Director
DIRECTOR
Tony Zosherafatain began directing and producing films in 2012 after realizing that there weren’t many movies exclusively about trans people. He has previously directed I am the T, a documentary series about trans experiences around the world. Tony’s previous films include I am Isak, Finding Cedar, and You Can Call me Kye. His films have been accepted into domestic and international film festivals. Tony has contributed to the Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, Medium, and the Advocate, and has been featured in The New Yorker, The NY Times, New York Magazine, BuzzFeed, BBC News, Vice, and Out Magazine. www.tonyzsite.com
Producer
producer
Jamie DiNicola is an award-winning producer, director, & activist. His films have screened at Toronto’s Inside Out Film Festival, Newark International Film Festival, Full Bloom Film Festival, San Francisco Trans Film Festival, Los Angeles Cinefest, Rahway Film Festival, and many other prestigious festivals. Jamie’s production company, TransWave Films LLC, focuses on centralizing transgender stories. His work can be found online at jamiedinicola.com and transwavefilms.com
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Leroy Farrell is a Brooklyn-based Director of Photography and FAA Part 107 certified drone operator. His experience with vérité documentary shooting and love for cinematic lighting combine to establish his personal aesthetic. His documentary film work has screened at Sundance, Chicago International Film Festival, and DOC NYC. Collaborating with clients such as RocNation, Google, Clinique, Under Armour, Rolling Stone, Disney, and PBS Leroy has traveled the world to tell meaningful and captivating stories. Leroy is always ready to follow a compelling story wherever it may lead.
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Trace Lysette is an actress, producer, and trans advocate best known for her recurring role as Shea on all 5 seasons of Amazon's critically acclaimed series TRANSPARENT, and alongside Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B, and Constance Wu, in HUSTLERS. She has also guest starred in other productions such as MIDNIGHT TEXAS, POSE, DRUNK HISTORY and Tarell Alvin McRainy’s DAVID MAKES MAN. A product of the New York City house and ball culture scene, she has and continues to be a voice for trans and other marginalized folks in Hollywood and beyond.
Executive Producer
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy has been at the forefront of the trans rights movement for over 40 years. She is a leader in the trans community, advocating for increased visibility and equity for trans people. She has starred in HBO’s The Trans List, Visible: Out on Television, Where Justice Ends, Ten More Good Years, Call me Malcolm, and in her own documentary entitled Major! Her story has appeared in the Huffington Post, VICE, Them, and other publications. Her educational retreat and historical center House of GG serves trans people in the south. Miss Major’s full story is available online: missmajor.net
Executive Producer
Executive producer
Chella Man is an actor, model, artist, and LGBTQ activist. He is known for sharing his experiences as a transgender, deaf, genderqueer and Jewish person of color. Man rose to wider prominence in 2019 for portraying mute superhero Jericho in the second season of the DC Universe series Titans. He recently made headlines as he became the first Deaf, transgender model to be signed with the modeling agency IMG.
Lead Editor
Lead editor
Jason B. Kohl’s award-winning films have screened at the Berlinale, SXSW, Locarno, NYFF, BFI London, Hot Docs, and Tallinn Black Nights. Most recently he completed Dancing With Le Pen (EP’d by Oscar Winner Laura Poitras), which premiered at the 2018 Sheffield Doc/Fest. His upcoming work includes two documentary features. The first, Eli, a Dog in Prison, is EP’d by Sophie Robinson (Emmy nominee for NETFLIX’s My Beautiful Broken Brain). The second, Recovery, is Refinery29’s first feature documentary. The film follows an incest survivor and her remarkable recovery process. Jason is a former Fulbright and DAAD Artist Scholar with an MFA from UCLA Film School.
Consulting Editor
Consulting Editor
Tchavdar Georgiev is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and a member of ACE (American Cinema Editors). He edited the two times Emmy-nominated “Valentine Road” (HBO) as well as “Finders Keepers,” both of which premiered at Sundance. He wrote, co-produced and edited “Off The Rails” (Hot Docs, Full Frame, Sundance Channel) that won many awards including DOC NYC FF. He directed and edited together with Dana Berry for Nat Geo “Finding the Next Earth” and edited the Emmy-nominated “Alien Earths.” He also edited on “The American Meme” (Tribeca FF, Hot Docs, Netflix Original). He has also written, produced, directed or edited for BBC, History Channel, USA Network, STARZ and Amazon Studios.
