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Deirdre Fishel is an independent filmmaker of both documentaries and dramas. Her films have premiered in competition at Sundance and SXSW and been broadcast in 35 countries worldwide. Her documentary Still Doing It: The Intimate Lives of Women Over 65 was also expanded into a book co-written with producer Diana Holtzberg. Recent projects include a web documentary Suicide On Campus, produced in conjunction with The New York Times Magazine, and a transmedia project, The Boy Game. Deirdre was a directing fellow at the American Film Institute and has an MFA from Hunter College. She is an Associate Professor of Media & Communication Arts at The City College of New York.

Tony Heriza has been producing media for social change since the 1970s, when he was a co-founder of Community Media Productions in Dayton, Ohio. His 2009 documentary Concrete, Steel & Paint has been screened widely at festivals and was distributed through the filmmaker-owned co-op New Day Films. Heriza has taught documentary production at Rutgers University and the University of Pennsylvania and is currently Director of Media Production at the American Friends Service Committee. In 2015, he was selected by the U.S. Department of State as a filmmaker envoy in its film diplomacy program, American Film Showcase.