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DIANA WYNTER (Producer-Director) received an Emmy nomination for ABC’s Daddy’s Girl and won 2010’s Pan African Film Festival jury prize for her feature HappySad (2013). Documentaries include Bearing the Torch Politics & the Olympics (ESPN/Hearst.) and Getting Baby Off the Bottle for KCAL-TV. She has directed episodic TV series for Showtime and Nickelodeon. She launched Virtual Production at CSUN and teaches aesthetics.

ROLF KESTERMANN (Cinematographer) has won MTV's Best Cinematography Award, Kodak's Lifetime Achievement Award, Emmy for New Approaches in Daytime Entertainment, and the Cannes Silver Lion. Rolf has collaborated in a wide diversity of projects, such as the "Yes I Can" video for the Obama campaign, featuring Scarlett Johanssen and Will.I.Am; videos for Shakira, Michael Jackson, Chris Isaak, documentaries, and commercials for major brands including Revlon, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW.

ABDUL MALIK ABBOTT (Editor) produced, shot, and edited the award-winning documentary Betye Saar: Ready to be a Warrior, which premiered at MoMA. His film Curse of War won Best War Film at NYFTV Festival. He directed Jay-Z in State Property and Streets is Watching. He created over 300 music videos for Usher, jazz legend Abbey Lincoln, and other artists. He is Supervising Editor for the AAFCA Awards.