Madeline Leshner
Madeline Leshner is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker. She was born and raised in Los Angeles and received her bachelor's of fine arts in film and television from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Leon Cheo
Leon Cheo is the creator, writer, and director of the Emmy®-nominated short-form series “People Like Us”. A graduate of Chapman University with a BFA in Creative Producing, and Ngee Ann Polytechnic with a diploma in Film, Sound & Video, Leon is also an alumnus of Outfest InFusion, Berlinale Talents, Asian Film Academy, and Talents Tokyo.
Diego Murillo
Diego graduated from Audiovisual Arts in the Andrés Bello Catholic University in 2017 as well as completed studies in The Roberto Mata Photography Atelier. He now resides in Brooklyn, NY, where he produced his most recent short film Antílope “Antelope” (2019), which premiered at the 52nd edition of SITGES Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantastic de Catalunya, while also working on new film projects.
Ryan McGlade
Ryan McGlade is a director, writer, and editor. He grew up in Pittsburgh and is now based in New York City.
Angela Stempel
Born in 1989 and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. Angela earned her BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and her BA in Art History from Tufts University in 2011. She was the recipient of the Dehn Fellowship for study abroad in 2010, and the Traveling Fellowship by SMFA in 2012.
Nick Borenstein
Nick Borenstein is a New York-based writer, director, dancer, and actor. Nick wrote, directed and starred in "Sweater" and "99," short films that premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival and went on to screen at the BFI London Film Festival, Outfest, Just For Laughs, the Seattle International Film Festival, InsideOut, MIX Copenhagen, the Palm Springs International ShortFest and many others.
Xin Fang
Born and raised in Shenzhen, Xin came to the United States to continue her bachelor degree in visual journalism and sociology at Boston University. She graduated with the Paula Rhodes Memorial Award, the highest commendation, from the School of Visual Arts in documentary filmmaking.
Gabriel Wilson
Gabriel Wilson is a director and screenwriter whose work explores human relationships through a naturalistic and humorous lens.