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is multifaceted storyteller, using the written word, the web and film/video as her media. With a background in journalism, she’s written about everything from the Digital Divide to dam building in India for the San Francisco Chronicle, Wired Magazine and more. Her first two documentaries, Dreaming In Code and My Narmada Travels have collectively screened at over 20 festivals around the US and have won several awards including a Bronze Metal at WorldFest Houston and First Prize at EarthVision Environmental Film Festival in Santa Cruz, CA. She also teaches writing, filmmaking and web production at several colleges in the Bay area, and is currently developing a feature-length script. Leena’s goal as a filmmaker and writer is to tell captivating stories that engage and enlighten. She holds a master’s degree in documentary film production from the UC-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
studied American cinema in Paris and documentary film production at Stanford University, where she received an MA in 1996. She has produced and directed four short films, one of which, Balancing Act, won an award at the National Educational Media Network in 1998. Lily is a regular contributor to Independent Documentary magazine, and has been integral to several independent documentaries nationally screened on PBS. She is now the Executive in Charge of Production for the San Francisco-based production company, Hotbed. Under the Hotbed banner, she has produced Happily, Even After, the company's latest feature film project, which premieres at The Tribeca Film Festival in 2004. She has just wrapped production on the short film, Snakebite, directed by Ynze Bijl, and is most currently directing a short documentary, 17, about a teen who is challenging the 26th Amendment, due out summer, 2004.
is a dynamic producer with roots in event promotion. He started out as an Executive Director for Uniting Souls, a promotional company on the edge of the electronic music scene based out San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle. He went on to found The Flavor Group, LLC, a dance-oriented entertainment production company with clients as diverse as Red Bull and Mayor Willie Brown of San Francisco. Prem has been instrumental in bringing a number of well—known DJ and dance acts to perform in San Francisco. His monthly party, Flavor, at DNA Lounge in SF, has attracted thousands of revelers.
born and raised Taiwan, Chu came to the United States in 1993 to study filmmaking. His first short film, One or Two Things About, was selected to screen in the International Asian American Film Festival in San Francisco and Hawaii International Film Festival in 1998. Since then, Jeffrey has been creatively collaborating on a variety of projects with Hotbed Media, including the recent documentary feature, Confessions of a Burning Man, and a romantic drama, Happily, Even After, as a director of photography.
Michelle Brusuelas, Production Designer
her interest in setting the stage began at age 5 with creating dramatic interiors for Barbie Dreamhouses. With an innate sense for color and composition she went on in later years to express her aesthetic visions in the realm of underground dance music events in San Francisco.
Whether it is on film, a live event, or lived in space, to strike with a sense of harmony is her goal. She is often quoted as saying, "Orange is where it's at."
started in film as a camera assistant on the feature-length documentary Confessions of a Burning Man. He then worked on the 35mm feature Happily. Even After . as a production assistant and then as replacement 2nd AD. He continued on Happily as an assistant editor and even pulled the work print. He has worked as a PA for numerous commercials ranging from Kia to Cuisineart, a couple of television shows, and has been an AD on a few independent shorts, including The Horizon. Recently, he directed a couple of DV shorts and a local commercial to air on Korean Television.
began playing music at age 8. He studied drums, percussion, marimba and music theory under Marshall E. Maley Jr. for 6 years before moving on to a rather dubious self-education in numerous jazz, rock, and experimental improv. bands. Finding the structure of a band too constraining and unproductive, Jesse began producing his own music in 1999 adding a mixer, sampler and laptop to his already growing collection of acoustic percussion instruments. These days you might hear him playing his ambient-glitch-hop music in some of San Francisco’s more generous and forgiving clubs and galleries. This is Jesse’s first film score.
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