CREATIVE TEAM

  • Noah Millman is a writer and filmmaker. "Resentment" is his first feature as writer/director. Noah has also written and directed two short films: "Public Speaking," which was a finalist for Best Narrative Short at the Austin Film Festival in 2017, and "Gone Fishing" (2014). He has also been on the producing team of four feature films including "Infinitely Polar Bear" (2014) and "The Seagull" (2018). As well, he is the film and theater critic for Modern Age magazine and has been a commentator on politics and culture for over a decade, writing for numerous publications including The New York Times and The Week, and for his newsletter, Gideon's Substack.

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  • Kinder Labatt is a Canadian film & television producer who was raised in the South of France and is now based in Toronto. She holds an MFA with honors in Creative Producing from Columbia University, where her thesis film, Bag Lady, won her the Award for Best Producer in 2022. She has produced several short films and written several pilots, feature films, and plays. An avid fan of satire and comedy, she often incorporates topics relating to gender and politics into her work.

    Her first short film, Free Pot, was featured in the 2018 Crown Heights Film Festival in Brooklyn, NY. Her original pilot script, REALITY, received the inaugural Charles J. Brucia Award at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Her MFA thesis film, Bag Lady, won her Topic Studios Award for Excellence in Producing. She is also the recipient of several prestigious film production grants from Indian Paintbrush, Phil Johnston, and the Sloan foundation.

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  • Emil Benjamin is a writer, director, producer, cinematographer, and editor based out of New York City. His feature documentary, OYATE, premiered in competition at Big Sky, won several awards across the festival circuit, and is currently available on all major streaming platforms. His short films WHITE LIES, WE CAN DO IT, and THE BREAKDOWN PARABLES have screened and earned prizes at dozens of festivals around the world. Emil attended the Cine Qua Non Revision Lab with his feature, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH, and won the Austin Film Festival Pitch Competition with his pilot, HOPELESS. Both scripts are Reader Recommended on The Black List.

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    Currently, Emil is developing two features of his own, serving as co-writer on the UNTITLED SAM & OMAR PROJECT from director Nadav Kurtz (PARAÍSO) and Oscar-nominated producer Diane Quon (MINDING THE GAP, WUHAN WUHAN), and editing the upcoming feature RESENTMENT, starring Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (THE WIRE). He received his BFA in Theatre Arts from Boston University and MFA in Film Directing & Screenwriting from Columbia University, where he currently serves as adjunct faculty.

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    Emil is the founder of Irrelevant Media.

  • Valentina Caniglia is an award-winning cinematographer known for her striking visual style across film, TV, and music videos. A recipient of the ASC Vision Mentorship Award, her work includes Pomegranates and Myrrh (Sundance), Madeline’s Oil (Best Cinematography, LIFF), and Adieu Lacan. She’s shot projects for Netflix, HBO, Apple TV, and major brands like Nike and Ford. Valentina also directed The Amytal Therapy, earning Best Director nominations at Chelsea and London International Film Festivals.

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  • Daniel Prosky is a New York-based scenic and production designer for film, theater, and more. Theater credits include: design for the Irish Repertory Theatre, New York Theater Workshop, Atlantic Theater Company’s Stage 2, and Portland Theater Festival. Recent other work includes: the films Mother May I and What Doesn’t Float, the Head of State F/W 2023 and S/S 2022 runway shows, and numerous fashion and editorial sets. Daniel graduated from Harvard University.

  • Alexander is a composer, producer, editor, and performer from Los Angeles. As a lover of lush soundscapes and new technology, Alexander has always been drawn to the blending of organic and synthetic sounds. This shines through in his thoughtful compositions and borderline-obsessive sound design.

     

    With 10 years of experience in writing and producing, Alexander continues to expand his music education by way of the internet and documents his process under the moniker "Schmorgle." Whether it's writing challenges or experiments in sampling the world around him, his candid videos provide a creative outlet that spans multiple forms of media. 

     

    Alexander recently had the privilege to compose additional music for the documentary OYATE.  Other in-house film credits include THE BREAKDOWN PARABLES and MOURNING GLORY.  Beyond film, he currently sound designs and produces the comedy podcasts PODCAST: THE MUSICAL, SNARK MONKEY and THE LONE STAR PODCAST.  He also brews some pretty solid kombucha.

  • Willa Piro is a costume designer & fabricator based in New York for film, theater, installation & live performance. 

    United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE