Eli is an award-winning Writer, Producer, and Brand Consultant based in New York City. He has worked extensively scaling operations for non-profits like The Nelson Mandela Foundation and tech startups, including FirstLook Media, Pivotal Labs, and most recently, Contently.com: one of the leading content marketers for Fortune 500 companies. Email him at eli@vesseleast.com

His scripts have won numerous awards, including Cannes, Slamdance, and featured on the Black List. His entire portfolio is hosted at

Jack is a 27-year-old film maker, photographer, motion graphics designer and animator based in Chicago, IL. and Los Angeles, CA.

He graduated Boston University Magnum Cum Laude in 2009 with a major in Film with a Minor in English.

Some of his past clients include: Nike, GE, Converse, New Era, G-Shock, Pharrell Williams, Diplo, Burton, RVCA, Vans, and The Boston Ballet.

Tim is a director, visual effects artist and Emmy award winning cinematographer. He has also worked as an editor, camera operator, and stereographer and has a variety of professional experience behind him, including working with  clients such as CAT Footwear, Beretta, Sebago, Discovery, TLC, 3NET, and Nickelodeon. He holds a BA in Film Production from Webster University and has also served as an adjunct professor there.

His latest short film, the 392% kickstarter funded "The Last Generation to Die" is currently in the festival circuit. He has also directed 5 other short films that have played in a variety of festivals including San Diego Film Festival, IndieMemphis, Atlanta Shortfest, The 3D Film Festival (alongside Sundance) and has won awards for best dramatic short film, cinematography, and visual effects.

Tim was recently a finalist in the Nokia "Look Around You" VR contest and is currently in development on a cinematic VR experience.

Kevin is an American artist, graphic designer, and illustrator. He has previous experience in designing marketing materials, web pages, product manuals, magazine ads, animations, and video content

A Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design graduate with an emphasis in illustration, Kevin is passionate about creating iconic images and design for web

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Versed in theatre production and communications, Grace has worked extensively in non-profit and private sectors managing sales, content creation, and customer care strategies. Grace has helped scale emerging startups, Unpakt and LittleBits, mediating between high-end clientele and international manufacturers.

Grace recently founded her NYC-based adoption network, Pets of New York.

Kylar is an animator and illustrator specializing in start-to-finish creation of animated shorts and motion graphic content. He has worked directly with high level executives at Viacom, MTV, Disney and Nickelodeon. His work has been featured on nick.com. Kyler studied Animation at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Stephen Holliger has been a multi-instrumental musician for over 18 years, and is an award winning sound designer / audio engineer in Chicago. He is a freelance audio engineer in post production and location sound for film. Stephen earned an Associates Degree in Arts and a BA from Columbia College Chicago in Audio Arts, specializing in Post Production Sound.

In addition to Post Production Sound, Stephen engineers live comedy, studio recording, and sound installation. He has worked in numerous post production audio facilities including Noisefloor Sound Solutions, Columbia College, Particle Audio, and Towers Productions.

Josh is a Visual Effects Supervisor, VFX Artist, Filmmaker and trainer. Josh has been in the industry for nearly 10 years working on commercials, feature films, and music videos. He worked on complex invisible effects for 2014 Sundance Documentary and Grand Jury Prize winner, Rich Hill. He also recently finished work on IFC Midnight feature film One & Two as the VFX Supervisor, VFX Producer, Lead Compositor, and 3D Generalist. This film had its world premiere at Berlinale and had its U.S. premiere at SXSW.

His work has been featured in a variety of places such as 3D World Magazine, Vanity Fair, Studiodaily, MAXON, Its Art Mag, Post Magazine, and Digital Production Magazine. Josh holds a B.A. degree in Digital Cinema and has a passion for storytelling- in his free time, he works on his own stories as much as possible.

Additionally, a believer in giving back, he creates tutorials online with the hope of spreading knowledge and has traveled to speak at conferences such as SIGGRAPH and NAB. His full work can be seen at:

Stephanie is a Chicago-based writer, director and producer. She's a graduate of DePaul University where she studied Digital Cinema with the help of a writing scholarship. Her production background includes work on feature film and TV shows such as Shameless, Sirens and the Divergent franchise, as well as mixed-media branded content.

She's currently developing various projects including a short film, several feature length projects, and a slate of web series with Open TV where she serves as the Head of Production. Her work is driven by complex narrative and character development that unravels through the realm of speculative storytelling.