Connection | Isolation (2024)

Crew Bios

The Cinematography by credit is shared by many talented trans and queer image-makers across the US including Aubree Bernier-Clarke (they/them) DP of Framing Agnes and director of Intersex Justice and A Normal Girl, Tomasz Gęza (he/they), Meagan Arnold (she/her), and LaDawn Manuel (she/her).

Eli Haan – Editor (they/them) Eli works between music video, documentary, fiction and commercial projects, Their work as our Editor strengthens the emotional arcs and abstract expressions in each portrait. Eli’s work of note includes the co-directed and co-edited short documentary Our Trails Too, that follows Mercy Shammah—founder of local nonprofit Wild Diversity—on her journey to reimagine Oregon’s outdoor adventure community. This film centers Mercy’s experience as a queer African American woman who is challenging the stereotype of an outdoorist while living in one of the whitest cities in the USA. Her journey towards creating an inclusive outdoors is one of sacrifice that requires endurance as well as audacity. Luckily, Mercy is undeniably—and unyieldingly—driven to thrive.

Dani Taylor – Associate Producer, Researcher + Additional Editing (they/them) is a nonbinary Asian American filmmaker living in Hong Kong, who was born in China and studied filmmaking in Northern Virginia. They have drifted between various locations and cultures for their entire life. Because of Dani’s mixed cultural background, they are especially interested in the intersections between cultures and identities. Dani’s most recent work is a documentary short about their mother’s experiences marrying a white American man, and raising bi-racial, bi-national children. The film “Untitled Mom Doc” premiered at the DC Asian Pacific American film festival and screened at the DC Shorts Online Festival and Doc Youth Doc Short festival in Astoria, Queens. Dani has worked as an Assistant Editor at Modern Education Digital Media Limited in Hong Kong. They are a recent graduate of the Film and Video Studies program at George Mason University (with honors).

Luka Fisher – Composer (she/her) Luka Fisher is a queer woman of the trans experience. She is an artist, composer and cultural producer known for her work with queer musicians and performance artists. She holds an MFA in photo/media and integrated media from CalArts.Her music has been featured on compilations from Delusional Records, Springstoff, Dublab, and Silber Records. She served as an associate producer and actress in Lyle Kash’s majority trans cast and crew feature film Death and Bowling. Together with Kyler O’Neal she wrote music for Invertigo Dance Company’s interdisciplinary trans performance Walk The Walk in 2023. Most recently she has been the producer and music supervisor for “The Lovers” a queer web series by Daviel Shy that explores intimacy and community during the early days of the pandemic. http://www.luka-fisher.com

Aubree Bernier-Clarke (they/them) is a Cinematographer and Director based in Portland Oregon whose work consistently explores themes of gender, queerness, and social justice. As a Cinematographer, Aubree has lensed several features, series, and short films, most recently the award-winning “Framing Agnes” (dir. Chase Joynt) that premiered at Sundance 2022, winning both NEXT Innovator and NEXT Audience awards. As a director, their documentary short A Normal Girl (2019) about intersex activist Pidgeon Pagonis premiered at BFI Flare in London, won the Grand Jury Award at the United Nations Association Film Festival, and screened at the American Pavilion at Cannes Film Festival. In 2022, Aubree was selected as an ITVS Humanities Documentary Development Fellow, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, to develop and Direct a feature based on their short titled Intersex Justice (G is producing their film).

Tomasz Gęza is a queer Cinematographer based in New York City, all the way from a small town in Poland. In his work, Tomasz focuses on amplifying the voices of marginalized communities, and uses our world’s natural landscapes as the central backdrop of his storytelling. He hopes to share the beauty that lies beyond the gray concrete, showing us the wonderful, twisted, diverse and magical nature of this world, and that no one is ever truly alone. https://www.gezatomasz.com/

Emilia Quinton Colorist Falling into film from a career as an advertising copywriter, Emilia understands the power of words and images when they come together in engaging stories.Her work has spanned a plethora of narrative short films, documentaries, commercials and photography and her films include Our Trails Too (made with Eli) and Sam’s Town. Her personal work explores the challenge of navigating complex identities and social systems. Emilia takes inspiration from her formative years living and working within the quiet beauty of the Pacific Northwest. She loves dogs and chocolate and getting the perfect shot at golden hour.