CREATIVE TEAM
Anna Brenner (Director, Writer) is a New York-based writer and director making her feature film debut. As a theater director, she has worked across the country, and in New York at Soho Rep, Classic Stage Company, PS122, the Bushwick Starr, and New Dramatists. Anna created the Stone Open House with icon Laurie Anderson, and was the artistic associate of Classic Stage Company. She has taught at Columbia, NYU, and SUNY Purchase. BA from the University of Chicago and an MFA from Columbia University. Raised in Michigan, she lives in Brooklyn with her wife and two young children. www.annabrenner.com
Aisha Jordan (Producer) is an actor, writer, and producer. She received her B.A. in The Arts from The New School, Eugene Lang College, and her M.A. in Arts and Politics from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She is a Podcast Producer at A+E Networks for Lifetime podcast, I Love a Lifetime Movie, The Table is Ours, and Origins of Hip Hop. She is a Staff Writer at the popular culture media site Black Nerd Problems highlighting women of color in media. Jordan has been featured in Title X’s PSA on reproductive rights, and HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness. Jordan is a current member of the Writer’s Guild of America East.
Rafael Jordan (Producer, co-writer) is an actor, director, and producer working extensively on stage and screen. In 2018 Rafael and sister Aisha founded Village Park Productions with their award-winning sketch show #HashtagTheShow. Rafael is currently adapting Unapologetically Black: Here for Facilitating Harm Reduction Services for Those in Need Incorporated, originally a short play by Itoro Udofia. Acting credits include Law & Order SVU, FBI: Most Wanted, Godfather of Harlem, City on a Hill, Blue Bloods, and One Life to Live. Rafael stars in the forthcoming indie feature The Nurse, and short film Christmas Eve currently on Amazon. MFA in Acting from American Conservatory Theatre. Instagram: @Rafaeliscoolbutrude, @hashtagtheshow, Twitter: @Blackachusetts. More info at RafaelJordan.com.
Tatiana Stolpovskaya (Director of Photography) is a New York based cinematographer and experimental filmmaker. She explores different types of media, combining analog filmmaking with digital media production. Films she shot as DP have been screened worldwide including 53 Pesaro Film Festival in Italy; KINOTAVR and ArtDocFest in Russia; Ishinomaki International Film Festival, Japan; and Women Media Arts and Film Festival, Australia. Born and raised in Moscow, Tatiana studied Cinematography at the Moscow Independent School of Film and TV. She received a BA in Cultural Studies, an Award for Outstanding Achievement in Integrated Media Arts and MFA degree from Hunter College (CUNY).
Yana Biryukova (Editor) is a filmmaker and theatre designer based in New York City. Films she edited were featured at the Venice Biennale 2022, Yale Art Gallery, Catskill Art Society, Harvestworks among others. Yana has designed video projections for Broadway, Yale Repertory Theatre, Mason Holdings, Resident Ensemble Players, Miami New Drama, Westport Country Playhouse, Red Bull Theater, Yale University, Krymov Lab, Yale Opera, Irish Repertory Theatre and others. She is a finalist of the Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer showcase for Opera America. The recipient of the Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Projection, Yana lectures and teaches workshops on projection design at Harvard University. MFA: Yale School of Drama. yanabiryukova.com
Claire DeLiso (Production Designer) is a French-American film designer based in Brooklyn. Production design credits include feature films Hangdog (Premiered at Provincetown International Film Festival), and BadPuss: A Popumentary. Short films Let Liv (Tribeca Film Festival), The Ladies (OutFest), My Best Friend, Columbarium & Pangea (Post-Production). Recent Assistant Art Directing in network TV include Winston aka Before (Apple TV - still in Production), Dr. Death S2 (Peacock), Manifest S4(Netflix), and And Just Like That S1 (HBO). Upon completing her MFA in scenic design at the Yale School of Drama, Claire was honored as the inaugural recipient of the Burry Fredrik Design Fellowship.
Jordan McCree (Composer) is an artist based in Philadelphia. Their most recent collaborations include: Grief Hotel (Clubbed Thumb), Sandblasted (Theatre Horizon), The World Takes(short film), Eternal Life Part 1(The Wilma Theater), Empathitrax(Philadelphia Theatre Company), The Karamazovs (feature film), Fat Ham (2021 World Premiere,The Wilma Theater). In 2022, they were one of the grant recipients to the 1/52 Project. They are also a member of Philly-based, Barrymore Award winning, hip hop collective, ILL DOOTS. Their latest singles, “Lalala” and “Stranger” are available now on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, and Bandcamp! #ILLMOVEMENT | ILLDOOTS.COM
