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ARIEL HELLER - DIRECTOR/WRITER/PRODUCER

Ariel studied musical theater at Emerson College in Boston before performing in Blue Man Group and War Horse on Broadway. In 2014, he relocated from New York to Los Angeles to earn his graduate degree in filmmaking from the University Of Southern California. His thesis film, MAMMOTH, was a winner in the 44th Annual Student Academy Awards. He directed James Franco in THE MAD WHALE and produced a branded content short film for Mountain Dew + The NBA which was released in conjunction with the NBA Finals. He has also written and performed comedy at The Groundlings theater in West Hollywood.

SAM BARON - ACTOR/WRITER/PRODUCER

Sam won the Academy's Nicholl Fellowship for his debut screenplay THE SCIENCE OF LOVE. He has developed original TV projects with the BBC, Sky and Netflix; written for the TV shows CHLOE (BBC/Amazon), LOCKWOOD & CO (Netflix) and THE UNDERTOW (Netflix); and co-written feature scripts for directors Alice Seabright, Scott Z. Burns and James Marsh. Sam also wrote and directed an award-winning trilogy of short films (THE ORGY, TALL DARK AND HANDSOME, and BIG EARS) starring BAFTA nominee Amit Shah, which screened at top-tier festivals worldwide. Sam's short films have over 7 million hits online and have been featured by Vimeo Staff Picks, Short Of The Week and Indiewire. He is represented by Curtis Brown and UTA.