Ben Bernhard graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Camera) before he started his Masters degree in Cinematography at the Deutsche Film-und Fernsehakademie Berlin (dffb). Since then he realised various fiction and documentary films as Director of Photography. In 2014 he received a scholarship at the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles. Since 2009, […]
Alex Holder is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and founder of AJH Films, an international filmmaking company dedicated to navigating provocative spaces through dynamic storytelling. Holder’s curiosity matched with his thoughtful eye takes audiences on a visionary and compelling journey through profound interviews with unmatched access. With each of his subjects receiving an uninterrupted stage to […]
Phil Bertelsen is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning filmmaker based in NYC. He works both in scripted and unscripted film and TV. Most recently, he produced and directed a six-part series Who Killed Malcolm X with his producing partner Rachel Dretzin of Ark Media. It begins streaming on Netflix in January 2020. Prior to that, […]
Doug Bernheim is a music supervisor and consultant for film, TV and brands. He has music supervised over 100 feature films and documentaries, as well as dozens of TV series for VH1, Apple TV+, Amazon Prime, Bravo, A&E, WE tv, Viceland, History and Discovery. He has also worked on advertisements and promos for leading brands […]
Sareen is an Armenian-Jordanian documentary filmmaker based in the US. Through an intimate observational style, she tells stories of underrepresented communities. Her HBO documentary We Are Not Done Yet follows US veterans grappling with PTSD who write poetry to heal. She is directing, producing and shooting her first feature documentary, an international co-production that’s supported […]
Sara Khaki is an Iranian-American documentary director, producer and editor. A Sundance film Institute grantee, Sara is dedicated to telling stories related to women’s rights and empowerment, shedding light on those who have been neglected. Her co-directed short, Our Iranian Lockdown, featured on the Guardian, was nominated for the 2020 IDA Awards, which led to […]
Patrick G. Lee (he/they) is a queer diasporic Korean documentary filmmaker, writer and community organizer. He’s interested in building collaborative, community-based models of filmmaking that equip queer and trans people of color with media-making skills. His short film Unspoken won several festival awards, including the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Short at the Austin […]
Mohammad Reza Eyni is a director, producer, DP, and the co-founder of Gandom Films Production LLC. He has produced and directed international films such as his co-directing contribution on a feature-length documentary, Convergence, a Netflix Original, which received a 2022 Emmy Nomination. A recent Sundance film Institute grantee, Mohammad Reza’s co-directed short, Our Iranian Lockdown, […]
Martin Awano is a documentary filmmaker and cinematographer based in New York and Chicago. He has completed a short documentary series that is a Fulbright-National Geographic Semi-Finalist. He has filmed for PBS, Frontline, and Discovery. He is part of the leadership team for The Video Consortium and is a co-leader of The Filmshop’s Docshop.
Marta is a documentary filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist/writer. She is passionate about telling stories that center Black women, social issues and the archive. She interviewed Black female migrants from World War II and authored Staging Migrations by UPC Press. Marta’s work-in-progress Little Sallie Walker received support from WIF x Sundance, DOC NYC OINY, Women Make […]