Core members

Ama Lea was raised in Stephen King Country, Bangor, Maine where she naturally had an inclination to the horror genre from a very early age. She spent her youth honing her photography skills in the local cemeteries & making films … Read More

Daniel Foerste (he/him/his) was a 2017 Project Involve Fellow in Directing and the first recipient of Focus Features’ Lili Elbe Fellowship for transgender filmmakers. Daniel is co-writer and the story creator on the feature film Moonshadow, a LGBTQ horror film … Read More

Alexandria Perez is a writer and director from Miami, Florida. As an undergraduate at the University of Miami, Alexandria directed the award-winning short film, Aftermath, shortly before moving to Los Angeles in 2015. Raised in a Cuban household on thrillers … Read More

Jason Scott Goldberg is an award-winning producer and horror writer from New Jersey. His work landed him on the Launch Pad’s Hit List and Young & Hungry List. Jason sold his home invasion project, “Stay Out of the Attic” to … Read More

Matt Stuertz is the writer / director of the feature films Tonight She Comes, a slasher film that’s not really a slasher film, and RWD, a film that he should have titled “Rewind” (as it’s pronounced). He is also a … Read More

Meosha Bean is an award-winning actress and filmmaker. Voted ‘Best Upcoming Director’ at the New Jersey Film Festival 2012, Meosha started filming and acting at thetender age of 7 and has since completed roles in features + shorts films, and … Read More

Laurel Vail (she/her/hers) Laurel hails from the 208*, went to college in Boston (Emerson College), and calls LA home. She started acting circa 2006 and can be seen in a handful of indie features; Leading Ladies (2010), Delivery: The Beast … Read More

Michael J. Epstein (he/him/his) writes, directs, and produces sociopolitical genre film in collaboration with his partner, Sophia Cacciola, under their production company moniker, Launch Over. Before moving to Los Angeles in 2016 to pursue full-time filmmaking, Michael worked as a … Read More

Sophia Cacciola (she/her/hers) is a director and cinematographer concentrating on feminist sociopolitical horror and sci-fi feature films including a horror social satire, Clickbait (2019), the feminist vampire throwback, Blood of the Tribades (2017); the cerebral time-loop trance, Magnetic (2016); the … Read More

Marc Cartwright is an award-winning director/photographer who grew up in New York. Partially raised by his grandparents, who were avid fans of Hollywood classics, he developed a passion for suspense-driven movies. A graduate of New York University, Marc runs a … Read More

Aaron Mento is a writer, director, and producer of extreme comedy/horror genreentertainment. After getting his Master’s Degree in Film Production from Loyola Marymount University, Aaron Mento wrote and directed the eerie sci-fi comedy “Standards of Living,” the first feature film … Read More