Robin Hessman is an award-winning filmmaker/creative producer. Credits include ARREST THE MIDWIFE, SIMPLE AS WATER, MY PERESTROIKA, TUPPERWARE!. Her films have been at festivals including Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, & Rotterdam and been shortlisted for Oscars, received multiple Peabody awards, and nominations for Emmy, IDA, and PGA Awards. They have been NYTimes Critics Picks, released theatrically, and broadcast in over 30 countries. She is a member of AMPAS, the PGA, the DPA and the Television Academy and received a graduate degree in film directing from VGIK, in Moscow.

Laura Reich is a narrative, documentary, and commercial producer. She’s a frequent collaborator with emerging filmmakers with unique perspectives. Her documentary work includes the PBS American Masters film RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT and the award-winning short STATUS PENDING. She’s produced two independent narrative features, KEPT BOY and ALL SORTS, as well as many shorts. Her projects have notably screened at Sundance, Raindance, AFI, Tribeca, Big Sky, and the Smithsonian African American Film Festival. Commercially she’s produced projects for Riot Games, Silent Hill, Twitch, LEGO, Red Bull, Facebook, G2 Esports, USC, and many more. In 2023 and 2024, she spoke at SXSW on panels about micro-budget filmmaking and micro-scale virtual production respectively.

Ann Rogers is a doc producer dedicated to telling impactful stories with integrity and heart. An Impact Partners Documentary Producer Fellow, and member of the PGA and DPA, her work spans acclaimed projects on Netflix, Nat Geo, Showtime, and beyond.

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