Emelie Mahdavian is completing Bitterbrush and developing a project on the creative process of Alonzo King Lines Ballet. Previously a professional dancer with a Ph.D., she produced, wrote, and edited Midnight Traveler, which won a Peabody Award, a Special Jury Prize at Sundance and was nominated for a Gotham Award. She is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Luke Lorentzen is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and co-founder of Hedgehog Films with Kellen Quinn. His most recent film, Midnight Family, tells the story of a family-run ambulance business in Mexico City and was shortlisted for the 2020 Oscars. He is also one of the directors and producers of the Netflix series, Last Chance U. With […]
Elizabeth Lo is an award-winning filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California. Elizabeth was featured in Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film, Cannes Lions’ New Directors’ Showcase, and Locarno and NYFF’s Artist Academy. Her debut feature documentary, Stray, won the Top Jury Prize at Hot Docs after premiering at Tribeca, and will be released by Magnolia […]
Viridiana Lieberman edited the Emmy-winning features I Am Evidence and The Sentence, which won the 2018 Sundance Documentary Audience Award. Her solo directorial debut, Born To Play premiered on ESPN in 2020. She is currently the lead editor on a series for Netflix and Imagine Entertainment slated for 2021 and is based in Brooklyn, New York.
Daniel B. Levin’s work spans documentaries, narratives and commercials, where he has served roles including director, producer and cinematographer. Levin’s latest work includes serving as the executive producer and cinematographer on the series I Promise, executive produced by LeBron James and released on Quibi in 2020. Levin is currently directing a feature documentary on the groundbreaking […]
Alexandra Lazarowich is an award-winning Cree producer, director and screenwriter from Northern Alberta, Canada. Her documentary Fast Horse premiered and won the Special Jury Award for Directing at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. She is the co-founder of COUSIN COLLECTIVE and currently the series producer for the CBC’s multi-award-winning comedy documentary series Still Standing.
Jessica Kingdon is a filmmaker named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film. Her upcoming feature Untitled PRC Project is supported by organizations including SFFILM, Chicken & Egg, Cinereach, Sundance, Firelight, and Field of Vision. She also directed Commodity City, Routine Island and It’s Coming.
Crystal Kayiza was raised in Oklahoma and is now a Brooklyn, New York-based director. Named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film, her most recent films include Edgecombe and See You Next Time. Her work has screened at Sundance, BAMcinemaFest, BlackStar, MoMa and appeared on The New Yorker, Starz and PBS.
Ian Hultquist is an American composer and producer based in Los Angeles, California. Over the past few years, he has made a name for himself composing the scores for numerous films, documentaries and TV shows, most recently working on the Netflix series How to Fix a Drug Scandal (directed by Erin Lee Carr).
Tiffany Hsiung is Peabody award-winning filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada. Her debut feature documentary The Apology (2016) has won over 15 awards internationally. Tiffany is also a winner of the Peabody – Futures of Media Award (2018) and a Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Digital Production for The Space We Hold (2017). Hsiung’s recent film Sing Me a Lullaby (2020) […]