Community Mentors

Nicole Payson

Assistant Director & Head of the MFJF Academy

I have been an Assistant Director in the Directors Guild of America since 2019. I came up being a set producti...

Melanie Roddy

Location Assistant

28 / NYC & LA based. Currently 817 member

Dan Levy

Key 2nd AD

Part of the film & tv industry since 2005

Alex Peace

Line Producer / UPM

Alex Peace is an English Producer/ Line Producer, currently based in Brooklyn. Recent feature success includes...

Nathan Elston

Screenwriter

Nathan Elston is a writer/producer from Brooklyn, New York, best known for his work on HBO's hit series SUCCES...

K Dawn-Dumas

Asst. Production Coordinator / Indie Film Producer

K. Dawn-Dumas is an Assistant Production Coordinator by day and a laureled Indie Film Producer by night. With ...

Chris Courtney Martin

Screenwriter/ Multidisciplinary Artist

Chris Courtney Martin is a multidisciplinary artist from Philadelphia, where they were cemented to their craft...

Autumn Moran

Director of Photography / Camera Operator

Autumn Moran is a New York based director of photography. Since starting her career as a DP she has focused ma...

Rebecca Eskreis

Director, Writer and Producer

Rebecca Eskreis is a director, writer and producer whose work has screened at numerous international festivals...

Jamie Kolbrenner

Assistant, Physical Production and Current

Jamie Kolbrenner (she/her) is a dedicated team player with a passion for writing and producing female-led come...

Katy Macbeth

Set Costumer

Katy Macbeth is a Set Costumer working in TV and film in NYC. Shortly after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts...

Karl von Haas

Production Coordinator

IATSE PC/POC (Production Coordinator) mostly for Majors networks from Summit, NJ. Local to Brooklyn, NY as wel...

Justin Newhouse

Gaffer / DP

NY-based Cinematographer and IATSE 52 Gaffer

Andrew Trost

Cinematographer

Originally from St. Louis, MO, Andrew Trost has carved a name for himself as a distinguished cinematographer l...

Justin Geldzahler

writer / director / producer / consultant / script coordinator

Justin Geldzahler is a writer and filmmaker from central Virginia who focuses on genre stories that double as ...

Erica Rose

Director

Erica Rose (she/her) is an award-winning Brooklyn based writer and director with a focus on queer and female d...

Paula Landry

Producer/Writer

Paula Landry, MBA is an author and award-winning writer/producer who works in film, television and media entre...

Mitch Deltuvia

DGA 2nd AD

Began working in the film industry is 2015 as a production assistant and joined the Director's Guild as a 2nd ...

Deno Williams

Film maker

NYC based filmmaker, IATSE LOCAL 52

Jasmine Cole-Marrow

Produciton Assistant

My name is Jasmine, I've been working as a PA for the past 2 years. At this point of my career I have been in ...

Erica LeBlanc

Production Assistant/2nd 2nd AD

Hi there - I have been in the film/tv industry for over 6 years now, not including the corporate/comedy indie ...