crew

director

Luis Gispert is an internationally recognized American visual artist living and working in New York. His multidisciplinary practice extends beyond sculpture to include photography, painting and film. His work has been showcased at several renowned and influential institutions all over the world that include, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Royal Academy in London,  Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York, Shanghai Museum of Contemporary, MOCA North Miami,  Palazzo Brocherasio in Turin, and the Haifa Museum in Israel. Born in New Jersey to Cuban immigrant parents he was raised between New York City and Miami. Coming of age in Miami’s visually rich cross-section of cultures inspired him to become a visual artist.  He attended Miami Dade College, studied film at the Art Institute of Chicago, and  earned an MFA in sculpture from Yale university.  His artwork deals with themes of race, class, cultural identity and the immigrant experience of loss and hope. Always looking for new ways of visual expression he has moved into filmmaking.

EXECUTIVE producer

Nely Galan is an independent producer and a former President of Entertainment for Telemundo. She was the first Latina President of Entertainment for a U.S. television network- Telemundo, and an Emmy Award-winning producer of over 700 television shows in English and Spanish, including the hit reality series, “The SWAN” for 20th Century Fox, which she produced through her multi-media company Galan Entertainment. Her company also launched over 10 television channels abroad for companies like HBO, ESPN, FOX, MGM and Sony.

writer

Rick Negron for over twenty-five years, has worked on narrative and client-based projects in South Florida, New York, and Mississippi. He is a recognized film educator and is currently the chair of Film Production at Belhaven University where he enjoys investing in young filmmakers. Rick continues to write and produce original projects, especially those involving underrepresented communities.

editor / producer

Ryan Murphy studied photography at Massachusetts College of Art under Nicholas Nixon and Abe Morel. During this time he became a regular contributor to Grand Royal magazine and curated Barry McGee TWIST's first solo gallery show. Later on he collaborated with Stephen Powers ESPO and Todd James REAS as part of the “Art In The Streets” exhibition at Geffen MOCA Los Angeles. He served as the press kit photographer in promotion of Beastie Boys’ Grammy award winning album "Hello Nasty". Next he moved into filmmaking working at Avid Technology. This led to an editing career working with filmmakers such as Errol Morris, Michael Moore, Greg Mottola, Jason Reitman, Ben Stiller, Roger Waters, Tom McCarthy, and Ethan Coen. He’s worked on the films Syriana, Young Adult, Adventureland, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Stillwater among many others. He currently lives in Cold Spring, New York with his wife and two rascal children.

director of photography

Juan Camilo Barriga born in Bogota, Colombia and based in Miami. He has shot features films, commercials and music videos internationally in diverse locations as the jungles of El Salvador, Colombia, Peru, Mozambique, Panama, Brazil Rome, Guatemala City, Miami and New York City. He's lensed projects for Fusion, Vice, and Univision, T-Mobile, Puma, Budweiser, Toyota, Wells Fargo.