journey in New York City, working for NYLON magazine. For the last 12 years, she has made documentaries, commercials, and short films, showcasing her work on MTV, MSNBC, PBS, Venice Biennale, and at film festivals like SxSW and IDFA. Her feature […]

Yasmin Mistry is an Emmy-nominated animator and award-winning filmmaker, who blends these creative mediums to tell character-driven stories with an intimate lens. Her work has been displayed worldwide, including showings at the United Nations and White House as well as at SXSW, Tribeca Film Festival, DOC NYC, and more. She is the recipient of funding […]

Daniel Shepard is the Head of TV/Film & Director of Strategy at Mighty Oak. For 8 years, Daniel worked for the Emmy Award-winning series, Inside the Actors Studio, where he produced over 60 episodes. In 2012 he created the animated series Chicks on a Bench (MTV) and Swimming Lessons (Above Average, Hulu) before co-founding the animation […]

Erica Ginsberg is a writer, documentary filmmaker, story consultant, and project manager with a dual background in the arts and public diplomacy. She co-founded the Washington DC-area documentary film organization Docs In Progress and served as its founding executive director for more than a decade. She currently co-hosts The D-Word, a peer-to-peer global community for […]