CREATIVE TEAM
Anna Brenner (Director, Writer) The Karamazovs is Anna Brenner‘s feature film debut, following a 16-year, award-winning career as a theater director. She has directed regionally and in New York at Soho Rep, PS122, Classic Stage Company, Bushwick Starr and more. Anna collaborated with icon Laurie Anderson to create the Stone Open House and was the artistic associate of Classic Stage Company. She has taught at Columbia, SUNY Purchase and NYU Tisch. She received her B.A. from University of Chicago and her M.F.A. from Columbia. Anna grew up in Michigan and lives in Brooklyn with her wife and two young children. www.annabrenner.com
Aisha Jordan (Producer) Co-founder of Village Park Productions with her brother Rafael, Aisha Jordan has produced such award-winning series as HashtagTheShow. She is a producer at A+E Networks for three podcasts: I Love a Lifetime Movie, The Table is Ours and Origins of Hip Hop. She is a staff writer at the popular culture site Black Nerd Problems, which highlights 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 member of the Writer’s Guild of America East. 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.
Rafael Jordan (Producer, co-writer) In 2018, Rafael Jordan and his sister Aisha founded Village Park Productions with their award-winning sketch show HashtagTheShow, which he wrote and in which he starred. He is currently adapting Unapologetically Black: Here for Facilitating Harm Reduction Services for Those in Need Incorporated, originally a short play by Itoro Udofia, for the screen. Rafael has performed as an actor in large regional theaters around the country, off-Broadway in New York City and in living-rooms everywhere on Law & Order SVU, FBI: Most Wanted, Godfather of Harlem, City on a Hill, Blue Bloods and One Life to Live. He stars in short film, Christmas Eve (Amazon), and in the upcoming indie feature, The Nurse. Rafael holds an MFA in acting from American Conservatory Theatre.
Tatiana Stolpovskaya (Director of Photography) is a New York-based cinematographer and experimental filmmaker who explores different types of media, combining analog filmmaking with digital media production. Born and raised in Moscow, Tatiana studied cultural studies at Russian State University for the Humanities and cinematography at the Moscow Independent School of Film and TV. Tatiana received an MFA degree from Hunter College (CUNY), where she won the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Integrated Media Arts. Films for which she served as DP have been screened worldwide.
Yana Biryukova (Editor) is a filmmaker and theatre and opera 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, Detroit Opera, 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. 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
