THE TEAM | IF NOT LOVE

Rose Troche

WRITER / DIRECTOR / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Rose Troche is a filmmaker known for her powerful storytelling on projects such as GO FISH, THE L WORD, and SIX FEET UNDER. Her pervious VR pieces have premiered at Sundance, also dealing with timely difficult social realities such as date rape and police brutality. Rose’s consistent contribution and work within the film and LGBTTTQQIAA communities has proven her time and again a pioneer and visionary guiding film and new media into unchartered territory. Her thoughtful storytelling continues to inspire and provoke.

Bruce Allan

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

As a founding partner of TRIGGAR, Bruce Allan aims to create engaging experiences in digital space. With belief that content is king and exploring the following technologies – Bespoke 360 Camera Development, App Development iOS Android Web, Gestures & Facial Recognition – he helps build applications and projects that create immersive experiences that entertain, reward and engage users. Bruce is also an internationally awarded Photographer who brings a unique visual approach to his story telling. For Bruce its not about having a huge production circus around him, its about finding what’s right for each job. He loves to work as a team to develop and craft his images with a very natural feel.

Sophie Finkelstein

PRODUCER

Sophie Finkelstein is a New York based producer and filmmaker. She just completed her first feature as a lead producer for THE REVIVAL and is currently finishing up her MFA at Columbia University. Prior to attending graduate school, she worked in the New York independent film scene and has produced and directed a number of short films and music videos and worked as a first AD, 2nd AD and UPM on a number of features. She is in development on another feature down in Arkansas as well as a documentary series on the justice system.

Amy Lo

PRODUCER

Through her production banner Mental Pictures, Amy Lo develops and produces feature films, documentaries and new media, focused on director-driven original stories with international appeal. Current projects run the gamut from Dreaming Nicaragua, a vérité documentary produced in association with Arts Engine; to a narrative adaptation of Planet B-boy set up at Sony Pictures’ Screen Gems. She can also be found on twitter @amy_lo

Lisa Myers

PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Lisa Myers is a Brooklyn based Production Designer. With a passion for composition and story, she likes to focus on projects that are accessible, meaningful, and visually arresting. Her body of work is varied and comprehensive with new design projects such as Sidney Hall with Logan Lerman and Elle Fanning, My Blind Brother featuring Adam Scott, Nick Kroll, and Jenny Slate,The Land, produced by Nas and featuring Erykah Badu, Manhattan Nocturne, starring Adrien Brody, and Bare, featuring Dianna Agron and Paz de la Huerta. Notable past design projects include Concussion, Putzel, Late Phases, Emelie and Mystery Team. With art direction work on such films as Robot and Frank, Life of Crime, Very Good Girls and Higher Ground.

Luca Del Puppo

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Luca Del Puppo is a cinematographer and alumnus of the American Film Institute, where he studied under Stephen Lighthill, ASC. Luca has a passion for creating meaning through lighting and composition, and believes that the photography of a film should be essential, evocative, and ultimately indistinguishable from the other elements of the visual storytelling. He is guided by William Morris’ dictum “Nothing useless can be truly beautiful.” He has photographed commercials for clients such as Levis, Facebook, Toyota, Gillette, Google, Keurig, General Mills, and Haagen Dazs. His narrative work has premiered at festivals such as Toronto, SXSW, Tribeca, and on HBO, Showtime, Netflix, Hulu and Amazon. When he is not in Los Angeles or New York for work, Luca likes to spend as much time as he can in Florence, Italy, where he grew up. Luca is represented by the Gersh Agency.

Zachary Booth

ACTOR

Zachary Booth appeared in several productions with the Peterborough Players, before starring in The N’s What Goes On as openly gay teen Ethan and on FX’s Damages, as Michael Hewes, the son of lawyer Patty Hewes played by Glenn Close. Booth had supporting roles in the films Assassination of a High School President alongside Mischa Barton, and The Marc Pease Experience with Ben Stiller. In 2009 he also had a small role in the Ang Lee film Taking Woodstock as a member of a hippie naturist group. In fall/winter of 2008 Booth co-starred alongside Tony award winners Victoria Clark and Michelle Park and Tony nominee Jonathan Groff in Prayer for My Enemy, a new play by Craig Lucas at the Off-Broadway theater Playwrights Horizons in New York City. During the same year, he played the role of Gary, Tris’ date, in Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist. In September 2010 he starred in the New York production of the new Edward Albee play Me, Myself & I also at Playwrights Horizons. He played a lead role in Ira Sachs’ Keep the Lights On.

Mitchell Winter

ACTOR

Born in Australia, Mitchell’s career began in the Australian production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. He earned his BA in Music Theatre at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts before working professionally in Australia and Asia. Moving to the US, he obtained his MFA in Acting from Yale School of Drama. Theater credits include: Cameron Mackintosh’s Miss Saigon, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Miss Julie, Normativity, Tartuffe and Road. TV credits include: Mr Robot.