Uzbekistan-born and New York-based Alia Azamat Ashkenazi has been lauded with two United Nations Awards for her documentary work and theater direction. 

Hailed by audiences as “hauntingly beautiful,” Alia’s narrative debut Esther’s Choice starring Francois Arnaud won “Best U.S. Narrative Film” at Venice Shorts. Alia also wrote and co-directed atmosphere scenes for a soccer biopic doc Misha, which won “Best Documentary Feature” at Oxford International Film Festival (UK). 

A filmmaker with over 10 years of experience, having directed pharma, tech, auto, promo, and fashion in the US, Alia champions authentic representation and diversity, making her mark by interweaving real human experience with brand philosophy. 

Besides working for clients like Netflix, General Motors, and Hermès, Ashkenazi is now packaging her first studio feature that she wrote to direct.

Bram is a Dutch-American New York City based director, who enjoys making work that is visually poetic and precise, explores philosophical concepts, and carries a high degree of attention to detail through the sound design and edit process. After cutting his teeth and learning the industry as an in-house director at VEVO specializing in live-performance videos, he is now an independent freelance director, working in the commercial, music video, and narrative space.

Growing up as the son of a studio artist in the rural countryside of Missouri, Bram learned to feel comfortable with the converging of disparate ideas, cultures, thoughts, and perspectives.

Bram’s work has been featured on Vimeo Staff Picks, Director’s Library, Director’s Notes, Nowness, BOOOOOOOM, Beyond the Short, and the Austin Music Video Festival. His films WE ARE: A Visual Mission Statement from Jon Batiste and I CARRY THEM were respectively shortlisted and awarded a silver medal at the 2022 1.4 Awards.

Christina is an Asian American director based in Los Angeles and New York. Her story-driven approach creates honest moments in every film. As a young person directing young people, she is uniquely able to coax strong, authentic performances that resonate with the intended audience. Her work has caught the attention of brands like VISA, Vaseline, VANS, Tinder, Snapchat, and Crayola. She has worked with every single major music label, along with musicians like Hayley Williams, Tessa Violet, Lewis Del Mar, Fiji Blue, SHAED, and Awsten Knight. She strives to make Cassavetes for people of color. She also strives to keep her nose clean and to eat more veggies.

Ciara is a freelance director, editor, and writer. Ciara graduated from the University of North Texas with a B.A in Media Arts and honors as Summa Cum Laude. She won a nationwide search for the ‘Next Visionary Filmmaker’ — an award presented by Walt Disney Studios, Nissan, and A Wrinkle in Time director, Ava DuVernay.

Ciara strives to shine light on social and Southern-based issues in her work while providing representation for Black women in the horror/ thriller sphere. In 2019, Ciara's short film Skintight launched on Gunpowder and Sky's horror platform ALTER, an online space aimed at giving a voice to emerging horror filmmakers.

In addition to her directing work, Ciara has edited commercials for brands such as Allbirds, Eco Style, and Barton Perreira and two feature films, one of which premiered on Lifetime Network.

Luis was born and raised in the Bronx, NY to a hustler business-man Father and a white-collar worker Mother who’s a closeted writer. As a child, Luis observed his father’s strong business acumen by day & snuck around the house to find his mother’s beautiful-yet-hidden writings at night. This juxtaposition is what sparked Luis’ obsession with developing a strong business sense while consistently fostering his never-ending dedication to perfecting his artistic craft. While writing & directing his own short films in hopes of developing projects for TV & FILM, Luis climbed the corporate ladder - starting an internship at 72&sunny and later producing at Mother NY, McCann, & VEVO. This collection of experiences has helped Luis attain a deep understanding of how to excel as a director, writer, and producer in Film, TV, & Commercial productions while also enabling him to properly understand the corporate structure firsthand.

Luis has also carved a lane for himself in the Music & Live entertainment spaces, directing live work for artists such as Future, Arcangel, Jessie Reyes, Pusha T, Latto, & many more.

Shaun is the executive producer of Bean Dog Films and continues to direct and DP on chosen projects. He grew up with a fast-paced, down-and-dirty, get-after-it-with-whatever-resources-are-available style approach, shooting on location in every continent sans Antarctica. Backseats, tailgates, and open water with passion and a subject capturing images that elude authentic and powerful emotion.

He has worked on hundreds of productions in branded content, documentary, live music, and commercial spaces for global (and very local) clients such as Visit San Diego, Callaway, Spotify, University of Michigan, Ford, Cobram, Fin Art, and more.

As a founding member of Bean Dog Films, Shaun has helped craft the humanity behind the brand aesthetic, built relationships with clients and crew across the country, and established the “let’s go” energy brought to every production.

His bright and enthusiastic energy is reflected in his joyfully spirited work and across the entire Bean Dog Films experience.

Timothy Jacob Elledge is a director based in New York. He directs commercials, documentaries, narrative films, and music videos. His commercial clients include Adidas, Brooks Running, and Ergatta and his work has been featured by Vimeo Staff Picks, NOWNESS, One Point Four, NoBudge,  BOOOOOOOM, Film Shortage, HYPEBEAST, and Stereogum. When not on set, he’s at the movies or watching the Buffalo Bills — either of which he would be all too happy to discuss with you.

Based in New Orleans, Zandashé Brown is a writer/director born and bred in and inspired by southern Louisiana. Her filmmaking praxis is rooted in catharsis and pulls from her ever-fluctuating spiritual practice and the mysticism of her rural southern Louisiana heritage to tell stories about Black Femmes undergoing their own emotional excavations. Her greatest hope is that this work can be restorative for herself and those who experience it.