Camrus Johnson
Actor/Filmmaker Camrus Johnson is going into season 2 of the CW’s BATWOMAN as the male lead ‘Luke Fox’ and can currently be seen on HBO in Warner Bros./MGMs THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR opposite Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton. On the filmmaking front Johnson currently has an Academy Award qualified animated short film, GRAB MY HAND: A LETTER TO MY DAD, that he wrote, directed and voiced winning Jury awards across the country (including at NFFTY 2019!), recently wrapped production on his second short BLUE BISON sure to hit the festival circuit soon, and has an animated series, comic book, and graphic novel in development.
Kelly Gallagher
Kelly Gallagher is a filmmaker, animator, and Assistant Professor of Film at Syracuse University. Her award winning films and commissioned animations have screened internationally at venues including: the Museum of Modern Art, The National Gallery of Art, Sundance Film Festival, the Smithsonian Institution, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest, the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry, and Black Maria Film Festival. Solo programs of her work have screened at institutions including: UnionDocs, the Wexner, and Sight Unseen, among many others. Kelly enthusiastically organizes and facilitates film workshops, camps, and masterclasses for communities and groups of all ages.
Danny Madden
Madden grew up in the southeast, making movies under the moniker ORNANA. His freelance career was built on directing, animation, and sound design. In 2012, he was listed on Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film" after (Notes on) Biology won the animation prize at SXSW. He has directed 11 Vimeo staff picks, including Krista which won the first ever Staff Picks Award at SXSW in 2018 and inspired BEAST BEAST, his debut feature film which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2020 (Executive produced by Alec Baldwin). He worked as Creative Director with Jim Cummings on THUNDER ROAD, and has also directed video shorts for PBS, HBO's 'Random Acts of Flyness,' and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour.
Johnathan Keasey
Jonathan is an acclaimed screenwriter and member of the prestigious Writers Guild of America. He has penned films for Sony Studios, Columbia Pictures, Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures and Germany’s Telepool GmbH, among others. Jonathan currently has projects in development for Will Smith, Justin Lin, Aldis Hodge, and the legendary Norman Lear. In addition to writing, Jonathan has produced two films for Lifetime Networks and is deep into development on a series with the producers of AMC’s “Walking Dead.” In 2020, Jonathan became the Director of Development for Good Hero Productions, Laurent Zeitoun’s New York based production company formed by the creators of “Leap”, “Death of Stalin” and Pixar’s “Cars” franchise. In his spare time, Jonathan is a university professor and started the Inmates Screenwriting Initiative at the Washington State Department of Corrections.