THE FILMMAKERS

Madeline Rozwat

Madeline is a writer/director who uses the power of film to capture rich, distinctive worlds from novel and unexpected perspectives. Hailing from San Francisco, California, Madeline attended undergrad at Northwestern University (2011) and earned her MFA from USC's School of Cinematic Arts in Film & TV Production (2016). She enjoys telling tales that inspire conversations about social change and encourage viewers to reflect on taken-for-granted norms. Madeline channels her education, travels, and experience as a Division I student-athlete into stories that highlight the internal tensions and complex relationships of her characters. It is Madeline’s hope that by bringing subordinated viewpoints to life and exploring the richness and complexities of their worlds, the audience might walk away thinking a little differently about their world. When Madeline isn’t busy running, hiking, playing guitar, or goofing around with her dog, she can be found in a cozy coffee shop writing her next script.

Alexis Morrell

Alexis Morrell is an award winning producer who grew up on the picturesque Eastern Shore of Maryland then made her way out to Los Angeles by automobile. Alexis worked witha number of TV and film productions including the 2015 Student Academy Award winning documentary short Looking at the Stars, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Chelsea Lately, The Carbonaro Effect, James Franco’s The Sound and the Fury,   and Billy On the Street. Alexis is a graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts’ M.F.A. TV/film production program where she earned the Steve Carell and Jack Oakie Scholarship for Comedic Excellence and learned how to network with dentist in line at the coffee bean. Her goals are to work with talented people to create content and projects that matter not only on screen, but in the world at large. Shout out to the National Parks Services for their amazing work with the LFA production. For more info visit: alexismorrellcomedy.tumblr.com

Melani Hauser

Melani grew up in front of a television in San Antonio, Texas. She studied and took a lot of naps in the student union at the University of Texas at Austin where she earned a BS in Radio-Television-Film with focus on screenwriting and producing for film and television. She worked as the technical director and producer of Sneak Peek, a weekly live entertainment news show for TSTV (an independent, FCC licensed, Austin-based television station), where she fell in love with production. Now based in Los Angeles, Melani has since held many different positions on a variety of feature films, short films, and TV shows, as well as worked as channel producer and creative assistant to a YouTube content creator with over 10 million subscribers. This fall, Melani will wrap production on the hit Comedy Central show @midnight with Chris Hardwick, where she currently works as Production Office Coordinator. The final episode will be their 600th in a little over 4 years. Melani spends her free time running with November Project LAX, taking yoga classes at CorePower Yoga, petting every dog she sees, and eating breakfast tacos. She loves comedy, but overall, wants to create content she’d be proud to share with her grandparents. At the end of the day, Melani just wants to make ‘em laugh.

Katrelle Kindred 

A native of South Los Angeles, Katrelle Kindred is an award-winning director, writer and producer. After teaching English Language Arts in Compton, CA, Kindred completed her graduate studies in Film Production at USC's School of Cinematic Arts. Her short film, SON SHINE (2013), played dozens of film festivals across the country, winning several awards including Best Narrative at the Humboldt International Film Festival; the San Francisco Black Film Festival's Ava Montague Award; and Best Actor at the Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival.

Her producing work includes 2015's Student Academy Award Gold winner LOOKING AT THE STARS, and THE BIG CHOP (2016), which was optioned to HBO. In 2017, Katrelle was named a participant of the AFI Conservatory Directing Workshop for Women.

In the future, Kindred would like to continue creating honest stories that focus on global, social issues and on people often unheard.

Prerna Chawla 

Prerna Chawla is an award winning artist and designer for film and theater, born and raised in Mumbai; where she completed her Bachelors in Architecture. The art of story-telling has been a prominent part of her culture and upbringing. She is particularly fascinated by interpreting its profound cultural influences and the indelible impressions it leaves on personal and collective histories and vice versa. Her interests include films, music, art, blogging, travelling, food and photography.

Since she moved to Los Angeles in 2009, she has worked on several films and theatrical productions and holds an MFA in Scenic Design from CalArts. Her films have been screened at Paris, Toronto, Cannes, Helsinki and several festivals in the United States among others. For inquiries please visit: http://www.prernachawla.com/