Scott, Ridley

Ridley Scott is a British film director and producer, whose notable hits include Thelma and Louise, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down.  Scott grew up in West Hartlepool, England, and attended […]

Taylor, Dyanna

Taylor is an Emmy Award winner and the recipient of the MUSE Award for “Outstanding Vision and Achievement in Cinematography” from New York Women in Film and Television.  She began […]

Kaczor, Kris

Kris Kaczor is the founder of 750 Productions, a Brooklyn-based filmmaking collective.  He graduated from Michigan State University with a BA in Education and later studied film at The Motion Picture […]

McBride, Peter

Coloradan Pete McBride is a self-taught photographer, filmmaker, writer, and public speaker who has traveled on assignment to over 75 countries for clients including the National Geographic Society, Smithsonian, Google […]

Abruña, Rubén

Rubén Abruña has extensive experience in the entertainment industry, working in film, television, and radio. He has written, produced, directed, and edited numerous documentaries, corporate videos, promos, and commercials in […]

Bowermaster, Jon

Writer, filmmaker and adventurer, Jon is a six-time grantee of the National Geographic Expeditions Council. One of the Society’s ‘Ocean Heroes,’ his first assignment for National Geographic Magazine was documenting […]

Baxter, Anthony

Anthony Baxter is one of the United Kingdom’s leading documentary filmmakers. In his iconic You’ve Been Trumped (2011), a small Scottish community battles against a brash New York developer, who […]

Kissel, Laura

Laura Kissel is an Emmy nominated documentary filmmaker whose work explores contemporary social, cultural and political landscapes and the use of orphan films. She was named the South Carolina Arts […]

Homcy, Dave

Born and raised in Florida, Dave Homcy moved to Hawaii, following his passion for surf cinematography and photography.  After twenty years in the film business, working on notable projects such […]

Thornburg-Homcy, Crystal

Born and raised in Hawaii, Crystal Thornburg-Homcy’s earliest memory is hanging out at the beach with her parents. Suffice it to say, Crystal was raised surfing: her dad used to […]