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Chris was born in New York City and raised outside of Annapolis, Maryland. His love of acting and filmmaking started at a very young age. From putting on performances for his family, to watching endless amounts of movies and TV. He always knew he wanted to be in the industry somehow, but when he was younger sports was his passion. He played baseball, football, and lacrosse and excelled in all of them. But shorty after graduating high school, he decided that his love of acting and film was the path he wanted to take. Chris moved back to New York City in 2004 and started auditioning at various acting schools. He ended up choosing the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts and became a Mesiner graduate in 2007. Shortly after graduation he teamed up with some buddies to make the web series "Recession Whores", which led the way to the starting of his production company "Rebel Lens Productions". After co-founding Rebel Lens, Chris joined more of his friends in the comedy group "The

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I am 18 years old, from New York City, currently studying at Bennington College in Vermont. My experience with camera work (still and moving image) both comes from and is influenced by traveling and observing cultures. A trip in 2007 to the Brazilian Amazon with my family inspired Booker Travels: an original web video series about global travel that explores art, history, music, food, and natural landscape. Surfing and skateboarding are also used throughout our episodes as a vehicle for interaction with local cultures and languages. Since starting the project, my involvement behind the scenes has grown, and my ability behind the camera, and producing content, have also led me to other creative endeavors. I produced Rumble Magazine in 2014 with a friend; the goal was to put together a series of raw interviews together in a well produced and 'real' feeling book. These interviews had the goal of exposing the opinions and thought processes of our inspirations to a greater audience

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Adam Parr is a Preditor and DP with 10 years experience creating compelling, purpose driven video content for major networks, nonprofits, corporations and government agencies. His work has appeared on-line, on prime time television, and at film festivals in the US and abroad. Before forming Pfly Media, Parr built a reputation as a hard working producer and editor with a keen sense of story and a well honed ability to create content that engaged a young and desirable demographic. These abilities earned him an Emmy nomination for his work with HBO, numerous greenlights for development projects, and selection for his editorial work on sought after properties such as Puppy Bowl and Shark Week. Parr built an extensive client and credit list working on a diverse range of projects, from long form documentary for clients such as Discovery and HBO, short form for NBC and technological innovators Dito, and advertising for industry leaders GMMB.

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Brian Torres is a positive visionary who creates messages through his professional skills to improve the views of humanity towards world poverty and environmental issues. His passion is to elaborate creative digital films that create high quality advertising for clients and valuable visual messages. Brian is the founder of Mammoth Editorial since 2007, which is a production/post-production group of freelancers that have worked with highly recognized industries such as Participant Media, Dolphin.org and Takepart.com. He is also the Co-founder of Búho since March of 2014. Búho is an advertising / production studio at Bogota, Colombia. His work as a creative director, editor and director of photography has been shown on the Discovery Channel, CNN, Univision, Fusion and Telemundo. He has worked in visual projects for companies, brands, talented artists and non-profit organizations such as Nikon, Audi, Twitter, JETS Colombia, Spanish All Year and UBECI.

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Konstantin is a film and theater director, who is technically based in Berlin, but divides his time mainly between Germany, the US and Lebanon…or wherever life takes him. He studied applied film, theatre and fine arts at the University of Hildesheim, and Jewish studies and the history and culture of the Middle East at the Freie Universität Berlin. With Canadian performance company Mammalian Diving Reflex, he has worked as a director, designer and creative associate in Toronto, London, Bern, Singapore, Glasgow, Philadelphia, Prague, Copenhagen, Essen, Portland, Gwangju, Hemsbach and Sydney. His film work includes commercials, music videos, short films and documentaries. His most recent documentary, ‘Hattie Goes Cruising’, continues to tour festivals internationally, after premiering at the 2015 New Orleans Film Festival. He has directed and edited commercials for s.Oliver, comma, Windsor., JOOP!, Eterna and the German Finance Authority, with agencies in Munich, Hamburg and New York.

