Ryan Ann Davis (co-founder of Smarthouse, @indieartsvoice) is a film publicist and communications professional with fifteen years experience in the film industry and arts marketing. She is co-founder and Principal at Smarthouse Creative. Named by Media Inc. as one of Washington State’s most influential women in film, TV, and media, Ryan has worked with outlets […]
Amie Simon has 15+ years of marketing experience as a content strategizer, creator, and copywriter for social, web, and print. She spent almost 4 years at MoPOP (formerly EMP Museum) creating geek-focused content, and growing their social audience. She knows the ins-and-outs of campaigns, taglines, brand voice, social media, community building, targeted ads, and #squadgoals. […]
Jon-Sesrie Goff is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and arts administrator. His body of work includes extensive institutional, community, and family archival research, visual documentation, and oral history interviews in the coastal American South on the legacy of Black land ownership and Gullah Geechee heritage preservation. Jon engages with his work from the paradigm of a […]
SHAWNA BRAKEFIELD-HAASE (Producer) of The Brakefield Company is an Emmy Award®-winning documentary producer whose films include Momentum Generation (HBO Sports), Nossa Chape (Fox Sports), Give Us This Day (AT&T Audience), A La Calle (HBO Max) She served as consulting producer on “Phenoms,” (Fox Sports) Fox Sports and Girls Can’t Surf a feature documentary on the […]
Olivia is an award-winning filmmaker whose films have premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, along with various networks like Netflix, Discovery, CNN, MTV and featured on The New York Times. Olivia currently lives in Portland, OR and is the Creative Director at Orange Static–an interactive agency that focuses on producing documentary websites and campaigns, along […]
Since joining Trailblazer in 2003, Eric Johnson has helped the Sound department evolve from a small shop with a local focus to a major player in the industry. He hopes to use the mediums of film, television and video to educate, inspire, and address some of our world’s most challenging issues. Recent projects include A […]
Aurelia Belfield is a creative professional drawn to storytelling in all mediums. She’s proud to have worked as a music supervisor for film and television, and executive producer of audio works with Trailblazer Studios. She currently serves on the DEI committee at the Guild Of Music Supervisors and is a long time member. Her passion […]
Paul Brill is a three-time Emmy Award nominee. He collaborated with Rock legends U2 on the HBO film, Burma Soldier, composing a new string arrangement for an acoustic version of their classic song, “Walk On.” He won the first-ever Best Music Award at the International Documentary Awards (IDA) for his score to “Better This World” […]
Daniel Kaplan is a seasoned Digital Marketing and Social Media Director who has directed and executed organic and paid digital marketing strategies for more than 50 clients and projects including creative brands, festivals, and feature films. Daniel has spent the last decade working in the marketing, education, and service sectors. Previous project highlights include digital […]
Matthew Chazen is a Television Agent at leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Chazen is based in the New York office and represents many of the world’s leading media organizations, production companies, directors, and independent producers in the non-scripted space including BuzzFeed, The Atlantic, Group Nine Studios, Radical Media, DIGA Studios, North […]