Nyna has produced and directed several short films: DCBA - Desi Confused by America, which premiered at the Luna Fest in San Francisco in 2007, Able which won best film at the Vale Film Festival and received an honorable mention at the Cinema Vita Film Festival and Gentle Lovers which screened at the Park City Film Music Festival in 2006.
She studied film making at the New York Film Academy.
Nyna originally hails from Mumbai, India but has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for the last 8 years.
Producer : Gino Caputi
A member of the Director’s Guild of America, Gino’s resume includes work as an Asst. Director on features such as The Other End of The Line,The Pursuit of Happyness, Just Like Heaven, Bee Season, War of The Worlds, Dopamine, Haiku Tunnel and The Mistress of Spices. He has written several feature length screenplays and has also produced and directed the comedy shorts LA Cops: The Mean Streets and Gentle Lovers, which won the Gold Medal for Excellence in 2006 at the Park City Film Music Festival.
Gino’s educational background consists of a Bachelors degree in Theater Arts from Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon, and film course work at City College of San Francisco.
Executive Producer: Debbie Brubaker
Debbie Brubaker is a seasoned producer in the world of indie feature films, including Peter Bratt’s La Mission, which premiered at Sundance and opened the San Francisco International Film Festival. Feature narratives she has produced include The Darwin Awards , Dopamine, Unflinching Triumph: The Phillip Rockhammer Story, Swing, Teknolust, Bartleby, and The Californians. Recent projects include All About Evil and One Way to Valhalla. Currently Brubaker is working on a documentary with Jennifer Seibel Newsom, Miss Representation.
Director of Photography: Christopher Rego
Christopher , is an independent documentary filmmaker and professional cameraman, with over two decades of film and television production experience in both South and South East Asia.
Christopher’s work as a professional cameraman includes shooting for documentaries, reality shows, music videos and factual programming. His work has been telecast on major international television channels such as Channel Four (UK), RTP (Portugal) and Fashion TV (France); as well as on leading Indian television networks such as NDTV, Star, Doordarshan and Zee. He has also shot a wide variety of promotional films for corporates, advertising agencies, NGOs and government institutions.
Christopher’s major credits as a cameraman (which include some of his own productions) include: Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge (Reality TV), Voice Of India. Contacto Goa, Remembering Bimal Roy, Mr. and Mrs, Bollywood, Through The Looking Glass, Muchacha Latina, Souls and Spices, Forests of The Gods, Far From Home, Invocations To The Mountain Goddess, Kumbh Mela: Nell’s Story and Masks of the Chhau Dance.
He holds a post graduate Master’s degree in Sociology from Mumbai University, and has also completed a specialized three year training course in Film Direction from Asia’s premier film school, the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune.
Composer: Michael Tremante
Award-winning composer Michael Tremante draws upon his experience as a multi-instrumentalist, performer and music producer when creating music for film and television. Since 2004 he has composed scores for several award-winning feature films and his music can be heard on a host of current television shows.
Michael began his film-music career assisting Academy Award-winning composer Howard Shore and served as Associate Music Producer on Peter Jackson's "The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring" and Music Co-Producer on David Fincher's Panic Room and David Cronenberg's "Spider".
Michael’s recent film credits include: The Stories Tall, The Mountain Thief, Frame Of Mind, The 27 Club, The Village Barbershop, If I Didn't Care, Find Love, Static, Red Means Go, and Walking On The Sky.
Sound Mixer & Designer: Dan Olmsted
Berkeley-based sound mixer and designer, was a visiting faculty in the Film department at the San Francisco Art Institute and taught sound design/mixing at City College of San Francisco.
Olmsted's sound credits are extensive and varied. Documentary films include The Daughter From Da Nang (Gail Dolgin, Vincente Franco), The Devil and Daniel Johnston (Jeff Fuerzig), and Lynn Hershman's Strange Culture. John Waters, Joan Chen, Cade Burcell, and Lynn Sachs are among many other filmmakers he has worked with in genres ranging from narrative features to short experimental works.
An alumnus of SF State's Film Production program, Dan honed much of his craft at Berkeley's Saul Zaentz Film Center, where he served as a re-recording mixer for many years.