Takeshi Kushida Born in 1982. KUSHIDA is a member of PYRAMID FILM in Tokyo. His First Feature “Woman of the Photographs” won 40 film festival awards and has been released in 7 countries. [Filmography] Woman of the Photographs(89min,2020) Official Selection at Fantasia, Frightfest, Tokyo, Nashville etc VOICE (10min, 2018) Best Fiction Film – Black Maria Film Festival The Earth was Bluish (1min, 2015) Grand Prize– UNITED FOR PEACE Film Festival I AM A CAMERA (4min, 2013)Jury Award – GR Movie Festival REINCARNATION (5min, 2008) Jury Recommended work – Japan Media Art Festival Hide and Seek (14min, 2005) GOLD PRIZE – Bilbao International Short and Documentary Film Festival KANNNON (4min, 2004) SPECIAL MENTION – WRO Media Art Biennale FLOW (3min, 2003) FIRST PRIZE – Rencontres Audiovisuelles in Lille Director Statement

Writer, producer and director, Lou Simón was born in Havana, Cuba. At age nine, her family immigrated to the U.S. to escape the communist regime. Lou started writing short stories at the age of 10, but eventually went on to pursue a law career. Lou found her way back to her writing after years of private practice, and in 2011, she decided to produce one of her scripts. Since then, Lou has written, produced and directed four feature films: HazMat, Agoraphobia, All Girls Weekend, 3:An Eye For An Eye and 73 Minutes. All her films have obtained distribution throughout the world and have won several awards at various film festivals. She just completed her sixth film, the thriller “9 Windows.”

Andrew has worked in the production industry for the past 17 years after graduating from Ithaca College with a degree in Cinema Production & Photography. Since then he has gone on to direct two award-winning feature films, created the popular youtube channel SCARY MYSTERIES which has more than 750,000 subscribers as well as the Top 100 True Crime podcast called EVERY TOWN and worked on a number of television shows and commercial projects.

Raymond Wood

I’m a film and commercial director with a lengthy background in post-production and visual effects. My recent co-producing credits include Joseph Cross’s directorial debut “Summer Night” and the upcoming Wendie Malick film “7000 Miles.”

Michelle Iannantuono is an award winning writer/director from Charleston, South Carolina. Her previous features include 2018’s LIVESCREAM, which was nominated for a Rondo Award and won Best Director at Nightmares Film Festival, and 2020’s DETROIT EVOLUTION, a queer transformative fan film in the “Detroit Become Human” video game universe which has surpassed 2 million views on YouTube. Her previous shorts include FAME FATALE, which screened at NYC Horror Film Festival and won Best Comedy and Best Actor at 2022’s Genreblast; DETROIT REAWAKENING, which has half a million views on YouTube; and she produced Michael Smallwood’s WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING, which screened at FilmQuest, NYC Horror Film Fest, and more.

James Morris was born on April 26, 1988, in Provo, Utah. He started making films at an early age and was later able to hone his creative skills at East Hollywood High, a film charter school, from which he graduated in 2006. He is an actor, director, producer, and writer, known primarily for his work in the independent horror genre.