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Monica Suriyage is a biracial, blasian, Afro Latina director and writer. Her first horror film “Black In Red Out” screened at over twenty film festivals and led to her being featured in the documentary “Horror Noire” about the history of black horror, alongside icons like Jordan Peele, Tony Todd and Rachel True. Her digital short form shows on Snapchat and Facebook, music videos and branded beauty campaigns have millions of views online. Monica has also recently joined Fatale Collective, a team of all women horror directors. Her most recent project is a horror short film in collaboration with Netflix and the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival. She likes pretty things, scary things, and pretty scary things.

Craig Ouellette is the writer/director of the independent feature “All The Days Undone” and more than 25 short films, most in the horror, thriller and action genres. They have over 70,000,000 views online, have played numerous festivals and won multiple awards. His most recent short "$TRIP" has won Best Horror Short, Best Makeup FX and the Director's Choice Award. It has been called "A great love letter to Clive Barker-esque horror."

When his Mom was diagnosed with Cancer, Craig captured much of her year-long ordeal on video. The resulting feature “The Closer She Gets” was accepted into Slamdance, won best documentary feature at the Zero Film festival and has been used by hospice care professionals to help families cope with their own cancer journeys.

In addition to film, Craig is an avid traveler. He has been to 44 countries, all 50 United States and always finds inspiration in the uniqueness of other places and cultures. He blogs about it at CraigoTravels.com.

Dikega Hadnot is a Los Angeles born writer/director, who began his journey in film as an assistant to Terrence Malick on Tree of Life. Following Malick's advice to pursue his own path as a filmmaker, Dikega returned to Los Angeles where he co-founded commercial production company, Latebloom Entertainment and writing/directing partnership, GONZOGRIOT. Little Brother is his first short with writing partner Spencer Mandel. In 2021, he’s setting up his feature length directorial debut in which he will direct, write and produce.

NATHAN CROOKER is an accomplished filmmaker who helms from Leominster, Massachusetts, a small working-class town in the shadows of Boston. There he developed an interest in narrative
and visual storytelling with an authentic and raw cinematic style.

Crooker found his voice in narrative filmmaking through horror with his first short, "Playback" that went viral in just one day. Both "Playback" and “Midnight Delivery” have had wild success at many of the top film festivals around the world.

Crooker is also an accomplished producer having recently created and produced the horror anthology “Isolation,” helming some of the genre’s most innovative directors such as Larry Fessenden, Dennie Gordon, and Bobby Roe. He also produced the horror feature “Until Someone Gets Hurt,” starring Michael Welch from “Twilight.”

Last year Crooker founded his production company Ghost Gang. Speaking to contemporary social issues in the genre world, Ghost Gang champions artistic collaborations with prolific and original
voices and strives to push the boundaries of horror, science fiction and dark drama, while creating a unique visual language.