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Crystal Kayiza grew-up in Oklahoma and is now a Brooklyn-based documentary filmmaker and 2018 Sundance Ignite Fellow. Her work focuses on pursuing more nuanced and diverse storytelling about Black communities. She is a recipient of the 2017 Jacob Burns Film Center Woman Filmmaker Fellowship. As a Woman Filmmaker Fellow she directed and produced, Edgecombe, a short documentary examining the ways trauma repeats and reinvents itself in a rural Black community in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. After graduating from Ithaca College in 2015 with a degree in Documentary Studies and Production, Crystal spent two years at the ACLU working on racial justice and criminal justice issues. Her documentary work and writing has been featured in The Nation, Scalawag Magazine and OkayAfrica. She received a Heartland Emmy Award in 2012 for her film All That Remains, which profiles Boley, Oklahoma, one of the nation's last all-Black towns.

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Alberto Ferreras is a writer and filmmaker known for his award winning novel “B as in Beauty”—published in the U.S. Spain, and Italy—, and for “Habla”, a 14-part documentary series created for HBO Latino in 2003. He is also one of the creators of “El Perro y el Gato”, a bilingual children’s animated show for HBO Family, and “Madres y Comadres” the first web-novela produced by Kmart for the Hispanic market of the U.S.

 He recently made his debut as a screenwriter with "Que Viva La Música" official selection to Sundance 2015. Ferreras has directed advertising campaigns for Dish Latino, HBO, MetroPlus, Verizon Wireless, and Walgreens among others. 

His Spanish version of the song “What it feels like for a Girl” was included in Madonna’s Drowned World Tour, and he recently collaborated with Los Crema Paraíso in their new album "De Película". 
He is a feature contributor for Vanity Fair Spain and a frequent guest speaker at the Smithsonian Latino Center. He was recently chosen Fan Guest

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Alden Peters is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with a BFA in film production at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He also studied documentary and essay filmmaking with the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba in Havana, Cuba. His writing has appeared in Hello Mr. and The Daily Beast, his photography has been posted in GAYLETTER, and his film work has been featured in Out Magazine, Time Out New York, The Huffington Post, NPR, Mashable, BuzzFeed, and many more. He has served as the Head of Production at Alleywire, and has worked with organizations such as the Tyler Clementi Foundation and the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, which secured landmark status for the Stonewall Inn in 2015. His first feature film, Coming Out, premiered in September 2015 and has won three audience awards in its festival circuit. Alden is a co-founder of Casa Vera Productions, where he produces and directs documentary films. He is based in Brooklyn, New York.

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Raymond has a Master’s degree in International Relations from National ChengChi University in Taipei, Taiwan and has been working as a producer, cameraman and editor for over 15 years. He is also FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot certification Raymond started his career while working and studying in Beijing China. In 2004, he moved back to the United States to work on his first film called God's Open Hand. The film charts the course of Afghanistan’s first presidential elections in Afghanistan. Since then he have worked on everything from news, documentaries, police reality shows, corporate videos, sports and live music. He has have worked all over the world from Africa, Central Asian, Southeast Asia and North America. Before the COVID pandemic, Raymond lived and worked in Thailand, covering the Burma/Myanmars internal civil conflicts and ceasefire talks for various publications. In 2017, he moved to Taipei to study for a Masters in International Relations. Raymond currently based in New York City and continues to work as a producer, cameraman and editor. Contact directly for list of IMDB credits, resume and current projects Raymond is involved with.

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I'm an award-winning journalist with over twenty years' experience working as a broadcast producer of news and documentaries as well as a reporter for print and radio outlets. Over the years, I've covered topics ranging from fracking to polygamous Mormons; I’ve interviewed both the homeless and the Secretary General of the UN; and I’ve shot anywhere from prisons to palaces. I started my broadcast career working for CNN in Rome, and then continued back in the United States as staff producer for Globo TV of Brazil, for Eurovision and for ARD German TV. As an independent broadcast producer, my clients have included Bavarian TV, ARTE, ZDF German TV, as well as Swedish, Danish, Dutch and Norwegian television. In recent years, I've delved into print and radio, winning a regional Edward R. Murrow and a New York City Press Club Award, among others, for my feature reports. I love to travel and speak (or manage to get by in!) various languages.

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Hi there, My name is Rachel White, and I'm a hardworking journalist who aspires to make the world a more inclusive, better place through my work. I am prepared to work tirelessly to tell untold stories and to learn from those around me. I recently graduated with a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism where I specialized in national security and social justice reporting as well as documentary filmmaking. My capstone documentary was nominated for a Chicago/Midwestern Emmy award in the long form, nonfiction category. I graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with degrees in broadcast journalism and political science, as well as a minor in international relations in May 2014. I recently won a college Emmy award for a show that I produced during undergrad in Cuba. I also previously reported for The Daily Collegian where I covered the Sandusky trial from inside the courtroom. I have reported for numerous outlets using broadcast, print and social media.

