RYAN ZHOU is a writer, director, and video editor who specializes in social media strategy. He has managed several channels on YouTube, creating long-form and short-form content spanning different genres and audiences. In addition to writing and directing a twenty minute short film for his senior thesis, he has shot and directed films and music videos for various artists and creators in New York, Connecticut, and California. Professionally, he has worked for production companies such as Closer Media and QC Entertainment as well as non-profits such as the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Ryan graduated from Yale University in 2023 with a degree in Film & Media Studies.

ANNELISE AYURAVANN RATNER is a filmmaker endeavoring to share stories that are emotionally intimate and formally inventive. She has directed, filmed, and edited viral projects and online content for Young Hollywood, broadway shows, and several musical artists. Her narrative work has been featured at the Bushwick Film Festival, the Yale School of Architecture's "Speaking into Being" exhibition, the Center for Khmer Studies, the New Haven Documentary Film Festival, and the DC Independent Film Festival. She received the Louis Sudler Prize in the Performing and Creative Arts and graduated summa cum laude with her B.A. in Film from Yale University.