Shawn Wines is a filmmaker based in New York City. His work as a director has been featured in The New York Times, and his 2009 film "A Christmas Carrot" won Best USA Short at the Jacksonville Film Festival. Shawn has worked in various positions at "Late Night With Conan O'Brien," "As the World Turns," Mother Productions, Plum TV, Hungry Man, and on the feature films "Rush Hour 3," "Get Smart," "Cocaine Cowboys" and "3 Backyards." He has served as a producer, cinematographer and editor on dozens of award-winning short films, and has written and directed several of his own.

Brigitte Liebowitz received her BFA in Writing for Screen and Television from the University of Southern California and her MFA in Film Producing from Columbia University. While at Columbia, Brigitte won the RHI Creative Producer's Development Award for her in developing the short film, CIGARETTE CANDY which went on to win the 2010 SXSW Best Narrative Short Award. Brigitte also won the 2010 20th Century Fox/Farrelly Brother's Award for Excellence in Comedy for her thesis film, ON THE ROAD, which she wrote and produced. She is also the founder of LIEBOWITZ BUDGET & BOARD, a budgeting, scheduling and pre-production service for independent film and television and currently works as a writer/producer in New York City.