Max Tullio, Writer/Director
Max received his B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and is currently an MFA Candidate at Columbia University. His work often explores social malady and has screened at the Palm Springs International ShortFest, Nashville Film Festival, Frameline International Film Festival, and on NoBudge and PBS. He is a 2021 Reykjavík Talent Lab alum.
Auri Ribes, Producer
Auri Ribes is a producer born and raised in New York City. She has worked in exhibition production for the Calder Foundation and various galleries and museums.
Akiva Henig, Cinematographer
Akiva is an award winning cinematographer with experience in over 60 productions as a cinematographer, camera and G&E crew member, and colorist. He grew up in Portland, OR, and is currently based in NYC. He is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, where he specialized in film and art history. He plays drums in Slow Fiction, a band based in Brooklyn.
Courtney DeVita, Producer
Courtney DeVita is a New York based producer and writer who received her BA in film from Columbia University. She has worked for NEON, Hungry Man Productions, and Closer Media in scripted and documentary development and currently works for Bleeker Street.
Derek Zeoli, Original Music
Derek Zeoli is a multidisciplinary composer and producer. Classically trained and well-versed in many styles of music, Derek has been primarily involved in film music but also makes pop and electronic as well. Some of his recent credits are Maxx Evan’s A Day With Autumn, Caden Butera’s Swap Me, Baby!, Netflix’s series’ The Witcher and Shadow and Bone, and Disney+’s America the Beautiful..
Anna La Roche, Editor
Anna La Roche is an NYC-based editor whose work has screened at Sundance, SXSW, True/False, HotDocs, and Rooftop Films. At Sundance ‘23 with editor Daniela Quiroz she won the Jonathan Oppenheimer Editing Award for the documentary Going Varsity in Mariachi. She has a BA in film from Vassar College and a deep commitment to independent filmmaking.
Imani Cook-Gist, Producer
Imani Cook-Gist is a Creative Producing graduate student at Columbia University. Originally from Santa Monica, California, Imani received her Bachelors degree from Oberlin College with a major in both English and Film. She has worked at A+E Networks in the Sales, Development, and Consumer Enterprises departments. The stories she tends to gravitate towards often shine a light on the parts of humanity that are often overlooked.
Gabrielle Johnson, Costume Design
Gabby is a costume designer working in New York City. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 2018 with a concentration in Sculpture. Her projects include several short films, as well as work for Showtime, Amazon Prime, Sony, and Paramount. She was born and raised in Los Angeles.