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Roni Jack

• About Me

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Mason Taylor

Writer &Amp; Director, Filmmaker, Actor

• About Me

  I'm a filmmaker with a passion for humanizing black folks through film.

  Interests

  Drama Film, Romantic Comedies, Comedies

Seyeon Bang

• About Me

  NYU News and Documentary

Tetiana Timshyna

Line Producer, Executive Producer, Producer

• About Me

  I am Ukrainian executive producer from Kyiv. The main goal is to create content that is of interest to an international audience.

  Interests

  Kids Film, Detective, Historical Series, Documentaries, Fiction

Alexandra Bratyshchenko

• About Me

  Alexandra is a Ukrainian producer and festival manager. She studied at Karpenko-Karyi Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema, and Television, and since 2015 is producer within Babylon'13 documentary collective. In 2019 she took part in EAVE on Demand workshop. In 2020 she founded the Kyiv-based ELERON PICTURES production. Alexandra is a member of the Ukrainian Film Academy.

  
  

  SHORT FILMOGRAPHY

  Producer:

  2024 - F**king Sensitivity, director Tetiana Symon, in development

  2023 – Guest from Kharkiv. Password `konHFeta` director Galyna Lavrinec, in development

  2023 - Company of steel, director Yuliia Hontaruk, work in progress

  2022 - Fragile memory, director Ihor Ivanko

  2016 - Crimea as it was, director Kostiantyn Kliatskin

  
  

  Executive producer within ForeFilms:

  2023 - U are the Universe, director Pavlo Ostrikov

  2022 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg, director Antonio Lukich

  2022 - Felix and me, director Iryna Tsilyk
  

Martina Bassenger

• About Me

  Martina works as the Creative Executive for Sons of Rigor Films. Martina sources and evaluates projects based on their creative and financial potential, as well as their suitability for Sons of Rigor. Her knowledge of the industry helps her support those projects further with key insights and strategies to ensure the films are able to maximize their potential. She studied film and theatre criticism and holds a BA from Reading University in English Literature and Film and Theatre. 

  
  
  

Reigna Wren

Editor, Director

• About Me

  
  About Me I am a recent graduate from Temple University's School of Theater, Film, and Media Arts with a concentration in Directing. I enjoy the creative process and bringing my visions to life! I strive to use my skills to make drama, romantic, and rom-com films that are diverse and inclusive of all people.
  

  Interests

  Drama Film, Fantasy Film, Romantic Comedies, Romantic Dramas, Action Film, Mysteries, Short Film

  Skills

  Screen Writing, Editing, Directing

Venkatesh Dineshbabu Dhandapani

Direction Of Photography, Writer &Amp; Director, Film Editor

• About Me

  The Gem  (2021) - Written and Direction 

  The Curl   (2022) - Written and Direction ,Direction of Photography ,Film Editing

  Interests

  Art Cinema, Experimental Narrative, Action Film, Documentaries

  Skills

  Editing (Adobe Premiere Pro &Amp; Avid), Sci Fi/Fantasy/Adventure, Direction Of Photography, Screen Writing, Film Direction, Film Editing

Annie Gilmore

• About Me

  NYU'22 | News and Documentary

Lyuwei Chen

• About Me

  A graduate student, majoring in News and Documentary, at NYU; a documentary director, cinematographer, and editor from China.

Drejon Blocker

• About Me

  Hi

Brandon Jessip

• About Me

  Photo student

Wenhua Shi

• About Me

  Wenhua Shi pursues a poetic approach to moving image making, and investigates conceptual depth in film, video, interactive installations and sound sculptures. His work has been presented at museums, galleries, and film festivals, including International Film Festival Rotterdam, European Media Art Festival, Athens Film and Video Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Pacific Film Archive, West Bund 2013: a Biennale of Architecture and Contemporary art, Shanghai, Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism, and the Arsenale of Venice in Italy. He has received awards including the New York Foundation for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and Juror’s Awards from the Black Maria Film and Video Festival.
  

Jason Gardner

• About Me

  Jason Gardner tells stories, using photography and video within the framework of Visual Anthropology. Jason published A Flower in the Mouth, a book of photography and writing about the culture, music and rituals of Carnaval in Pernambuco, Brazil and is currently working on a book about Carnaval around the world.

  Lincoln Center, New Orleans Jazz Fest and The Brazilian Consulate General have hosted an exhibition and presentation of his work. Other exhibition locations include Paris, Vienna, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, and Toronto.

  Jason is board member at-large, NY Chapter of ASMP, and co-founder of creative networking community Toasted Almonds. Jason divides his time between New York and Paris.

Vera Wagman

• About Me

  Director/Producer: Vera Wagman has directed short films including Interlude (Hypnotic Films/Sundance Channel, and Montreal, Boston, Dances with Films and Clermont-Ferrand Film Festivals), High Noon (PBS’ “Are We On”) and Jeopardy, a documentary short about an at-risk youth program in Los Angeles where the students train as boxers and dancers. Vera started her career as a dancer with company credits including David Storey/NY and Pennsylvania Dance Theatre where she worked with such innovative choreographers as Ohad Naharin and Nina Weiner. She has produced arts events for Santa Monica's Cultural Affairs Division and choreographed MARCH, an original play produced by the LGBT Center and Playwright's Arena in Los Angeles. She recently performed with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company as a community dancer in, What Problem?  at UCLA Royce Hall.
  

