Meet the Filmmakers

Sabrina Doyle | LORELEI

Stephen Parr | LORELEI

Lisa Hurwitz | THE AUTOMAT

Daneeta Loretta Jackson | HOMELAND/WETLAND

Sabrina is a writer and director based between Los Angeles and London. The late Sir Alan Parker called Sabrina’s work “refreshingly intelligent, serious and lyrical.” Her directing work has been supported by Women in Film LA, the Chimaera Project, Google, Panavision, and BAFTA Los Angeles.

Stephen is a Los Angeles-based DP and member of the International Cinematographers Guild. He received his Master’s in Cinematography from the American Film Institute in 2012. Stephen has lensed over 200 shorts, music videos, commercials, dance videos and web series.

Lisa is currently a communications consultant working primarily with food brands and restaurants. She lives in New York City. THE AUTOMAT is her debut film.

After graduating with distinction from the London Film School, Daneeta & Patrick Jackson worked in film in London making short form content. In New Orleans, they formalized their partnership by founding ElekTrik Zoo Films, Inc., the umbrella under which they make films, work and sundry.

Sami Kahn | THE LAST OUT

Michael Gassert | THE LAST OUT

Lyle Kash | DEATH AND BOWLING

Ida Jogler | KILI BIG

Sami is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker whose work has been supported by the Sundance and Tribeca Film Institutes, Impact Partners, Rooftop Films, IFP, the Berlinale, and NBC/Universal’s Directors Fellowship.

Michael is an immersive producer, director, sound artist, and musician who revels in the diversity of our global treasures while working at the intersections of film and music.

Lyle is a queer white American transgender filmmaker. In 2018 he formed T4T Productions, a collection of artists committed to putting trans people in front of and behind the camera lens. Kash wrote and directed his debut film, DEATH AND BOWLING, with an almost entirely transgender cast.

Ida is a filmmaker, editor and video installation artist from San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 2009 she relocated to New York City, where she completed her Master’s in Photography, Video and Related Media at the School of Visual Arts.

Ted Passon | PHILLY DA

Yoni Brook | PHILLY DA

CJ Russo | LADY BUDS

Alana Waksman | WE BURN LIKE THIS

Ted is an award-winning director and video artist. He has directed episodic series for Netflix and Disney. He is a 2016 Sundance Lab Fellow, a recipient of the Pew Foundation Individual Artist Fellowship Grant, and a 2016 Headlands Artist in Residency.

Yoni is a twice Independent Spirit-nominated cinematographer and producer. As a director, his films have screened at the Berlinale, New York and Toronto Film Festivals, True/False, and IDFA. His directorial debut A Son’s Sacrifice for Independent Lens, won Best Documentary Short at Tribeca.

CJ’s award-winning films have screened all over the world, including the Sundance Film Festival, and have been broadcast on Showtime, PBS, and Netflix. She is a 2018 fellow of the Sundance Institute/ Women In Film Financing Intensive and a fellow of Film Independent’s Director and Screenwriters Labs.

Alana is an Ashkenazi writer, director, producer, and first generation descendant of Holocaust survivors from Poland. She is an alum of the USC School of Cinematic Arts MFA in Film & Television Production, and Connecticut College BA in Theater and English.