A Brooklyn based filmmaker and writer, Angela Tucker was the Director of Production at Big Mouth Films, a social issue documentary production company that is a project of Arts Engine, Inc. There, she produced PUSHING THE ELEPHANT (IDFA, Independent Lens), the Emmy-nominated documentary, DEADLINE (NBC), ELECTION DAY (SXSW 07, PBS’ POV) and BEYOND THE STEPS: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER (Great Performances). She was also a consulting producer on POP STAR ON ICE which inspired the series BE GOOD, JOHNNY WEIR. Angela directed two short pieces for The National Black Programming Consortium and ITVS’ Initiative, THE MASCULINITY PROJECT, entitled INVISIBLE MEN. She recently completed directing (A)SEXUAL, a feature length documentary about people who experience no sexual attraction. She received her MFA in Film from Columbia University where she was awarded a Dean’s Fellowship. Her thesis fiction short, THE BIRTHDAY GIRL, screened in various festivals and was awarded Milos Forman Finishing Funds. Angela has her BA with Honors in Theater and African American Studies from Wesleyan University. In 2010, Angela was a Yaddo fellow. See her work here.
Michelle Chang, Editor
Michelle was the Editor on the documentary film, (A)sexual. She was the Co-Editor on the documentary films Camp Victory, Afghanistan, and an associate editor on Pushing the Elephant. She has assisted on a variety of doc films including Who Does She Think She Is?, The Nine Lives of Marion Barry (HBO), and If God is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise (HBO) in the cutting rooms of veteran editors like Mary Lampson, Mona Davis, Mary Manhardt, Nancy Kennedy and Sam Pollard. In addition, she attended the Sundance Documentary Edit and Story lab both in 2008 as an assistant and in 2009 as a fellow. Prior to becoming an editor, she worked as an Associate Producer for the television newsmagazines 20/20 and Primetime. She studied English at Oberlin College and also has a Master’s in Media Studies from The New School in New York City.
Eliana Alvarez Martinez, Director of Photography
Eliana Alvarez Martinez started making short films at the age of sixteen, and had already begun working as a Cinematographer in the television industry in Spain before she graduated with her degree in Image and Sound at twenty-one. She continued to distinguish herself in the Spanish industry for six years before deciding to make the big jump to New York in 2008. Within months, she was well ensconced in the film business here as well. And by January of 2010, even the U.S. Government had officially recognized her as a “Distinguished Artist” with an O1 visa.
In the short time she’s been in New York, Alvarez has also served as Director of Photography on the feature film, “Indebted,” produced by Ahmad Razvi, of “Man Push Cart” fame (currently in post production), five feature documentaries, “Strat-O-Matic: The Movie”, “Gaming the System”, “The Girls Downstairs”,”I Sing Beijing” and “Indian Summer” (all in production/post), several nationally broadcast music videos and more than twenty-five short films. In addition, Alvarez currently shoots commercials and viral videos for clients including el Jimador Tequila, Formulatin, paidContent and Get Some Series, as well as her own award-winning short films.
Shira Golding, Animation/Title Design
Shira Golding is a queer vegan artist and community organizer living in Ithaca, NY. She makes movies and music, writes articles, organizes events, teaches, and designs materials for nonprofits, activist groups, artists, and filmmakers who share her vision of social and environmental justice. She runs Shirari Industries (www.shirari.com) with her partner Ari Moore, she co-founded Share Tompkins (http://sharetompkins.wordpress.com) and is an organizer and teacher for Ithaca Freeskool (http://ithacafreeskool.wordpress.com).
Marco Vitale, Assistant Camera
Marco Vitale, was born in Naples, Italy. He started to make short movies when he was 18 years old and graduated at University of Roma 3 in Direction for cinema and tv. His documentary “La Torre de Papel” played in several film festivals like the Arcipelago International Festival in Rome and “My self” at the 48hourfilm project where He won the public award in the 2009 for the short movie. He also worked for 1 year to the Acaba Productions in Rome, as assistant in 2 of their feature film. He moved to New York and he’s finishing the one-year documentary program at New York Film Academy, where he worked as DP in many movies and directed and produced his thesis film entitled “Looking for me, in America”.
www.marcovitaledoc.com
Danielle Beeber, Production Manager/Associate Producer
Born and raised in NYC, Danielle is a writer and producer. She received her MFA with honors from Columbia University in Screenwriting, There she was awarded various screenwriting awards and scholarships including a full first year writing scholarship, a teaching fellowship, and the Zaki Gordan grant for screenwriting. Ms Beeber went on to be a producer and editor for Vh1′s Best Week Ever. Afterwards she wrote and rewrote screenplays for National Lampoons and Breakout Productions. Ms Beeber is currently working on her graphic memoir LOOSE a Loose memoir as well as documentary on the hidden art scene on Staten Island, She has also been traveling the world teaching screenwriting and editing for film making workshops.
Shawn Peters, Director of Photography
Shawn Peters is a Photographer, Content Producer and Media Futurist who lives in who lives in Brooklyn, NY. As a Director of Photographer he has worked on several short films, feature length documentaries, music videos and commercials. http://vimeo.com/shawnpeters
