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  • Benjamin Massoubre - French Film Editor - Long Way North, The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales, Pachamama, and I Lost My Body

    Benjamin started in animation, his great passion, by editing television series and short films. Benjamin then moved into feature films, and has worked different talents in French animation, including on features, The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales and Pachamama. His film credits include Long Way North by Remi Chaye, and Jeremy Clapin's acclaimed Academy Award nominated and Annie winning, I Lost my Body, for which Benjamin was nominated for an American Cinema Editors award. Benjamin's other upcoming projects include editing Little Vampire for director Joann Sfar, Calamity, for Remi Chaye, and his first feature film as a director, Saba, with Alexis Ducord.

    30 min
  • Kirill Mikhanovsky - Writer, Director, and Editor - Fish Dreams, Gabriel and the Mountain, Give Me Liberty

    Born in Russia and living in Milwaukee, Kirill is an alumnus of NYU's Graduate Film Program and the Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab and founded Give Me Liberty Productions with Alice Austen in 2015. His film work includes Fish Dreams, the Russian mini-series Dubrovsky, and as co-writing Gabriel and the Mountain. Kirill's most recent feature film is Give Me Liberty, which he co-wrote, directed, edited, and co-produced, with creative partner, Alice Austen. Give Me Liberty premiered at Sundance and had its world premiere at the Directors Fortnight at Cannes. Give Me Liberty was nominated for several Film Independent Spirit Awards.

    30 min
  • Natalie O'Brien - Costume Designer - A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Ingrid Goes West, The Bad Batch, Lizzie, and Honey Boy

    One of Natalie's earliest film projects was A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night for Ana Lily Amirpour.

    Natalie's other costuming projects have included The Little Hours and Ingrid Goes West, both starring Aubrey Plaza.

    Natalie again designed for Ana Lily Amirpour on the dystopian film The Bad Batch, which played the Venice and Toronto film festivals.

    One of Natalie's most recent film projects is Lizzie, depicting the story behind the infamous 1892 murders of the Borden family.

    Some of Natalie's more recent film projects are: Lying and Stealing, the acclaimed Honey Boy for Alma Har'el and Shia LaBeouf, and Stargirl and I'm Your Woman for Julia Hart.

    30 min
  • Fiona Crombie - Production Designer - The Snowtown Murders, Top of the Lake, Dead Europe, Macbeth, The Favourite, The King

    Fiona graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney before starting her career working as a set and Costume Designer in theater and eventually moving into film and television. Fiona's production design credits include The Snowtown Murders, Dead Europe, Macbeth, Top of the Lake, Son of a Gun, and Una. More recently, Fiona worked on the feature films Mary Magdalene starring Rooney Mara, the Academy Award nominated The Favourite for Yorgos Lanthimos, and The King for David Michod.

    30 min
  • Margaux Rust - Production Designer - Come Swim, Don't Be A Hero, Back Roads, Clemency

    Margaux had opened and co-owned a combination vintage store and art gallery in Portland, Oregon, where she began using the vintage inventory as an impromptu prop-shop while designing music videos. This led to a move to California in 2013 to pursue Production Design and filmmaking.

    Margaux built her skills as a department head while working on commercials, as well in the music video and film worlds. Margaux's narrative work includes Kristen Stewart's 2017 short film Come Swim, Pete Lee's Don't Be A Hero in 2018, and Alex Pettyfer's 2018 feature film, Back Roads. Her most recent feature, Chinonye Chukwu's Independent Spirit Award nominated, Clemency, which won the US Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

    29 min
  • Hagen Bogdanski - German Cinematographer - The Lives of Others, The Young Victoria, Hilde, The Beaver, Hotel Lux, Papillon, Berlin Station

    Hagen was born in Berlin, and he has had long relationship with German directors and reached international attention with The Lives of Others and along The Young Victoria, and Papillon, for Michael Noer, starring Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek.

    Hagen has worked on other acclaimed films over the years including Hilde and The Beaver for Jodie Foster, and Hotel Lux.

    More recently, Hagen has been working as both Director and DP, on several projects including the television series Berlin Station and the film, Prima Ballerina.

    30 min
  • Sebastian Hofmann - Mexican Film Editor, Writer, Director, and Producer - Piano Distribution, Halley, and Time Share

    Sebastian is an award-winning Mexican filmmaker and co-founder, with producer Julio Chavezmontes, of production company PIANO. He had directed and co-wrote the acclaimed dramatic horror feature film, Halley. Piano's upcoming co-productions include Annette by Leos Carax, Memoria by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Bergman Island by Mia Hansen Love, and Knife + Heart for Yann Gonzalez. Sebastian's latest feature film Time Share won the jury prize for best screenwriting at Sundance.

    Time Share had a successful cinema run in Mexico and Europe before being released worldwide by Netflix.

    30 min
  • Osei Essed - Film Composer - Finders Keepers, Jim: The James Foley Story, Tower, Period. End of Sentence., Always in Season

    Born in the Netherlands and to Surinamese parents and raised in the two countries before moving to New York, Osei is a multi-platform artist, performing and writing for screen and stage. As a musician, Osei performs with Brooklyn-based bands The Woes and Big Hands Rhythm and Blues Band. Osei's recent film composition credits include the Emmy-winning documentary films Finders Keepers, Jim: The James Foley Story, and Tower, the Oscar-winning documentary short, Period. End of Sentence., and the acclaimed, Always in Season, winner of a Sundance Special Jury Award.

    30 min
  • Ma Kalaadevi Ananda - Makeup Designer and Artist - Little Women, Pollock, Shame, Robot and Frank, 12 Years a Slave, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Widows, A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood

    Susan Sarandon picked Kalaadevi to be her make-up artist for over 30 films over 20 years including Light Sleeper, Little Women, Dead Man Walking, Robot & Frank, and Arbitrage. Kalaadevi also has collaborated with director Steve McQueen on several projects including Shame, 12 Years A Slave, and Widows, starring Viola Davis. Kalaadevi is known for other projects over the years as Makeup Department Head like Pollock, The East, and Marielle Heller's Can You Ever Forgive Me? starring Melissa McCarthy and A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, starring Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers.

    30 min
  • Dylan Neely - Film Composer and Music Supervisor - Everybody Knows Elizabeth Murray, Jane Fonda in Five Acts, I Tonya, The Farewell, 18 To Party

    Dylan performed at venues including The Museum of the Moving Image, Lincoln Center, and MoMA PS1, and he has written music for several theater and opera projects. Dylan performs with video artist Alex Nathanson as the ensemble Fan Letters. Dylan's work for films and television includes: Demolition, Everybody Knows Elizabeth Murray, Jane Fonda in Five Acts, Mozart in the Jungle, I, Tonya, The Farewell, and 18 To Party.

    30 min

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