Brittany first learned the power of personal storytelling working at Seattle Children's Hospital as a protege of Academy-Award shortlisted director Mike Attie. Since moving to Chicago, she continues to focus on work that impacts underrepresented communities, making videos for social justice and arts organizations. Bringing a producer mindset to her documentary editing work has made her an invaluable collaborator for the directors and producers who bring her on. Her fiction shorts have screened at queer and feminist film festivals across the country and internationally. Currently she is in post-production with co-director and protagonist Arlieta Hall on their first feature documentary, Finding Your Laughter, about Arlieta using improv to care for father who has Alzheimer’s.

Dawn Mikkelson (Producer/Editor/Additional Cinematography) Emmy Award winning producer and McKnight Filmmaking Fellow, whose work has broadcast, streamed and screened internationally. Festival screenings of her feature documentaries include: the Galway Film Fleadh, Cinequest, Mill Valley Film Festival, Heartland Film Festival, DOC NYC, Frameline Film Festival, and American Indian Film Festival. Broadcast and streaming include: APT (American Public Television), PBS, CBC (Canadian Broadcast Corporation), Yes-Docu (Israel), Deutsche Welle (Germany), iTunes, and Amazon Prime. Mikkelson has completed seven award-winning independent feature documentaries, MINNESOTA MEAN (2023), FINDING HER BEAT (2022), RISKING LIGHT (2018), THE RED TAIL (2009), GREEN GREEN WATER (2007), THIS OBEDIENCE (2003), and TREADING WATER: A DOCUMENTARY (1999), character-driven films highlighting power and joy in the margins.

Proud member of the DPA Board, Co-Representative of the Midwest Region and Member of the Ethics Committee.

Frantz is a producer and director based in New York City.