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 […]
Milisuthando Bongela (b.1985, South Africa) is an award-winning writer, editor, cultural worker and artist. Her career began in the fashion industry but the last 15 years has seen her traverse the worlds of music, art, media and film – continually turning towards indigenous knowledge. For 3 years she was Arts Editor for the Mail & […]
Kimberley Ferdinando is a journalist and filmmaker with two decades of experience in nonfiction storytelling. As Executive Producer at NBC News Studios, she oversees documentary films and series as a hands-on creative producer throughout all stages of production. Kimberley’s most recent film, The Disappearance of Shere Hite (dir. Nicole Newnham) premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and […]
Currently a Lead Senior Editor at National Geographic, Adam Lingo is an experienced documentary editor that embraces the collaborative process. He values the teamwork, culture, process, and sausage-making in the filmmaking journey as much as the final product. Adam is excited to work on projects which challenge & explore our shared humanity. His editing credits […]
Mridu Chandra is BAFTA and Emmy nominated producer of award-winning documentaries and fiction films that cover topics of civil rights, environmental and racial justice, and gender equality. These films have premiered at Sundance, Telluride, and SXSW; aired on PBS, Disney+, HBO and Netflix; and screened for members of the U.S. Congress and the United Nations. […]
Sean Weiner is a film producer and artist community builder based in the Lower Hudson Valley of New York. Sean is the Co-Director of UFO, a filmmaker support organization built upon a philosophy of inclusion and collaboration that provides short film labs, feature film residencies, and grants opportunities to early career and experienced independent filmmakers. […]
Melanie Vi Levy, Director & Producer is a documentary editor, producer and director based in New York. As a documentary filmmaker, she was a lead editor on the NEH-funded feature-film, Hillbilly (Winner, Best Documentary LA Film Festival). She has contributed as editor to feature films including What She Said, The Art of Pauline Kael (Berlinale, Telluride Premiere), […]