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Giovanna Chesler - Director and Producer of internationally screened documentary and narrative films and new media producer. Giovanna is the Primary Cinematographer on Period as well as the film’s Director and Producer. Her recent work includes the online television channel Tune in HPV which educates and enterains viewers about the human papillomavirus. Films include Bye Bi Love (17min, 2010) a fictional short about a woman who receives an invitation to the wedding of her ex-girlfriend, BeauteouS: The Trilogy (43 min, 2000-2002), three portraits of three sisters and their relationships to beauty and hand-some (13min, ©2004), an experimental documentary on family and sexuality. Her films have screened in over 15 countries in 100 film festivals. Awards include Honorable Mention in Fiction Filmmaking from the University Film and Video Association, Best Student Documentary from the Chicago International Film Festival, and Regional Finalist for a Student Academy Award in Experimental Filmmaking. Giovanna Chesler is an Assistant Professor in Communication Arts at Marymount Manhattan College and she works as a cinematographer for film, television and video artists. Contact: giovanna[AT]g6pictures.com, www.g6pictures.com

Marina Shoupe - Associate Producer: Shoupe is a graduate of the MFA program in Cinema at San Francisco State who has directed and co-produced video and audio documentaries, including BuzzBuzz, Bounce, Juice, Las Abuelas: Latina Grandmothers Explain the World and Other Stories of Faith (co directed with Zeinabu irene Davis) and The Recipe Project. Marina is co-producer and is currently editing Globalization: The Reality Show. A thoughtful and searing look into the human cost of The North American Free Trade Agreement, (NAFTA), couched in a reality TV format.

Nancy Morita - Additional Cinematography: Director of Photography whose credits include the Emmy Award winning documentary, On Civil Rights and Wrongs: The Fred Korematsu Story, Crumb, and The Coast Redwood: Uncut Stories, winner of a National Educational Film and Video Festival Golden Apple Award, and a Cine Golden Eagle Award.

Kadet Kuhne – Re Recording Mixer: Kuhne received an MFA from Cal Arts and is a digital media artist specializing in sound design for film and video. Recent credits as Supervising Sound Designer include Rise Above: The Tribe 8 Documentary (Tracy Flannigan) and Radical Harmonies (Dee Mossbacher.)
www. audibleshift.com

Adriene Hughes – Title Design, Web Design: Hughes received an MFA from Tufts and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She is photographer and graphic artist who has created websites for numerous artists and documentary filmmakers.
www.adrienehughes.com

Hannah Guggenheim – Composer: Bay Area documentary filmmaker Hannah Guggenheim is a recent San Francisco State University MFA Film Production graduate. She has an extensive background in music production and recording, in addition to experience as a cinematographer and documentary filmmaker. Her latest film entitled: "Benji and Judah" is a 30 minute long collaborative documentary filmed with identical twins Benji and Judah born with spinabifida.
www.punditproductions.com