Charlotte Manning
DIRECTOR, CO-WRITER
Charlotte Manning is a writer, director, and actor born and raised in Los Angeles, California. This past summer, she was promoted to Junior Assistant at Scott Rudin Productions, where she began as an intern in Fall 2015. She continues to work at Scott Rudin Productions while attending New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, majoring in film and television production. Her most recent projects include a promotional film for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and a film for The Malibu Life, a luxury real estate company founded by Madison Hildebrand of Bravo's Million Dollar Listings. Charlotte is passionate about using film to inspire and empower women by telling their stories. Her short film Carousel received accolades at NYU's New Visions and Voices Festival for Ensemble Cast.
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Josh Herzog
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Josh Herzog is a New York based Director of Photography and Ronin Operator from Orange County, California. He has worked on countless student films throughout his last 3 years at NYU and DP’d 10 projects last semester alone. In May of this year, Josh was the recipient of a 2016 Student Emmy Award for his commercial Carpentry in Motion at the 37th Annual College Television Awards. He has recently been working on a number of commercials for companies like the American Heart Association, J. Walter Thompson and Toyota.
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Jenna Kaplan
PRODUCER
Jenna Kaplan is a Boston born, New York based producer. After recently graduating NYU Tisch School of the Arts, as a Film and Television Production major, she is now assistant to the highly acclaimed film, TV, and theater producer Scott Rudin. Her past work includes interning for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, MTV, Food Network’s Chopped, Netflix Original Series The Character’s, and Tribeca Productions. Jenna is also praying to marry a nice Jewish boy.
Daniel Manning
CO-WRITER
Daniel R. Manning graduated NYU with a BFA in Acting. He founded Horde Theatre Group, and worked with them to produce five plays across LA and NYC. He produced an original play, Modern Sleep, at the Attic Theatre. And is currently workshopping a new play at LA's Loft Theatre Company. Directing credits include: Torture (The Bridge Theatre, NYC). Dog Sees God (The Avery Schreiber Theatre, LA). Mason Jar Heart (Stella Adler Studio of Acting).
Gracie Markland
CO-PRODUCER
A Los Angeles native, Gracie Markland has been working both in front of and behind the camera since she was 5 years old. Currently a Senior at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, majoring in Film & TV production, she's produced numerous student films and worked as a Production Assistant on many top-tier productions in the New York area - most recently The Only Living Boy in New York, HBO’s The Deuce and Woody Allen’s Summer Project. She hopes that, one project at a time, she will not only get better at talking about herself in the third person, but that she can be a part of the movement to prove that women have important stories to tell and a place in this industry.
Thalia Skaleris
CO-PRODUCER, NEW ORLEANS BASED
Thalia Skaleris is a New Orleans based Producer and Assistant Director who has worked in theatre and film for seven years. She graduated from Tulane University in 2016 with degrees in Communication and Economics. She has set experience on independent and larger budget features and shows that have filmed in New Orleans, and was recently the First AD of the feature film “Calliope” which was shot in her hometown of Madison, WI. Of the three shorts she has produced in the last three years, one won the 2015 Tulane University Film and Arts Festival for best short, and another was a top 21 contender in the Louisiana Film Prize.
Jessica Rocco
LINE PRODUCER, NEW ORLEANS BASED
Jessica Rocco is a New Orleans based Production Coordinator/Producer who has been freelancing in the industry for four years and has worked on multiple projects both in New Orleans and New York. She has worked as a Production Coordinator for Complex Media, as well as a Production Assistant on Orange is the New Black. After graduating from Tulane University in May of 2016, with degrees in Communication and Digital Media Production, she began freelancing on features in the area, the latest being a Warner Brothers film titled Pure Country 3. Of the two shorts she has produced, one was a top 21 contender in the Louisiana Film Prize. She looks forward to continuing to work on a variety of projects, as all offer an opportunity to learn and grow.
Lucas Sachs
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Originally from Auckland, New Zealand, Lucas is currently living and working in New York City and studying Film & Television production at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. As an award winning filmmaker and videographer, Lucas's work runs the gamut from narrative short films to commercial, experimental and musical content. He currently works at Brooklyn based commercial production company, Curfew creating branded content for the likes of Pepsi, Uniqlo and Crate & Barrell.
Madeline Stedman
EDITOR
Madeline is an editor, screenwriter, actor, and director studying at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She has interned for producers Denise Di Novi and Harvey Weinstein, as well as casting directors Heidi Levitt and Jakki Fink. She began editing at the age of twelve and still considers it her largest passion. Over the past year she has worked on eleven projects, ranging from short films to commercials. Since her time at NYU, she has edited countless short films, music videos for Kevin Abstract, Brockhampton, and Kiah Victoria, as well as a four part web-series, a mock PSA, and commercials for companies Stratus and HubHu. Her short-form documentary Aerial Art, which she directed and edited, won the Audience Choice Award at Tisch in 2014.
Dani Okon
STORYBOARD ARTIST
Raised in Washington, D.C, Dani is a NY-based visual storyteller. Between a focus in comedy writing and a passion for digital art, she seeks to inspire through worlds both satirized and imaginative. Her produced screenplays have earned features in Tisch's Spring Showcase and three different awards over two consecutive Tisch 48 Hour Film Festivals. Dani's recent endeavors include selling a radio spot to MasterCard and getting a haircut.
Noah Kellman
COMPOSER
Noah grew up in Syracuse, NY, where he often listened to his father play pieces by Chopin, Beethoven and Mozart. A lover of narrative music, he creates cinematic soundscapes that intersect the acoustic and electronic worlds. This has garnered him attention across numerous media, including a feature on Indie Shuffle when he released his song Just Let It Go under his stage name, “Nozart.” Noah has won numerous awards for his ability as a pianist and as a composer. From 2009 to 2010, he was selected as the pianist for the Brubeck Institute, awarded eight Downbeat Student Music Awards and also received two ASCAP Young Jazz Composer awards. In 2015, he toured the country as keyboardist/synthesist for Elliot Moss as they opened for the Cold War Kids on their winter national tour
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