Christine Vachon

Christine Vachon (born in New York on November 21, 1962) is a film and television producer known for her work in independent cinema. As a producer, Vachon was nominated twice at the Golden Globes for Mrs. Harris (2007), Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture, and Mildred Pierce (2012), in the same category. Vachon began her career as a producer in the late 1980s. In 1995, she co-founded the production company Killer Films with Pamela Koffler. The company has since produced many acclaimed independent films, including Mary Harron’s I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), Kimberly Peirce’s Boys Don’t Cry, and Todd Haynes’ Velvet Goldmine (1998), Far From Heaven (2002) and Carol (2015). Vachon’s collaboration throughout the years with Haynes made her vastly influential as a producer. She also produced Haynes’ I’m Not Here (2007), with different actors (Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, among them) freely embodying Bob Dylan. Vachon is known for championing LGBTQ+ stories and filmmakers, as her producing of John Cameron Mitchell’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) attests.

Don Argott

Don Argott is an Emmy Award nominated filmmaker who co-owns the Philadelphia based production company, 9.14 Pictures, with producer/director, Sheena M. Joyce. Argott’s filmography includes, “Rock School,” “Two Days in April,” “The Art Of The Steal,” “Last Days Here,” The Atomic States of America,” “As Places Burn,” “Slow Learners,” “Batman & Bill,” “Believer,” “Framing John Delorean,” “Kurt Vonnegut: Unstruck in Time,” “Keep Sweet,” and “DIO Dreamers Never Die.” Argott also directed “The Bond,” a four part doc series for discovery +, as well as “Spector,” a four part doc series for Showtime. 

Damon Cardasis

Damon Cardasis is an Emmy Award nominated producer, a two-time Writer's Guild Award nominated writer, and a GLAAD Award nominated director. He was profiled in Out Magazine's annual Tastemaker issue and was chosen to be part of Out Magazine's annual OUT 100, which highlights the most influential people in the LGBTQ+ community. Cardasis' acclaimed first feature script, Saturday Church was released by Samuel Goldwyn Films, was chosen as a New York Times Critics Pick and scored 93% on Rotten Tomatoes. It has won 18 awards from festivals around the world, was nominated for a GLAAD Award for "Outstanding Film - Limited Release" and was the runner up for the "Audience Award" at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, where it played in competition. Cardasis produced the films “She Came To Me” (Peter Dinklage, Anne Hathaway, Marisa Tomei, Joanna Kulig, Brian D’Arcy James) which opened The Berlin Film Festival in 2023, “Maggie's Plan” (Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph and Travis Fimmel) and the HBO documentary film, “Arthur Miller: Writer”, which was nominated for an Emmy for "Outstanding Documentary: Arts & Culture". On Broadway, Cardasis produced the Arthur Miller Centennial. Cardasis is in production on an untitled documentary about an iconic American artist, workshopping a new musical for the stage, that he co-wrote, and is in development on his next feature which he wrote and will direct. 

Anthony Caronna

Anthony is a filmmaker in Brooklyn, New York who over the past decade has transitioned from experimental live theater to filmmaking. In part because of this unique background their work has been celebrated as genre breaking. Their critically acclaimed film and tv work has premiered around the world and been distributed internationally in theaters and on television. In 2023 Anthony was named one of Indiewire’s 10 LGBTQ film and TV creators on the rise. Most recently Anthony co-created, and directed the critically acclaimed 4-part docuseries Last Call for HBO. Anthony also executive produced the series alongside Howard Gertler, Charlize Theron, and Liz Garbus. The series premiered on HBO July 2023.

In 2017 they debuted their first feature documentary, Susanne Bartsch: On Top, which premiered at Hot Docs and went on to win the John Schlesinger award at the Provincetown International Film Festival before getting acquired and premiering on Netflix. Anthony co-produced the Topic Studios/Magnet Releasing film Wrinkles the Clown. They directed the 1980’s episode of the FX docuseries Pride, produced by Christine Vachon of Killer Films and Vice.