Co-Director/Producer/Director of Photography Daniel A. Nelson worked as a cinematographer and researcher on Oscar-nominated director David France's feature-length documentary THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON, which celebrates the lasting political legacy of trans icon Marsha P. Johnson and seeks to finally solve the mystery of her unexplained death, that premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival and landed on Netflix. Daniel received his Master's from the Columbia Journalism School in documentary filmmaking in 2016. His thesis at Columbia was a short documentary called POSTURE about the controversial world of competitive yoga, which premiered at the 2017 Long Island International Film Expo and was published on Yoga Journal. (daniel@andsoistayedfilm.com)

Executive Producer Natalie Schreyer is a journalist whose work focuses on domestic violence survivors and the broken systems that fail them. Her writing has appeared in Mother Jones, Ms. Magazine, USA Today, CNN, The Atlantic, and others, and she holds a master’s degree in journalism from American University.

Associate Producer/Cinematographer Julian Lim is an Emmy-nominated documentary producer, shooter, and editor. Julian is also a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School program, where he teaches video journalism as an adjunct professor. He earned his B.A. in journalism and Asian American studies from San Francisco State University. Prior to Columbia, he has worked for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Gannett, and Gatehouse Media as a newspaper page designer.

Co-Director/Producer/Writer Natalie Pattillo is a New York-based multimedia journalist. Her reporting bylines include the New York Times, MSNBC, VICE, Jezebel, New York Magazine, Al Jazeera America and Salon. She received a Master's degree from Columbia Journalism School in 2017. Before moving to New York in 2015, she freelanced for Marfa Public Radio and West Texas Public Radio. Because Natalie has experienced domestic violence in a past relationship, her mission to uplift  survivors and their stories is a personal one. Natalie’s own experiences as a survivor, as well as the passing of her sister who was killed at the hands of an abusive boyfriend in 2010, helps her understand what position the survivors in the film might have been in when they were fighting for their lives. (natalie@andsoistayedfilm.com)

Editor Tyler H. Walk is a Sundance 2020 Special Jury Award for Editing, Cinema Eye award winning, and Emmy-nominated editor whose most recent projects include David France’s WELCOME TO CHECHNYA, the Oscar-Nominated HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE, and Michael Moore’s WHERE TO INVADE NEXT. A graduate from Penn State University and The Edit Center, Tyler is also an amateur pinballer and pretend rock star by night. In addition to cutting feature films, Tyler is directing his first feature about the Small-World Phenomenon. His Bacon number is 2.

Cinematographer Sarah Bellingham is a documentarian and freelance video journalist. She is an adjunct professor at the Columbia Journalism School for documentary and video journalism. Sarah’s past documentary work includes HLN’s Inside with Chris Cuomo, HHMI’s Great Transitions: The Origin of Birds and HHMI’s The Origin of Species: The Making of a Theory. Her freelance work has appeared on The Washington Post, BBC, Eurasianet, The Daily Beast and Food Network. After working in independent documentary in Boston, Sarah attended Columbia Journalism School where received the Columbia Alumni Fund, Jonathan Maslow Endowed Scholarship Fund, UPS, Keene and Taishoff Scholarships. Following graduation, she was awarded a Pulitzer Student Fellowship. Sarah is also the co-director and cinematographer of “People 4 Trump”, a documentary following Trump supporters in Pennsylvania over the course of four years.