Drew Durepos is a Chicago-based filmmaker and educator. His films have screened at festivals such as London Short Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Athens International Film & Video Festival, Drunken Film Fest Oakland, Washington DC International Film Festival, FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival (Buenos Aires), and Onion City Experimental Film Festival (Chicago). In 2018, he received his MFA in Cinematic Arts from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He teaches at Loyola University Chicago and DePaul University and is a member of the Nightingale Projects programming collective.

Isaac Brooks is an artist, educator and collaborator based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Working primarily in film and sound design, his work examines facets of transient youth, insular media culture, and rural social landscape while referencing personal and familial history. Often working in the 16mm motion picture format, Isaac’s work has included much collaboration as a cinematographer, providing distinction and perspective through lighting design and the development of film narratives with other artists. Isaac holds an MFA in Cinematic Arts from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where he is currently an Arts Technician and Lecturer in the Department of Film, Video, Animation & New Genres.