Thomas Bena earned a degree in marketing from the UMass Amherst in 1989, but working in the business world wasn’t for him, so after nine short months he grabbed a […]

Samira Goetschel is an Iranian-born American award-winning filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She left Iran with her family after the government of Ayatollah Khomeini executed her father. An alumnus of […]

  Dan Sagalyn is the deputy senior producer for foreign affairs and defense at PBS’s NewsHour. He works closely with many projects, including the Nuclear Power Play project, making sure […]

Ben Bowie is co-founder of Bigger Bang, a successful media production company. His last feature, Hawking kicked off SXSW in 2014, a world premiere. Formerly MD of world-renowned Darlow Smithson […]

After graduating from the Japan Academy of Moving Images in 1978, Chikara Ujiie joined the forerunner of Japanese television production company Telecom Staff, where he worked on variety of programs […]

  Davis received his MFA from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. At USC he directed If a Body Meet a Body, a documentary on the Los […]

Rémi Chayé is a French animator. He has worked on many well know French animations including The Painting, Eleanor’s Secret, and The Secret of Kells. The Long Way North is […]

Ashley Scott Davison is a Colorado-based producer and writer, known for BROTHER SCREWTAPE (2008) and SHADOW BOX (2008). Ashley holds a BS in Fashion Design from Colorado State University and […]

Shirikiana Aina is a director and producer, based in Washington, DC. Some of her best known works include Sankofa (1993), Brick By Brick (1982), and Through the Door of No […]

Julie Dash is an American filmmaker who is best known for her film, Daughters of the Dust (1991). Julie graduated from the UCLA film school with a degree in motion […]