Producer / Director, Blu Star Productions

Producer / Director

Vincent Young

Producer

Vincent Young is an award-winning film and music producer born and raised in Thousand Oaks, California. Young is the Founder and CEO of CTY Productions, as well as a senior attending the University of Arizona, set to graduate in May 2023 with a specialty in Film and Television and Business Administration and Marketing.

Carmen Vincent

writer/director

Through video production, editing, and documentary filmmaking, Carmen Vincent amplifies the human experience by drawing out people’s authentic, diverse stories.

She uses her experience with non-visible disabilities, including OCD and ADHD, to pursue her work with creativity, empathy, and curiosity. Because of these disabilities, she is skilled at divergent thinking, attention to detail, and identifying the value in people. Carmen is committed to challenging stigma by proving that people with disabilities like hers are reliable, talented, and effective collaborators.

Vyn Lane

writer/director

Vyn Lane is an award winning narrative writer and director that focuses on bringing new perspectives and intensity to his work, namely through his lived experiences of neurodivergency and background with formal arts. Having graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor’s in Art Studio and working out of Kentucky, Vyn specializes in stylized horror and begins his process with fiction before adapting the stories to the screen. Though the heart of his work is created on the foundation of fantasy, he is interested in other modes of storytelling and wishes to advocate for the space of those with passions and struggles like his own.

James Dann

Director, Producer

James Dann is a director and producer with over 10 years of international documentary experience. From persecution in Pakistan to homelessness in Las Vegas, James has worked on a variety of projects which allows unheard stories to be told and new worlds opened up to a global audience. James runs New Take Films, a documentary production company based in Manchester.

Find out more about James at his website

www.newtakefilms.com

Julia Muniz

Producer

Multidisciplinary Brazilian artist based in Los Angeles, Julia Muniz advocates for JEDI+ (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging) storytelling in front of and behind the cameras. Julia is a Telly Award-winning Producer with a PBS American Masters documentary Elsa in partnership with other artists with disability, an exhibited Director of Photography in +25 countries, and a Crowdfunding Manager for an Academy Awards Live Action Shortlisted film focused on immigration and human rights.

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Andre Stewert

Director, Actor

From an early age, this director was just built different, his first time playing silvius in Shakespeare’s “as you like it” (2002) to a church play in (2012) called “midnight cry”, he just moved differently, then jumping into the haunted house industry (2003-2013) opening the door to being in a mockumentary called “zombie next door” (2014), he also jumped into the podcast game for a show called “uncool” (2015-2018), then he jumped into comedy doing a dozen different skits on YouTube before the pandemic, the panic drove him to write “torture for two” (2021) and what’s more crazy is he’s autistic and filming during a time where everyone else was locked down, that alone makes him different from everyone, he lives for creativity and a challenge.

Julian Grajczak

Social Media Coordinator

What started with acting classes turned into a passion for editing those onscreen. With a Bachelors Degree in Film Production from California State University, Northridge, I work mostly as a freelance film editor, though I’m hoping to expand and learn how to produce as well

Website: https://www.jagfilmproductioncompany.com/

Drew Smith

writer/director

Drew Smith is a short film writer/director and a movie blogger who resides in Southern California. He directed the short film “Leemo” (2019) that was accepted into the Newport Beach Film Festival that same year. Co-writer/co-director of the short thriller “Post Game” (2014), he’s also served as location manager for the short film “Waiting for Goodbye” (2016). Drew is currently a production assistant, working on various commercials and corporate videos for a variety of regional and national clients. In his off time, Drew concentrates on script writing and film criticism. A guest speaker promoting autism awareness, he’s a board member for a local charity, Autism Resource Mom, and an advisor to the State Council on Developmental Disabilities.