Jason is an American sound designer, creative producer, drummer and visual artist from New York. He works as a post production sound designer, dialogue editor, re-recording mixer artist and creative producer which gives him a unique perspective from all sides. 

Jason can work in both Canada and the US. He has mixed films that have screened at TIFF, SXSW, and sold out theatre's nationwide. 10+ years working in post sound with 20+ years of experience in the music industry and fine arts. Jason graduated from S.A.E. Institute in Los Angeles with a certificate in audio engineering and the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. Currently Jason lives in both Los Angeles and Toronto

www.sinasoundpsot.com

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Catherine Black is a Canadian-American director-writer, actor, artist, intimacy coordinator and educator with 30 years of experience in front of and behind the camera.  

As an actor, Catherine is best known for American Psycho, The Donner Party, Odyssey 5 and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Catherine’s extensive practice as an actor and artist has rooted their vision in filmmaking. Catherine went on to produce commercials, short films and music videos before directing their first narrative film in 2012. Catherine’s films have won international awards and acquired worldwide SVOD/VOD distribution. Known for a strong use of color and bold imagery, Catherine has great insight directing actors but their real gift is the ability to capture and convey the subtlest nuances of human emotion on screen. Catherine is currently in development on two feature films.

https://www.directedbycatherineblack.com/

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Chen Drachman is an Israeli-American, award-winning actress and filmmaker based in NYC.

Chen's first film, The Book of Ruth, starring Tony and Emmy Awards nominee Tovah Feldshuh, has been in numerous festivals in the U.S. and abroad, including the Academy Award qualifying Cinequest and BOGHOSHORTS.
Since it concluded its run at the festival circuit, it has had more than 160K views online through Omeleto.
Her second film, But I’m a Shoe, starring The Legend of Korra’s Janet Varney, premiered at the Academy Award qualifying St. Louis International Film Festival.
Her newest short script, Blood and Sex Over Ambition, was a quarter finalist at the Hollyshorts script competition and a semi-finalist at the Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival script competition. It is currently in post-production.

Chen is currently developing three features.

She's a advisory board member of Inwood Art Works.

www.thebookofruthfilm.com

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ARNON Z. SHORR

Arnon is an award-winning, internationally acclaimed filmmaker, screenwriter, comics creator and author of groundbreaking Jewish fiction, with a focus on authentic, diverse Jewish representation in genre-bending, boundary-busting entertainment.

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MESMERIC MEDIA

Executive Producer

Travis@Mesmeric.Media

11 S. Strawberry St.Philadelphia, PA 19106

A Peabody Award-winning filmmaker known for tackling challenging subjects and filmic
approaches, Vivian’s work has garnered the Organization of American Historians’ Eric
Barnouw Award, International Documentary Association’s Outstanding Achievement
Award, and National Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement
in Research. Also an educator, Kleiman taught at Stanford University’s Graduate
Program in Documentary Film & Video Production for 9 years.

Contact Information:

Compadre Media Group
2600 Tenth Street #249
Berkeley, CA 94710 USA
Email: vivkleiman@gmail.com
Mobile: 1-510-912-0261

www.viviankleiman.com‍

www.outthevote.com

www.nostraightlinesthefilm.com

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Simone is both an instructional designer and award-winning documentary filmmaker, and has found that working in each field enriches her skills in the other. She is currently producing The Death Positive Project. Previously she:

• Co-produced/Directed Sensei Fran Kicks Ass which screened at 19 film festivals.
• Produced/Directed The Life of Cheng Se Tseo in His Own Words, which aired on two Pennsylvania public TV stations.
• Co-Produced American Feud and Confounding Father.
• Produced/directed a series of short instructional films for Afghan and Iraqi refugees.
• Co-founded and co-facilitated the Docs in Progress/Women in Film and Video Roundtable from 2011 - 2023.
• Designed/produced/wrote/edited two explainer animations - Academic Appointments and What is a CV?
• Researched, produced and found archival images for A History of Higher Education.
• Serves as a Topic Host in the D-word doc

Longnook Pictures

917 270-0083

adamzucker2@gmail.com

Beth is the award winning director, producer and writer of UnBroken, the feature documentary film streaming now on Apple, Amazon, Fandango, Google,YouTube and Netflix where it soared to top ten in the U.S. ranking #5. Beth is a lifelong actress, dancer, singer and yogi. UnBroken is her directorial debut. She is the daughter of Holocaust survivor GingerLane, wife, mother and activist. Beth received her BA from University ofMichigan and BFA from UCLA.

Hina Ali is a Pakistani documentary editor and director based in Brooklyn, New York. Her films have been screened at over fifty film festivals in more than thirty countries, including SXSW, IDFA, Sheffield International Documentary Festival, CPH:DOX, Documentary Edge Festival, and Vancouver International Film Festival.