Beth is a Filipina-American documentary filmmaker. She has won three Emmy awards and a Peabody Award for her documentary work at HBO. Beth recently directed and produced Uncharted with Alicia Keys and her organization, She is the Music that premiered at Tribeca Festival in June 2023. She also directed and produced This Is Brighton that premiered at […]
Regi Allen is a 2X Emmy® award-winning editor, producer, and media design artist. He is the creative director, editorial kingpin, and producer for the post-production collective Niceandcreative. Regi has edited and produced various works and specials for MTV, Discovery Channel, ABC, HBO, BBC, IFC, ESPN, Investigation (ID), TLC, SyFy, Showtime, NATGEO, TV One, Facebook, Amazon, […]
Zara Serabian-Arthur is a co-founder of Meerkat Media, an award-winning production company cooperative based in Brooklyn, NY. As a documentary film editor, producer and director, her work has been featured on Hulu (Stolen Youth, series editor), PBS (Public Money, producer), National Geographic (Visual Human, editor), The New York Times (A Long Separation, editor) and The […]
Rachael Dyer, an award-winning director, producer, and journalist, has made an indelible mark on global entertainment and media. Her work has been featured on premium streaming platforms and broadcasters such as Netflix, Apple TV+, Paramount+, HBO Max, Hulu, Disney, Peacock, Oxygen and BBC. Notable highlights include her critically acclaimed documentary Pay or Die (2023).
Sophie Compton is a documentary director and producer who tells women’s stories of injustice and healing. Her projects have been supported by Sundance Institute, International Documentary Association, Impact Partners, Hot Docs, Arts Council England and others. Her debut feature Another Body premiered at SXSW 2023, where it won the Special Jury Award for Innovation in Storytelling.
Vanessa Carr is a documentary cinematographer specializing in character-driven cinema vérité. Her long list of credits includes On Pointe (Disney+), Free Money (Netflix), and multiple HBO films. Her work has been on every major platform and screened in festivals including IDFA, Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, and TIFF. She is currently directing and shooting her first feature […]
Viridiana Lieberman is a filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. She most recently edited The Perfect Neighbor which world premiered at Sundance in 2025 and won the U.S. Documentary directing award. She’s edited many features and series, most notably the Emmy-award winning films The Sentence, I Am Evidence, Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power […]
Nira Burstein is an award-winning filmmaker based in New York City. She is one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film. Her documentary film debut Charm Circle is a New York Times Critic’s Pick and had its streaming premiere on the Criterion Channel. Her films have played festivals around the world, including Sheffield DocFest, DOC […]
Zaynê Akyol, a Canadian filmmaker of Kurdish origin, holds a master’s degree in cinema from the Université du Québec à Montréal. She gained recognition for her debut documentary, Gulîstan, Land of Roses (2016). Her second film, Rojek, represents Canada at the 2024 Oscars for Best International Feature, which emphasizes the human condition and the political influence of documentaries.
Zac Manuel is an award winning director and cinematographer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Zac’s work in documentary draws from complex legacies of Southern identity, with particular interest in the impacts of history and inheritance on Black communities.