Steve Elfers is the multimedia director for USA Today and a leader in the field of visual storytelling in investigative journalism. In the past, he’s covered military conflicts from the Middle […]

Ian James is a reporter who writes about water and the environment for The Desert Sun in Palm Springs. He is a member of the newspaper’s investigative team, and his work also […]

Piotr Armianovski​ is a Ukrainian performer and director. He started his artistic activity in Donetsk theatre. Later he performed and studied in Kyiv, Lviv, and Moscow including the “School of Performance” […]

Stuart McDonald is an Australian director and writer with a varied and colorful career in both film and TV. On the small screen, he’s widely known for his long-running collaboration with the […]

Alastair Fothergill was educated at Harrow School and the Universities of St. Andrew’s and Durham.  He joined the BBC Natural History Unit in 1983.  He has worked on a wide […]

Mark Linfield has had a prolific career, producing and directing many award-winning films, including The Battles of Braveheart, Orangutans: The High Society, The Temple Troop and The Life of Mammals […]

Lisa’s earliest memory of storytelling is of her brother reading to her when she was a toddler. She loved being transported into different worlds and living through another character’s experiences. […]

Shuling holds a degree in Radio/TV/Film from Northwestern University, Illinois. In 2006, she graduated as Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s most outstanding student, earning a diploma in Mass Communication. Shuling grew up […]

Kaitlin joined the Written on Water team after many early brainstorming sessions with Merri Lisa while Kaitlin worked as the Manager of Photographic Services at American University (AU). Kaitlin currently works for […]

Julia Ocker was born in Pforzheim, Germany, where she studied visual communication at the Hochschule Pforzheim, and later pursued animation at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. She has directed the shorts Kellerkind (12) (her graduate project), and Zebra (13).