Anjali Sundaram

Anjali Sundaram, Director of Photography, has written, directed, produced, and shot independent features, documentary and music videos. Her work has screened at film festivals nationally and abroad, and she has received grants and awards from the Princess Grace Foundation, the San Francisco Arts Commission, and Syracuse University. She is a professor in the Cinema Department at City College of San Francisco.

Kara Herold

Kara Herold, Co-Producer, writes, directs, and produces award winning films that employ wit, thought-provoking storytelling, and dynamic visual assemblages to comment upon the uneasy intersections between feminist perspectives and dominant cultural expectations and institutions. Her film Bachelorette, 34 played at MOMA in New York City and her documentary Grrlyshow premiered at Sundance. She won Best Feature Director at the 2020 La Femme International Film Festival for her narrative feature 39 1/2 and is currently in post-production for a dark feminist comedy called The Callback. She is a professor of film at Syracuse University.

Lauren Shapiro

Lauren Shapiro grew up along the Highway 24 corridor, with a detour to U.C. Santa Cruz for a Ph.D. in Psychology. Her research focused on how young adults make sense of their romantic relationships and forge their identities through humor, metaphor, and narrative. She spent much of her career studying jokes and stories when in fact she wanted to write them. She has written and produced news and longform stories for KPFA Radio and has served as a story consultant for the short dark feminist comedy The Callback (in post-production) and Assistant Producer for the comedic narrative feature 39 1/2. Still Life is the first feature film she has written, and marks her directorial debut.