Bill Kirstein
Bill Kirstein is a cinematographer based in New York. He has shot films, commercials and music videos all over the world and worked with internationally renowned artists such as Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, Zoe Saldana, Pharrell, Usher, John Legend, Adele and Terrence Malick.
Nic Collins
Nic Collins is an award-winning writer/director from Chicago now based in LA. In 2014, Nic completed his first feature film, BEASTS, which received Honorable Mention for Experimental Filmmaking at Oregon Underground Film Festival. Nic loves 80's comic books, 90's hip hop and salmon rolls.
Ariel Kavoussi
Ariel Kavoussi is an award-winning artist, writer, producer, filmmaker, actress, and curator of film & video works based in New York City. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art's Documentary Fortnight, Dia: Chelsea, Louis B. James, Anthology Film Archives, the Williams College Museum of Art, Woodstock Film Festival, Loft Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Lighthouse International Film Festival, and elsewhere.
Jacob Andrews
Jacob Andrews is a writer and director residing in Los Angles whose Production Company, Rubydog Films, has worked with Rocketjump Productions and Adult Swim. He also has a script development deal with Bleiberg Entertainment.
Brian Rawlins
Filmmaker & 2016 Winner of WDFF’s Best Overall Film - Brian Rawlins is a writer/director who was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. When he went to college at University of Texas at Austin he saw Aguirre, Wrath of God and RoboCop in the same day and decided he wanted to be a filmmaker.
Anthony Deptula
Anthony Deptula is originally from Steubenville, Ohio and has lived in LA for over a decade. He got his start in television at USA Network and Spike TV in scripted one hour working in development. After reading thousands of scripts in development he took the leap to write a movie for MGM and developed a scripted project for Freeform.
B Kelley
B Kelley is a writer/director whose focus lies in pulling performances from actors. From a young age, Kelley has felt a strong passion for the performing arts; studying different acting techniques while performing for a variety of companies. Kelley is an ardent supporter of universal human rights and believes that these rights are innate, and not subject to discrimination.
Xavier Burgin
Xavier Neal-Burgin is a writer/director from USC's School of Cinematic Arts. He's an HBO alumni, Ryan Murphy Directing Program mentee, a semi-finalist for The Student Academy Awards, and a Sundance fellow. A goofball at heart, he's amassed 60,000 followers via comedy, storytelling, and social commentary. He strives to bring an emotionally powerful aesthetic through drama, and a pleasantly gut-aching hilarity through comedy.