Filmmakers

Cari Haim
Demonstration Sport Writer / Producer / Producer Cari is an actor and screenwriter in Toronto. You may recognize her from her popularHome Hardware Shark Shovel Commercial, where, like a true Canadian, she shoveledsnow and ice for 12 hours. Her short film ‘Demonstration Sport’ issemi-autobiographical, as she is excellent at taking naps! In her ‘day job’,...
Julie Bruns
Sense Memory Writer / Director / Producer / Actor Pro Re Nata Writer / Director / Producer / Actor Have You Seen the Witch Writer / Director / Producer / Actor Influenced Writer / Director / Producer / Actor The Purgamentum Writer / Director / Producer / Actor Julie Bruns is an actor, director and...
Catherine Black
Like Nothing Happened Director Catherine Black (she/they) is a Canadian-American director, artist and acting coach in Los Angeles and Toronto. Catherine grew up training for the Olympics as a gymnast, gaining discipline and a command of space. One of Catherine’s first roles as an actor was playing Vanden in American Psycho. Watching MaryHarron direct was...
Pilar Holland
Like Nothing Happened Actor / Producer Pilar Holland is a producer, actor and voice-over artist committed to creating art through collaboration and community. She has a robust television career with appearances in NCIS, Young Sheldon, Criminal Minds, Grey’s Anatomy, 9-1-1, Scandal and many more. Movie appearances include Rise, Marriage Story, Murder Mystery, and Vice. Pilar...
Katina Nikou
Like Nothing Happened Writer / Producer Katina Nikou is a Second City Chicago alum used to writing and performing for sold out shows. Her love for writing has taken her to the stages of many popular venues such as The Comedy Store and Flappers in the form of stand-up and to the small screen as...
Meosha Bean
Horror Anthology vol 3 Writer / Director / Producer Anatomy of an Antihero: Redemption Director Meosha Bean is a multi-award winning actor and filmmaker who was named best emerging director at the 2012 New Jersey Film Festival. Best thriller 6th Floor, Global Awards, Los Angeles 2017. Winner of best action picture and best fight choreography...
Jade Stone
Lost Jen Writer / Director / Producer Jade Stone was born Sasha Alexander in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. She is a dark comedy powerhouse; a writer, director and producer. She is a member of the Writer’s Guild of Canada and began writing stories at 6 years old. She owns her own streaming service and has around...
Emmalie El Fadli
From A to Q Writer / Director The Date Writer / Producer Emmalie El Fadli was born in Cambridge, England but soon left for France, where she lived for 6 years. It was there that she found her love for scriptwriting, at a very young age, starting off by writing ‘fake’ episodes of her favourite...
Jamie Elias
For Walter and Josiah Director Jamie Elias is an Emmy nominated filmmaker whose work has been featured on NFL Network, Peacock, Facebook, and Amazon Video. Her most recent feature length documentary centered around a Native American basketball team in rural Montana suffering a suicide epidemic, For Walter and Josiah. The film won best documentary at...
Jeannette Godoy
Diamond in the Rough Director Jeannette Godoy is a first generation, Mexican American director/writer. She comes to filmmaking from an eclectic background, starting her career as a choreographer where she choreographed the celebrated music video, Baby Got Back, by Sir Mix A Lot. Jeannette recently directed an episode of GARCIA BROTHERS and is in post...
Niamh Wilson
Tidal Co-Producer / Co-Director Niamh Wilson is a Canadian actor, dancer, and filmmaker born and raised in the suburbs of Toronto. They began their career as an actor at only 4 years old and has been privileged to make filmmakingtheir lifelong passion over the past 20 years. Their desire to direct came after taking an...
Chloe Van Landschoot
Tidal Writer / Producer / Co-Director / Actor Chloe is a Registered Nurse, actor, dancer, and filmmaker. Chloe finds that the nursing profession has been the greatest story-telling education she has come upon. It is these lived experience as ahealthcare worker that inspire many of her impulses as an artist. She is the writer, co-director...
Shannon Harris
THREE birds Writer / Director / Producer / Actor GristWriter / Director / Producer / Actor Shannon Harris is a NYC-based actor and independent filmmaker whose two award-winning narrative short films, THREE birds and grist, have been official selections at over 20 local, national, and international film festivals. Shannon founded her production company, Tricoastal Productions,...
Paige Locke
Misfit M Producer / Actor Paige Locke is an actor, filmmaker and soprano from Toronto, ON. She’s trained in both film and musical theatre and has studied with the Stella Adler Academy and Speiser Sturgers Acting Studio, both in Los Angeles. She’s a lead in the 2022 ACTRA Award for Best Series Ensemble nominated comedy Pink...
Guerda Louissaint
Through the Eyes of a Child Writer / Director My name is Guerda out of South Florida and I’m an Indie Filmmaker/Content creator. My passion for film started in 2014 when I wrote my first 50-page script. My passion took off and I started networking with other filmmakers, attending writing and cinematography workshops to improve...
Constance Brenneman
Finding Inner Hero Director Constance Brenneman studied at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama. Directly out of college, Constance played roles in the one-hour dramas “Alias” and “The Practice,” and portrayed the swing dancing love interest in the film, “Swing.” Then, Constance spent five years as a television host and broadcaster for network television. Since 2011...
Suzanne C. Johnson
The World Without You Actress / Producer After years of devoting her life to her family, and to nursing, Suzanne Johnson finally listened to her heart and made the leap from being a mother and nurse to following her dream of an acting career. She began her journey by enrolling in acting classes and combing...
Anna Gerasimova
The Breath of Life Writer / Executive Producer Anna Gerasimova is an award-winning director, writer, and composer. Her feature animation The Breath of Life has received recognition in a hundred festivals all over the globe. Following her passion for fantasy, Anna is currently developing the unique world of The Breath of Life story, continuing the...
Jane Clark
Crazy Bitches Writer / Producer / Director / Editor Jane Clark cut her teeth as a writer/director/ producer/editor on 7 short films before producing her first feature, ELENA UNDONE. She followed with features METH HEAD and CRAZY BITCHES as writer/director/ producer/editor and followed with season 1 & 2 of the series version of CRAZY BITCHES....
Tasha Brown
Terminations Writer / Producer / Director Tasha Brown is truly is a storyteller at heart. The focus of her artistic practice has been to tell stories unique to her life experiences, while maintaining an enduring passion and a strong interest in filmmaking, video production and creative photography. Tasha creates art, purposed to connect with hearts...
Joy Marzec
I am That Writer / Producer / Director Joy Marzec is a writer and director who has always liked fairy tales, myths, ghost and surrealistic stories. As a kid she wrote scenes and directed her friends in plays. At 18 she began adapting books for the stage and directing them which led to her writing...
Brimo Morales
500k Writer / Actor / Director Brimo Morales is a lesbian award-winning filmmaker from San Antonio, Texas. With over a decade’s worth of experience, she loves writing, directing, and acting, to create the best work possible. Her biggest win was getting first runner-up at AFM 2020, pitching her feature, God Loves Chris.
Jo Bozarth
Happy Hour Writer / Producer / Director Jo Bozarth is an actress who has appeared in numerous television, indie film, and web series roles. She has co-written and co-produced a short film and a web series. This is her first time in the role of director. She made the leap from acting to directing when...
Jen Araki
We Gotta Get Out of Here Producer / Director Jen Araki is an award-winning filmmaker and the founder of the production company Crystal Mountain Films and Media Button that she co-owns with her fiancé Dylan Playfair. She has spent 14 years in New York and Los Angeles as a model, actress and her later years...