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Annie Silverstein is a writer/director based in Austin, Texas. Her short film, SKUNK, won the jury award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival – Cinéfondation. She returned to Cannes with her debut feature, BULL, which premiered in Un Certain Regard in 2019. BULL won the top three awards at the Deauville American Film Festival and was nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards, including the Best Male Lead, Best Cinematography, and the ‘Someone to Watch’ Award. Annie is a Sundance Screenwriting and Directors Lab Fellow, a Fulbright Fellow, and a Guggenheim Fellow. Before attending film school, Annie spent ten years as a youth worker, and documentary filmmaker, collaborating on community film based projects with Native American youth on reservations across Washington State. She co-founded and served as Artistic Director at Longhouse Media, an indigenous film organization based in Seattle.
Monique Walton is the 2024 recipient of the Film Independent Spirit Awards Producers Award. She produced Greg Kwedar’s SING SING, which premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was acquired by A24 and subsequently nominated for three Academy Awards. She also produced Annie Silverstein’s award-winning debut feature BULL which premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival – Un Certain Regard. In 2022 she produced the documentary feature HOLLOW TREE, directed by Kira Akerman, which premiered at the New Orleans Film Festival and won the Jury Award for Best Louisiana Film. She has produced numerous short films, including “Breaking Silence”, winner of the 2023 SXSW Jury Award for Best Texas Short, and Silverstein’s “Skunk”, winner of the Grand Prix Jury Award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, Cinéfondation. She was a 2016 Sundance Creative Producing Fellow, a 2020 Rotterdam Producing Fellow, and a 2021 Cannes-Producers Network Fellow.
Will Greenfield is an award-winning Executive Producer who has collaborated with some of the film industry's most iconic directors; Frank Darabont, Jon Favreau, Quentin Tarantino, Jeff Nichols, and Spike Lee. Most recently, Greenfield executive produced Ryan Coogler’s horror drama SINNERS starring Michael B. Jordan; Sydney Sweeney’s thriller Immaculate; and David Joseph Craig and Brian Crano’s comedy I DON’T UNDERSTAND YOU. Greenfield's other collaborators include directors Yorgos Lanthimos, Lena Dunham, and Sam Levinson, creator of HBO’s Emmy, Golden Globe and Peabody Award winning series, EUPHORIA. Greenfield served as Executive Producer on season two of EUPHORIA, helping to shepherd a record breaking year in which the show earned 16 Emmy Nominations.
Johnny McAllister is an award-winning writer and producer from Donegal, Ireland. Johnny co-wrote and executive produced the feature film BULL which premiered in Un Certan Regard at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards. His writing credits include OLYMPIA, directed by Robert Byington, and the Cannes Film Festival short film BE QUIET for the Palestinian director Sameh Zoabi. In 2014 Johnny co-wrote and produced BOOGER RED, a true crime story set in East Texas, based on a Texas Monthly article. BOOGER RED premiered at the American Film Festival in Poland. Johnny received his MFA from Columbia University and is a Sundance Institute Fellow. He currently serves as an Associate Professor and Head of the Film Program at Texas State University.
Mike Vasquez is a U.S. Army veteran who was wounded in combat. He has multiple combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan with missions specializing in intelligence, counter-IED operations, and surveillance missions. In 2009, while on a special mission, Mike was severely injured in combat, sustaining multiple life-changing injuries, including a Traumatic Brain Injury, partial paralysis, and vision loss. He was discharged due to medical necessity in 2010. In 2021 Mike was involved in a freak skydiving accident that led to the amputations of both of his legs. Mike is the first bilateral above-the-knee amputee to earn his professional skydiving demonstration rating post amputation. His military awards include the Bronze Star with Valor (for heroism), the Purple Heart medal for combat injury, and many more.
Nate is an Army Green Beret and former NFL player turned filmmaker. After three combat tours in the Special forces to Iraq and Afghanistan, Nate played football for the Longhorns, and later, the Seattle Seahawks. As a filmmaker Nate wrote and produced his directorial debut MVP in 2022 and is currently producing and directing a WWII feature documentary.