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Marya Gullo is an award winning photo and television producer. She has interviewed hundreds of actors and filmmakers as host of the web series In Studio with the Hollywood Reporter. As a senior producer, she worked on The Sundance Channel's TV series Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter. She has produced branded content for Apple +, Hulu, Netflix, CBS Interactive, The History Channel, AMC, The Golden Globes, and Amazon Studios. Her work with Billboard included the 1st annual Billboard Pride Summit and The Billboard Pridecast with Shea Diamond. She can be found online at: www.maryagullo.com
Associate Producer
Associate producer
Miss Hazel Jade is a Broadway dramaturg and investor, whose projects include: Waitress, Hadestown, Beetlejuice, Frozen on Broadway, and Moulin Rouge! The Musical. She is also the lead producer of her musicals Fabric of Life and Paper or Plastic, along with being the associate producer of the Outfest short film ¿Familia? by Latinx filmmaker Kase Pena. Miss Hazel Jade is the President and Lead Producer of The Jade/Anthony Company, a Los Angeles-based theatrical producing firm that focuses on developing new musicals; and she has a thriving career as a dramaturg and literary consultant for many musicals, where she works with writers to develop strong women leads.
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Gabriel Resendez is a trans masculine nonbinary individual that resides in New York City. Resendez makes educational videos and creates safe spaces while navigating life as a trans person of color. They can be found on YouTube making videos about a wide range of topics — bringing about change through positivity. They also run a blog entitled, “Neutral Wolf.”
Trailer Editor
Trailer editor
Erin McGoff is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, director, and editor specializing in stories of resilience. She has received the SOC 2017 Woman of The Year Award and a Pulitzer Center International Reporting Fellowship for her work to spread awareness about the US Secret War in Laos. In July 2019, she premiered her first feature documentary film, THIS LITTLE LAND OF MINES, to a sold-out crowd of 240 in Washington, DC. In 2019, Erin received the Clio Prize for Visualizing History and the Advancement for Women in Film and was awarded Best Director at DOC LA. Currently, Erin works as a freelance director and editor based in New York City.
Sound Mixer
Sound mixer
Andrew Yip is a freelance sound mixer based in Brooklyn, NY. He is an experienced travel enthusiast who has worked on domestic tours with The Pentatonix and Kendrick Lamar, and internationally with Jay Z+Beyonce's "On the Run Tour". He has also worked internationally on sports documentaries with high profile athletes including Victor Cruz, Robinson Cano, David Ortiz and Tom Brady (Tom vs Time). Andrew loves learning, nature, and taking care of cats.
Impact Consultant
impact producer
Kait Halibozek is a content marketing & distribution strategist specializing in film and digital media, based in Los Angeles, CA. She founded Kait Halibozek Consulting in May 2019, where she specializes in grassroots marketing and distribution strategies.
Prior to founding Kait Halibozek Consulting, she spent four years at the award-winning impact agency Picture Motion.
Impact Consultant
IMPACT CONSULTANT
Jessie Rivera DeBruin (they/she) is an impact producer and audience engagement strategist. Recent documentary campaigns include BEDLAM (2019, Sundance Film Festival, Independent Lens) and ROLL RED ROLL (2018, Tribeca Film Festival, POV, BBC). They participated in the Fledgling Fund’s 2018 Engagement Lab to maximize social impact in film. Prior to this they spent 4 years implementing fundraising and engagement tactics in broadway and national non-profit theatre with Roundabout Theatre Company and Center Theatre Group. Jessie holds a BA in Theatre and Latin American Studies from Smith College.
Production Assistant
Production assistant
Ariel Mahler is a nonbinary filmmaker, producer, and trans rights advocate. Their most recent film is Flock, a short thriller about a trans couple who get entangled in a lethal cult. Flock is on track to premiere in Summer, 2020. Last year, Ariel released Bad Ally, an irreverent comedy series they co-created with Daquisha Jones. Ariel is inspired by the many trans filmmakers and artists who make work consistently and push boundaries, especially in such a volatile political culture.
Consultant
consultant
FELIX ENDARA
Ecuadorian filmmaker Félix Endara is based in New York City, where he works in private philanthropy and as an independent film writer, director, and producer. He has a long track record of producing innovative, thought-provoking media that has screened at prestigious film festivals such as Berlinale, DOC NYC, and Mill Valley. He is a queer trans filmmaker who documents the preservation of LGBT historical spaces, champions activists who catalyze social change, and disrupts the insidious narratives that deny the humanity of marginalized communities. His website is: http://www.felixendara.com/.