John Ford grew up in rural South Carolina. When he was thirteen, a movie filmed in his hometown, and he was cast in a small role (because he “looked local”)…

Jason Michael Berman (Burning Sands, The Birth of A Nation) is the Executive Vice President of Mandalay Pictures. Berman has produced feature films that have debuted at premiere film festivals…

Best Documentary Award given to the director and producer. Credits Director: Lina Soualem Producer: Jean-Marie Nizan Synopsis Leaving her native village to follow her dream of becoming an actress, Hiam…

Oualid Mouaness’ work traverses narrative and documentary features, music films, music videos and commercials.  He looks for material that pushes art and tackles social and human issues. Liberian born, and raised…

Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer. Credits Executive Producers: Greg Whiteley, Ryan O’Dowd Co-Executive Producers: Alejandro Melendez, Adam Leibowitz Episode Wrestlers received this nomination for Episode 5….

Pamela Ribon (Nimona, Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet) is the Academy Award®-nominated creator and writer of My Year of Dicks, an adaptation of her critically-acclaimed comedic memoir Notes to Boys…

Ali LeRoi is an award-winning writer/director/producer best known for his work on the critically acclaimed series CW’s Everybody Hates Chris, TBS’ Are We There Yet? and the breakout hit for…

Michael Covino is a filmmaker and actor from New York. He produced Hunter Gatherer, which won a Special Jury Prize at SXSW and was nominated for the Cassavetes Award in…

Josie Totah is a multi-talented actress, writer and producer. Josie began her career at the age of ten, performing at the Hollywood Improv before moving on to recurring roles on…

Rich is an award-winning casting director and producer, who counts himself fortunate to have successfully worked in theatre, TV, film and new media, in both New York City and Los…

Fears Fayyad is best known for his Oscar-nominated films Last Men in Aleppo (2018) and The Cave (2020).

Mynette Louie is a Film Independent Spirit Award-winning, Emmy and Critics Choice-nominated producer whose credits include Josef Kubota Wladyka’s Tribeca 2021-winning, Spirit and Gotham Award-nominated Catch the Fair One (IFC…