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As an independent filmmaker, I have developed, co-directed and produced a number of projects for Al Jazeera English, NBC Nightly News, NBC News, The Guardian, and others. As a producer most recently at NBC Nightly News, I regularly produced original reporting, appearing on both TV and online and distributed across all NBC News' social platforms. Some of my work included a profile of a Palestinian sprinter on a mission to compete at the Rio Olympic Games; documentary features on Hurricane Katrina survivors and their fight to repair their battered homes a decade later amidst rampant contractor fraud and a profile of a group of New York's cop watchers. Additionally, I spearheaded NBC News' series coverage of the standoff at the Oceti Sakowin Camp in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, over the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline - contributing dozens of written articles, video features, exclusive scoops and live on-the-ground dispatches. Previously, I worked as a featured contributor for The Guardian US where I covered City Hall in New York City. My most consequential piece there was a months-long investigation into abuses within the city's foster care system. In the piece, I exclusively revealed for The Guardian a watchdog report administered by the New York City Public Advocate's Office that the city's Administration for Children's Services (ACS) had for years abused its power in family courts, wrongly taken children into custody and inadequately assisted those it claimed to help. The article, in addition to a subsequent class-action lawsuit on behalf of the victims, led to Gov. Andrew Cuomo announcing four major reforms to ACS in November 2015. Prior to The Guardian, I worked as a general assignment reporter at Quartz, the Atlantic Media’s global business news site, where I covered everything from the rise of the pro-marijuana legalization movement in the US to a series of features on the covert U.S. drone program and the companies and individuals most closely associated with it. My first job in journalism was as an Associate Producer for a special investigative documentary project, “Marijuana Wars” on the social, legal and moral implications of the nation’s 40-year War on Drugs, both in the US and in Latin America, and the rise of the marijuana legalization movement in the United States for “People and Power,” a long form investigative current affairs program broadcast weekly on Al Jazeera English.

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Ras Tre Subira is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with over 7 years of teaching and producing social justice films in several international locations. Ras Tre is the Co-Founder of African Youth Alchemy (AYA Inc.), a community-based nonprofit organization that develops youth as cultural ambassadors who utilize expeditionary learning, media and arts to educate themselves and their community. In 2009, Ras Tre established the Griot's Eye program which equips youth with the technical and creative skills to produce dynamic film and photography projects that address issues of immediate relevance in the lives of Baltimore city youth. An important theme in Ras Tre's films is the exploration of identity issues among youth of the African Diaspora with a strong emphasis on the intersection between traditional culture and urban arts. He is particularly interested in giving voice to marginalized communities through participative media projects that empower residents to tell their own stories. His work reflects a strong commitment to social justice, youth development, and international development.

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I come from the humble midwest, finding myself in the heart of New York. With a dual degree in film and human rights, my career has been a push and pull between hollywood and non-profit organizations. I've worked with a number of film production companies and their big personalities, to local grassroots organizations with more passion than pocket money. As for now, I work as an Associate Producer at a documentary production company based in Brooklyn, while out of the office I spend my time in the hunt for stories. My tastes are simple. Rather than seek the most uniquely curious odd story yet to be publicly known, I ask what questions haven't been asked, and what perspectives haven't been told. I'm fascinated by the lady in my neighborhood who teaches piano to the deaf, while I contemplate the ants running single file up a blank wall. Letting my curiosity lead me, I start with one question and end with a million more.

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Nukhbat Malik initiated early into her professional life. In a short span of seven years she has extended her talent in the areas of filmmaking and journalism in various capacities. Her work encompasses not only reporting assignments but also independent filmmaking and documentaries on various social, cultural and economic issues. A dynamic personality eager to grow and make her mark in this industry. CORE SKILLS: Journalism/ Research (News & Creative, New Media) Filmmaking (Producing, Directing, Scripting, Editing) Management & Consultancy (Broadcast media, new media, social media tools) Working as a Multimedia Journalist, since 2008-till date, for the BBC World Service, Islamabad Bureau. Also currently working on “Fluidity of Khawaja Sara Lives and Queer Status in Pakistan” a project of Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada as a Research assistant. Conducting qualitative research interviews, focus group discussions, and conducting translation services.

