TEAM MEMBERS
director & co-founder
Jennifer Crystal Chien is a documentary filmmaker with a focus on personal storytelling from underrepresented communities.
She is the Executive Producer of Alive in Bronze: Huey P. Newton, nominated for an NAACP Image Award. She has produced and directed several documentaries focused on stories from the Chinese, Guyana, Polish, and Turkish immigrant communities, including Waiting for Bekir, Advayam, 3JahLove7, and one little bird.
She is a recipient of a DOC NYC Documentary New Leaders award, Center for Cultural Innovation’s Investing in Artists grant for artistic innovation, and is a former filmmaker-in-residence with the Center for Asian American Media. She has an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in Social Documentary Film.
STUDIO PRODUCER
Jay Gash (she/they) is a Black & Queer filmmaker, 3rd generation photographer, creative, and educator born and raised in Oakland, CA. Since 2013, Jay has been the Creative Content Producer of GASH Productions. Their films and photography explore intimacy between moments, people, places, and things.
Jay’s documentary work, including When the Garden Comes and On the Pulse of Life, has been showcased at the Queer Women of Color Film Festival and the Smithsonian FUTURES exhibition.
In addition to her work as a creative, Jay has been deeply involved in youth and young adult workforce development and social change initiatives over the years with BAVC and QWOCMAP
IMPACT PRODUCER
Toni Bell is the creator/host of the What’s Up with Docs Podcast and an Impact Partnerships Strategist for Odyssey Impact. She has been a speaker, panelist, mentor, and juror at documentary film festivals and labs such as EBS in Korea, Dok Leipzig, European Film Market, HotDocs, Docs by the Sea, and many others. She is the former Filmmaker Services Manager at the International Documentary Association.
Toni teaches courses on impact and media at Saybrook University. She holds an MA in Visual Anthropology from USC, an MFA in Creative Writing from Naropa University, and a certificate in professional screenwriting from UCLA.
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PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Amy is a producer and marketer with experience in video, film, and social media content. Amy is also the Associate Director of Filmmakers Collaborative SF.
She has been the Associate Producer on numerous documentary films, including Saving Species Together and Wilder than Wild: Fire, Forests, and the Future, both of which were broadcast on PBS. Her exhibit work includes videos for Gold Mountain: Chinese Californian Stories, a signature exhibit at The California Museum.
Amy is passionate about social and environmental issues, Asian American media, and uplifting marginalized voices. She holds a B.A. in Film and Rhetoric from UC Berkeley.
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
advisor
Tracey Quezada is a Mexican-American documentary filmmaker and editor with over fifteen years of experience.
Quezada recently edited Our America: Reclaiming Turtle Island, produced by ABC and National Geographic.
She writes, directs and edits independent documentaries and branded content for organizations such as the Othering and Belonging Institute, the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, The New York Hall of Science, and UC Berkeley, among others.
Raised by her single mother and Mexican-American grandparents who were farmworkers, Tracey pulls from her personal experience when telling stories about marginalized communities.
advisor
studio producer
Ina Adele Ray is a media-maker of Vietnamese and Scots-Irish American descent.
She has worked in film and video production (from broadcast tv to social media) as a producer, director, and editor for over 20 years to support her passion for new technology, experimental media, and personal storytelling.
She is an Executive Producer for MyHealthTeams in San Francisco. Her most recent short VR documentary is The Red Room Project.
Adele has also taught film and media courses at the New School University, NYU, Parsons School of Design, Eugene Lang College, and Berkeley City College