David Garrett Byars made his directorial debut at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival with NO MAN’S LAND (Tribeca 2017, Independent Lens, Amazon Prime), a documentary about the 2016 militia occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. He also produced and lensed MASSACRE RIVER (Hot Docs, ITVS, PBS) Suzan Beraza’s 2019 film about Haitian statelessness in the Dominican Republic. David also lensed and directed PUBLIC TRUST, a film about America's public lands, their history, and the conflicts surrounding them. David recently completed WE THE POWER, a featurette filmed remotely, utilizing strict COVID protocols, about community energy in Europe.

David Holbrooke is a filmmaker and cultural entrepreneur, as well as the host and founder of Original Thinkers. In his previous role as the director of Telluride Mountainfilm he inspired and entertained thousands of people every year with his innovative programming and watched nearly three thousand documentaries over the course of a decade. He also directed The Diplomat, a film about his father, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke. In this new venture, he seeks to illuminate the role that storytelling plays in a changing society. Holbrooke lives in Telluride, Colorado with his wife Sarah, three kids, two dogs and bunch of chickens (one less after an unfortunate encounter with a hungry bear.)

DAVID OSIT is an Emmy Award-winning director, editor and composer. He is the director of MAYOR, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Full Frame Film Festival and the NEXT:WAVE Award at CPH:Dox and was a New York Times Critic's Pick. David is one of the directors of the feature documentary THANK YOU FOR PLAYING, which premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival, broadcast on POV in 2016, and was nominated for three Emmy awards, winning for Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary. He also edited and produced OFF FRAME, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and Berlinale in 2016. He was also an editor for the documentary miniseries THE VOW, which premiered on HBO. His first film, BUILDING BABEL, premiered at True/False in 2012. David is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents and the Sundance Nonfiction Director'sLab.