Sav Rodgers

Writer, Director, Producer

• About Me

  Sav Rodgers is a filmmaker, writer, podcaster, film festival professional, and nonprofit executive. His work tends to center on the queer experience through a comedic or personal lens. He is the director of CHASING CHASING AMY, a feature documentary about the cultural impact of Chasing Amy (1997) on the greater LGBTQ+ community and the profound, lasting impact on himself. Sav also delivered a TED Talk about Chasing Amy’s impact on his life, titled “The rom-com that saved my life.” In 2019, he received the Filmmaker of the Year Award at the Austin Revolution Film Festival.

  In 2014, Sav founded Professional Amateur Productions as a film student at the University of Kansas. Since its creation, Sav’s films have been featured at numerous film festivals worldwide, including Academy Award-qualifying events such as Slamdance and the Cleveland International Film Festival. His last short film, QUEEN FOR A DAY, made its international debut at the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival. His upcoming movies include CHASING CHASING AMY, a surrealist short comedy called PANCAKE SKANK, and a mockumentary called TELETHON: THE QUEST TO SAVE GREASE 2’S REPUTATION.

  In addition to his work as a director/writer, Sav is also the Founder and Executive Director of the Transgender Film Center. Launching in November 2020, the Transgender Film Center’s mission is to help trans creators bring finished films to audiences around the world. Sav has also programmed at numerous film festivals, including Slamdance, Outfest, and the Victoria Texas Independent Film Festival.

  
  

  Interests

  Transgender, Lgbtq+, Comedies, Documentaries

Katherine Dalldorf

Photographer, Cinematographer, Editor, Director

• About Me

  Katherine Dalldorf is an associate editor, photographer, producer and camera person with an award-winning documentary production company in Brooklyn, NY. She has worked on films and projects throughout North America, Europe, and most recently the Middle East, documenting everything from the 2017 Women’s March in D.C. to the refugee crisis in Lesvos, Greece. She spent time abroad studying at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in Prague, Czech Republic. 
  

  Interests

  Women's Rights, Documentaries

Marcia Rock

Documentary Producer, Professor, Director

• About Me

  Marcia Rock’s work covers international dilemmas, women’s issues as well as personal perspectives. She has received many awards including three NY Emmys. Her new doc, Unreined,  is about a female American Israeli equestrian champion and trainer. Her recent film, UnReined is about an Israeli, female Equestrian champion who spent 10 years starting the first Palestinian Equestrian Team.  Other films include Her recent films on veterans include Soldiers Period, Warriors Return about the Navajo and SERVICE: When Women Come Marching Home. In 1997, she covered the changing role of women in Northern Ireland with Daughters of the Troubles: Belfast Stories. McSorley’s New York, tells the story of the NY Irish. Dancing with My Father looks at how adult love is shaped by childhood models. Surrender Tango explores tango as a metaphor for relationships. Rock is the director of News and Documentary at the NYU Carter Journalism Institute and she co-authored with Marlene Sanders, Waiting for Primetime: The Women of Television News.

  
  

  Interests

  Social Change

  Skills

  Producing, Cinematography, Directing

Jahangir Golestan-Parast

Director

• About Me

  Jahangir Golestan-Parast is an award winning documentary film maker whose work is always looking into humanity’s love and compassion for one another and for the environment. He usually focuses on addressing the themes of transformation and healing. His feature documentaries have been screened at several universities across the United States, as well as Washington National Cathedral, and Iman Cultural Center in Los Angeles, United Nations Association film festival, and Peace Corps Iran Association. They have also been shown at cultural groups in a wide variety of settings, as well as nonprofit organizations. 

  
  Golestan-Parast’s primary concentration is social problems and social change. His passion is to document and reflect the passages that unite humanity together across the globe. He is the winner of the best documentary award at the NOOR Film Festival in Los Angeles, which is focused mainly on Iranian-American culture. 

  
  Jahangir was born and raised in Isfahan, Iran. He left the country at the age of 17, to study in the United Kingdom and France. He later moved to the United States in 1989 and is presently living in Southern California with his wife, daughter and son. Golestan-Parast is competent in all aspects of the production process from initial stages of researching and organizing the production to script writing, interviewing, camera and editing. 

  
  Jahangir’s documentary films include Homeless to Home owner (2010, 26 min,) a film about a Sacramento philanthropist who has established facilities for up to 650 homeless to receive the resources they need to become productive citizens. His other film titled From Ashes to Eden (2012, 38 min,) is a documentary that tells the inspiring story of a man who strove to revitalize a five acre hillside into a luscious garden in the heart of Los Angeles.

  
  Jahangir’s most touching and delicate film is Bam 6.6 (2006, 55 min.) This feature documentary recounts the devastating earthquake in Southern Iran and how a nation weaves promise and hope into human tragedy. Bam 6.6 is a testament to the love and kindness of humanity regardless of where we live. Golestan-Parast has also made a travel documentary on his own hometown titled Isfahan: Pearl of Iran (xxxx, xx min,) which focuses on the artistic images and the people of the ancient city of Isfahan in Iran. He is presently working on the production of Jon & the Pahlavan, a semi-autobiography that focuses on Iranian national sports.
  
  

  Interests

  Films About People, Humanity

  Skills

  Teling Humanitarian Stories

Marie-Helene Carleton

Director, Producer

• About Me

  I am a documentary film director and am passionate about telling great stories, especially ones that build empathy and bring you into a totally different world than your own.  I am also passionate about more women gaining more of a real and powerful space in the filmmaking ecosystem, at every level, from directing to producing to filming to - everything!

  
  

  I just finished a feature film about one of the last cultural taboos - death - explored through the eyes of someone who grew up in a funeral home and decided not to take over his family business.  It's called Death in the Family and played internationally on Al Jazeera English.

  
  

  Interests

  Women Directors, Shorts, Narrative, Documentaries

  Skills

  Feedback, Story Editing, Writing, Producing, Directing