Sharon Liese is an acclaimed film director and producer who is known for having her finger on the Zeitgeist. Her films include PARKER (Sundance 2023), TRANSHOOD (HBO), the award-winning feature documentary, THE GNOMIST which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival (won 14 awards and attracted 16M views on CNN’s Great Big Story platform), FIGHT FOR THE FIRST (Meet The Press Film Festival), SELFIE (Clio winner, Sundance Institute). Sharon has also created and directed documentary series for television: PINK COLLAR CRIMES (CBS); HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL (WeTV, Gracie winner), as well as served as EP & Show Runner for series on Discovery, MTV, OWN and Lifetime.. She is currently directing and executive producing a 4-part series for Starz.

Cynthia Wade is an Oscar-winning director based in Los Angeles. Her documentaries include GRIT (POV/PBS), MONDAYS AT RACINE (Oscar nominee, HBO), FREEHELD (Oscar and Sundance winner, HBO), BORN SWEET (Sundance winner, Oscar shortlist), SHELTER DOGS (HBO), GRIST FOR THE MILL (Cinemax), GROWING HOPE AGAINST HUNGER (Emmy Winner), GENERATION STARTUP (Netflix), LIVING THE LEGACY (Sundance Channel), and SELFIE (Clio winner, Sundance Institute) and MOMMY WARS (Similac). Her fiction short SPROUTLAND is currently on the festival circuit. She directs television commercials, often with real people, for brands such as Kellogg’s Mini Wheats and WW (formerly Weight Watchers). She has won 60+ film festival awards worldwide.