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Ken Whittingham is an award-winning American television director and board member + advisor to BraveMaker.
With over 30 years of experience in the film and television industry, Ken recently directed and executive produced the pilot episodes of THE UPSHAWS , DAD STOP EMBARRASSING ME for Netflix and KENAN for NBC.
His experience is vast and his resume is filled with television’s top comedic and dramatic shows most recently ABBOTT ELEMENTARY, THE WONDER YEARS on ABC, GRACE AND FRANKIE and ATYPICAL for Netflix and ST. DENIS MEDICAL and GOOD GIRLS for NBC. His work on 30 ROCK, THE OFFICE, and PARKS AND RECREATION has garnered him five NAACP Image awards.
Luke Miller is a multi-talented cinematographer who has strengthened a variety of projects across television and film.
Abraham (Abe) Martinez has always loved the art of storytelling through images in the frame.
Most notably, Luke served as director of photography on the final seasons of Netflix’s Grace and Frankie, starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sam Waterston and Martin Sheen. Luke has been involved with the project since its very first episode, starting as the gaffer. With the instrumental help of the show’s original DP Gale Tattersall, he was able to work his way up to cinematographer, a role he served in from season 5 through the finale.
While watching the movie, THE KILLING FIELDS, in secondary school, Abe's desire to integrate travel and photography in an adventurous career began to take shape. His notable projects as DP include Obliterated, The Lincoln Lawyer, National Treasure: Edge of History, 61st Street, Queen of the South, and more.
Alexander Chard is an Indonesian-Australian actor/writer/director based in Los Angeles.
Alexander was born in Australia, raised in Indonesia and eventually moved to London, England to train in contemporary theatre. His multicultural background and upbringing deeply informs his work as an actor and filmmaker. He often explores themes of displacement, identity, loss, spirituality, and cultural overlaps. His desire is to tell stories centered as intimate dramas, and wrapped in extraordinary, genre-bending circumstances.
In 2022, Alexander's feature FIRE OVER THE HILLS won the WeScreenplay Feature competition. X OR (THE ASCENSION OF GOLD MOUNTAIN) was also a finalist in the competition, making him the only writer with two features in the final selection. In the same year he also won the Screencraft Virtual Pitch Comp for his feature MONSTERS ARE REAL.
In 2023, Alexander was selected as one of Coverfly’s Best Unrepped Writers. Alexander's work has also placed in the top 10% of the 2021 Nicholl Fellowship, the Austin Film Festival Semifinals '22, and is currently in the top 1% and on the Red List on Coverfly. His work has also been recommended by The Blacklist, WeScreenplay, and Screencraft.
714, a drama sci-fi, written and starring Alexander marks his directorial debut. In 2024 it was selected for the LA Indonesian Film Festival, as well as the LA Art Film Festival where it was awarded Best Narrative Short and Best Actor. Alex is currently working on several writing projects including a drama/ horror/fantasy (MONSTERS ARE REAL), a drama (PASRAH), a drama/sci-fi (WHO WILL BE THERE WITH YOU?), as well as the feature version of 714.
Rudy Valdez is a Michigan-raised, Brooklyn-based filmmaker. He got his start as a camera operator on the Peabody Award-winning Sundance Channel series Brick City and has worked as a cinematographer for directors and producers such as Sebastian Junger, Whoopi Goldberg, Geeta Gandbhir, and Sam Pollard.
Traci Hays is a DGA Award-nominated director. Her feature directorial debut, TANGLED, a romantic comedy based on the New York Times Best-Seller of the same title, was named a "must-see movie to watch on Valentine's Day" by The Hollywood Reporter.
Her multidisciplinary background as a film director brings a unique storytelling perspective to every set she builds. Traci was mentored by Oscar-nominated production designer Lawrence G. Paull (Blade Runner, Back to the Future) and set decorator Mel Cooper (Seinfeld), and is a proud B.F.A. graduate of Chapman University. Her projects have been produced by Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Amazon Studios, and many more.
Above all, Traci is a passionate, collaborative creative looking to partner with talented filmmakers to transform their brightest ideas from the page to the screen.
Shelley Dennis is known for The Conners (2018), Spirit Rangers (2022) and Criminal Minds (2005).
Shelley was born into a family of Choctaw storytellers in small-town Oklahoma. She’s toured alongside Wayne Brady doing standup and improv. In 2020 she was one of four selected for the Native American Showrunner program. She worked on the Netflix show, SPIRIT RANGERS, and just completed her second season as a Story Editor on ABC’s @theconnersabc
Alexandra Boylan is a dynamic award-winning filmmaker, writer, producer, and actress who has been trailblazing through Hollywood for nearly two decades.