Director
Ky Dickens
Award winning filmmaker Ky Dickens is best known for films that shift public policy and culture. She is a recipient of the Focus Award for Achievement in Directing and the Change Maker Award.
Producer
Sydney Thomson
Sydney Thomson, founder of Big Syd Productions, is a producer of film, video, and commercial content whose work spans 20+ years. She's a fixer whose passion is helping filmmakers tell their stories.
Writer
Chelsea Kania
Chelsea is winner of The Big Apple Screenplay Competition and an Academy Nicholl semifinalist. ITJ is inspired by her father and uncle who were born with profound hearing loss.
Associate Producer
Julie Holma
Fundraising Lead Julie Holma is a Wisconsin-based American Sign Language Interpreter and Teacher for the Deaf. She is an active advocate and ally for the Deaf Community.
Producer
Amy McIntyre
Chicago-based producer Amy McIntyre is the founder of Beeline Reps and the producer of Zero Weeks, I Didn't Mean to Go Mental, The City That Sold America, and Sole Survivor.
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