Kaitlyn Schwalje (Director | Writer) is a science journalist and award winning documentary director based in Portland, Maine. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Carnegie Mellon University and completed her postgraduate studies at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design. Before pivoting to storytelling, Kaitlyn designed haptic prototypes for the research division of the Walt Disney Company. Her stories about her disaster obsessed father, tsunamis, how archeology saved the cat, and city squirrels appear in CBC, Atlas Obscura, WNYC, 99% Invisible, National Geographic, and others. Director Credits include Snowy (Sundance ‘21, Critics Choice nominee, DOCNYC Shortlist).

Alex Wolf Lewis (Director | Cinematographer) is an award winning documentary director and DP based in Portland, Maine. As a director, credits include the short documentaries, Snowy (Sundance 2021, Critic’s Choice Nominee, DOCNYC Shortlist), Hildegarde’s Piano (Rooftop Film Festival 2019) and Single Room Occupancy (co-directed) (SIFF 2016, Big Sky 2017, Short of The Week). As a DP, he has traveled the world shooting for Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, Vice, Netflix, HBO, CNN, PBS, A&E, Discovery as well as a number of feature documentaries and shorts. Notable credits include: All The Beauty and The Bloodshed (Oscar and Bafta Nominee, Golden Lion ‘22), Well Groomed (HBO Sports, SXSW 2019, Hot Docs 2019), 2nd Unit DP on the narrative feature Critical Thinking, dir. John Leguizamo, (SXSW 2020).

Rebecca Stern (Producer) is an Emmy-nominated documentary producer and director living in Los Angeles, CA. She directed, produced and wrote the documentary Well Groomed (SXSW ’19, Hot Docs ‘19, HBO Sports). She directed and produced an episode of HBO and Vox's 'Level Playing Field,’ about activism in the WNBA, and is currently producing and directing an upcoming show for AMC. Additional producing credits include Battleground (Tribeca ‘22, Starz) Snowy (Sundance ‘21, Time), Deerfoot of the Diamond (Camden '22, ESPN), Dear Santa (ABC / HULU), Tre Maison Dasan (Independent Lens ‘19), and Netizens (HBO Max). In the past, she has directed and produced short films appearing on The Atlantic and in The New Yorker, and works extensively in producing and directing commercials for large, international brands. Rebecca is a 2019 Impact Partners Fellow, a pga-accredited producer and a Documentary Producers Alliance Regional Representative. Justin Levy (Producer) is a filmmaker from NYC working primarily in documentary film. His recent credits as producer include Snowy, a short documentary that premiered at Sundance 2021, and the feature documentary Well Groomed that premiered at SXSW in 2019. He is the associate producer of 2018 Academy Award best short documentary nominee Knife Skills. He has directed short documentaries released by The New Yorker and Vice, and produced films released by HBO, PBS and TIME. He is a 2021-2022 Impact Partners Documentary Producer Fellow and NYC Regional Representative of the Documentary Producers Alliance (DPA). Prior to working in film, he worked as a public radio producer at NPR stations for 6 years.