The 6th World

Filmmaker Nanobah Becker earned her MFA in directing from Columbia University in 2006. Her shorts Flat and Conversion (official selection, Sundance Film Festival) have screened around the world. Her screenplay "Into the Ring" got her a Sundance Institute-Ford Fellowship, and she was awarded a Rockefeller Fellowship for her screenplay "Full," which went on to the Tribeca All Access program. Becker's producer credits include the award-winning Navajo-language short Shimásání (Tribeca and Sundance film festivals). She is a native of Albuquerque and a graduate of Brown University.

Ken Kristensen received an MFA from Columbia University's film school, where he distinguished himself by being the only student in the history of the school to win all three screenplay awards with three different scripts. While still in film school he was selected to both the Sundance and IFP labs, and worked as an associate producer on Sorry, Haters. After graduation, he sold two scripts to Image Comics and Dark Horse Entertainment, both of which will be published as graphic novels in 2011. Kristensen's producer credits include seasons of JAIL, Las Vegas Jailhouse, and Road Warriors.