PRODUCER / WRITER: PALOMA MARTINEZ

Paloma graduated with her MFA in Film/TV production at the prestigious USC School of
Cinematic Arts in summer 2013. She has a concentration in directing, producing, and writing.
 
Paloma Martinez's short film "Adán" which she wrote and directed was recently accepted into
the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, and most recently played at the San Diego Latino Film Festival 2014. Other films she has written and produced have been accepted to various film festivals including, Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood , New York International Latino Film Festival,  Athens International Festival, and the USC First Look Festival. The short film "Blackbird" she co-produced was nominated for Student Academy Award in 2011. 
 
Paloma currently works at CANANA, an international film company operated in Los Angels and Mexico
City, owned by Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal. She previously interned at Plan B
Entertainment in Beverly Hills, and held a coveted intern position in the Creative Artists Agency
Summer Internship program, 2011.

PRODUCER; JOSE CARLOS ELIZONDO

BIO COMING SOON 

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: NATHANIEL KRAUSE

Nathaniel Krause was born and raised outside the nation’s capital in the ham shaped state of Virginia, which is fortunate given his love of all thing pork.  The son of a Japanese-German father and an Italian-mutt mother he defied his Axis-power routs by spending most of his youth taking ballet lessons alongside his sister Louisa as his parents didn’t want to travel in two directions for extracurricular activates.  With a decade of daily dance lessons under his belt, Krause learned the art of visual storytelling early but ultimately changed life directions when a career as a professional danseur -- or male ballerina -- became immanent. 

Attending Carnegie Mellon University, he earned degrees in Architecture, Opera, Film and Arts Management giving himself pneumonia on multiple occasions as a result of the heavy course load.  Nonetheless, it wasn't until visiting his sister on a film set (who had left her own dance career to pursue acting), that he discovered a way to final focus his interdisciplinary interests.

At the culmination of twenty-three straight years of education, Krause earned an MFA from the University of Southern California’s prestigious School of Cinematic Arts with concentrations in writing, directing and cinematography.  While in attendance he was the recipient of both the Edward Thomas Troutner Award for writing and the Dana and Albert R. Broccoli Award for excellence in directing. Finally able to combine his varied background in everything from ballet and opera to building design and performance, Krause’s directorial work focuses on driving emotionally compelling narratives with a strong sense of visual language.  Inspired by directors such as Jason Reitman, David Fincher, Craig Gillespie and Wes Anderson, Krause enjoys projects that explore niche worlds in universally relatable ways.  

Currently Krause’s narrative work can be seen in festivals across the world and has earned him grants from both the Pittsburgh Filmmaker Institute and the Eastman Kodak Company.  Titles include films such as ‘”Double or Nothing” (Written by Neil LaBute, starring Adam Brody and Keith David; Official Selection: Tribeca Film Festival), “What to Bring to America” (Official Selection: Austin Film Festival, Artivist Film Festival,), “Refuge” (Official Selection: Boston LGBT Film Fest), “Buried,” and “Snapshot Samba.”