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Mike is a passionate cinematographer who believes in the power of visual storytelling, uncovering a range of important issues and bringing them to light. Mike began his career in photo journalism and has carried that style though all of his work. From narratives, documentaries, music videos, and commercials, he approaches each project with a commitment to creating a visual story that is both beautiful and meaningful. He is a collaborator at heart, working closely with directors and other creatives to bring their shared vision to life. For Mike, being a cinematographer is more than a job, it’s a lifelong passion, and he is always on the lookout for new and exciting projects that will allow them to tell compelling stories and explore the world through the lens. Mike is also the co founder of Shittyrigs. A social channel that focuses on the strange, sketchy and hilarious things filmmakers do to get the shot. Check out the page below.

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Indefatigable, gregarious, and a born raconteur, I found my love of story around the dinner table with my father, a man of whom it is said, “never let the facts stand in the way of a good story.” But I believe getting to the truth of the matter through a well told story is what changes people’s hearts, connects us, and helps us see and understand the world. I’ve been entrusted with people’s stories through filmmaking and photography around the world for over twenty-five years. I’ve worked in: Bosnia, Palestine, Israel, Honduras, Haiti, Dominican Republic, The United Arab Emirates, Niger, Egypt, India, Kenya, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia, Uganda, Nigeria, Columbia, Congo, Eswatini, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tunisia, Malaysia, Nepal, Tajikistan, Turkey, Slovakia, England, The Bahamas, Mexico, Paraguay, Benin, China, France, Bulgaria, Russia, The Philippines, and all over the United States. Along with my freelance work, I own Red Dirt Short Films, with my wife, Jody.

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Sarah is a filmmaker and photographer, currently based in Chicago, by way of LA and London. She specializes in documentary production but has experience producing, directing, shooting and editing content that spans a range of genres and formats - and working in international, remote and wilderness settings. To quote a very kind mentor, “she is tenacious and undaunted by all challenges.” Sarah is interested in delving into the complex relationships that exist between humans and their environment, and seeks out projects that employ honest storytelling to explore the ethos of people and places. She aims to produce work that can engage, inform and resonate with diverse audiences. Sarah holds a BA in Film and Television Production from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, and an MA in Documentary Film from University of the Arts London. In her free time, she likes to shoot film and recreate outdoors. CV available on request.

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Harrison Jeffs is a director, editor, and cinematographer located in NYC who is passionate about all aspects of film and storytelling. He studied Film Production at Emerson College from 2014-2018. In 2020, he won a James Beard Digital Award for Best Online Video with chef Grace Young for their video "Wok Therapist" that he directed, shot, and edited. He has also won a Webby Award, a Telly Award, an IACP award, an EVVY Award, and a Shorty Award for his work. From 2019-202 he worked as the head editor for 60 Second Docs, one of the internet’s top documentary series with over 13 million followers. Harrison has also edited videos for clients such as included Lionsgate, Hulu, Amazon MGM, Focus Features, Participant Media, IFC Films, Cadillac, Go Fund Me, The Julia Child Foundation, Cosmos. Harrison films on a Sony FX3 cinema camera and edits using Adobe Premiere Pro. Whether helping to shoot or edit your project, Harrison looks forward to collaborating with you and reaching your goals!

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Mina Kim Fitzpatrick is a documentary director, editor, and cinematographer. Her directorial work has screened internationally at San Sebastian Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, and Maryland Film Festival, and garnered awards such as the Loni Ding Social Justice Award at CAAMFest and Best Documentary Short at Winchester Film Festival. Mina was a contributing editor in the 2019 Sundance Editing Labs. Her cinematography work was recognized by the American Society of Cinematographers as a finalist for the Haskell Wexler Documentary Award in 2016. Mina graduated with an MFA from Northwestern’s Documentary Media Program as a Hoffman Scholar in 2017. She is a former Fulbright Scholar (2011-2013) and Special Faculty member in the Program of Film and Video at the California Institute of the Arts, teaching cinematography and documentary production (2019-2021). She currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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