Lena Herzog (concept & direction) studied Philosophy and Linguistics (Philology), began working primarily in the field of photography and print making since 1997. Herzog is the author of six books of photography; her work has been widely published and reviewed by The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, The Paris Review among many others. She is a regular contributing artist to Harper’s Magazine. Her work has been collected and exhibited in major museums and institutions around the world.

Marco Capalbo (sound designer and composer) has directed film, theatre, opera and music. His most recent documentary film Stravinsky in Hollywood was produced for Arte in 2014. Stage productions include: John Eaton’s opera The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Symphony Space, New York; Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Helicopter String Quartet for the opening of Red Bull’s Hangar-7 at Salzburg Airport. Compositions include: recently… (2013), Le Greygnour Bien: a Pendant to Rodney Graham’s Three Musicians (2015), and In the Vast Wave of the World’s Breath (2014). Marco has worked professionally as a film editor for over two decades.

Mark Mangini (sound designer and composer) won an Oscar in 2016 as sound designer for the film Mad Max: Fury Road and has been nominated previously for sound design for several films. He has spent his 40-year career in Hollywood imagining and composing altered sonic realities for motion pictures. He is a frequent lecturer, an outspoken proponent for sound as art and is a guitarist and a songwriter with compositions for Sex, Lies and Videotape, Star Trek IV and others. He is a current governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as well as a member of SAG, SMPTE, and ASCAP.

Jonathan Yomayuza (VR director and engineer) is a VR Technical Director. He’s delivered multiple VR projects for the Vive, three of which have been screened at Sundance as well as and another which was presented to the United States Congress. Through over ten years of experience in the video game industry, his mastery of programs such as Maya, Unity, Unreal, Z-brush have allowed him to continually push the boundaries of VR. Jonathan is also an expert and pioneer in photogrammetry - a revolutionary technique that is paving the way for the VR of the future.

Amanda Tasse (art direction and animation) is a media artist working at the intersection of evocative visualization and interactive animation. She has developed work for neuroscientists, marine biologists, filmmakers such as Brett Morgen, Nanette Burstein and Mark Harris, and companies like BMW and Steelcase. She also directs lyrical films inspired by science, which have won a number of awards, among them a student academy award and HBO films award. She holds a PhD in Media Arts + Practice from the University of Southern California (USC).

Taurin Barrera (projection mapping engineer) is an accomplished composer, interactive multimedia artist, software developer, and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He pushes the boundaries of technology and art by exploring the intersection of sensation and perception through immersive design practices, audio-visual programming, and experimental composition techniques. His creations include custom audio-visual instruments, performance systems, and multimedia environments that have been showcased at prestigious venues such as the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, CERN, Maker Faire, Luminaria Festival, Shanghai Symphony Hall, Carnegie Hall, and the LA Phil. He holds a Master's degree in Electronic Music and Recording Media from Mills College, where he studied under renowned electronic musicians Maggi Payne, Pauline Oliveros, and Laetitia Sonami. Taurin currently serves as a Professor of Music and Executive Director of Technology and Applied Composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Maggie Morris (visual design & typography) is a creative director, writer and media strategist. A visual designer in digital media since its boom, she works both in the visual concept, architecture and presentation of ideas for optimal user experience. She holds a degree in Anthropology from Wesleyan University and has worked for Condé Nast BMW, and Samsung among others.

Tomas van Houtyryve (video: drone footage) is an artist, photographer and author who engages critical contemporary issues around the world. His work interweaves metaphor and reportage, occupying the intersection of art and pure documentary. He is the recipient of the 2015 International Center of Photography Infinity Award, World Press Photo Award, and the Bayeux Prize for War Correspondents. His work has been exhibited and acquired by collections across three continents.

Theresa Schwartzman (researcher) is a freelance documentary film & television researcher. She has worked for the American Film Institute, the UCLA Film Archive and the Investigation Discovery network, as well as filmmakers Michael Apted, Michael Mann, and others. She has a BA in art history from Harvard and an MFA in film production from UCLA.

Eveling Villa (researcher) linguist, and language activist specialized in endangered language documentation and description. She is the co-author of the latest phylogenetic classification of Cross River languages based on lexicon-statistic evidence. She was awarded a PhD position in the documentation of Adamawa languages at ‘Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales’ (INALCO), Paris.

Aziz Lechgar (video: footage of the mirages) studied electronic science and cinema in Casablanca, Morocco and has worked as a cameramen on numerous films.

Sean Scannell (editor) works as an editor in various projects ranging from action sports to documentaries, music videos, and short films in Los Angeles at Nomad Editing Company.

Ryan Moore (dome producer) is the founder of Dome Fest West, Los Angeles’s first Fulldome film festival. Before that, he started Experience 360°, a Burbank-based Virtual Experience Design Studio that has been creating branded and narrative immersive content since 2015. Making an early mark on the VR scene, Ryan produced Experience 360°’s first immersive feature Speed Kills VR, staring John Travolta. Continue his feature-length immersive work, in 2019 Ryan worked with 5-time Emmy winner Maranatha Hay to produce the groundbreaking narrative fulldome documentary feature, Indirect Actions. 

Meghan McWilliams is co-founder of XR media organization IMMERSLY and executive producer of Last Whispers VR.  She was previously Assoc. Director of Development at a cutting edge technology company where she produced a wide range of XR projects and exhibitions for partners including AT&T, Firefox Mozilla, and the Wall Street Journal. The work she produced has received critical acclaim at venues such as SXSW, Sundance, IDFA and the John F. Kennedy Center.

Cedric Gamelin is co-founder of XR media organization IMMERSLY and an executive producer of Last Whispers VR. Formerly as Senior Producer and right hand to the “Godmother of VR”, Cedric produced 18 XR experiences that pioneered new avenues for storytelling. During his tenure clients included PBS Frontline, Google, and AT&T.  His award-winning work was showcased at 100+ venues including Venice Biennale, SXSW, Sundance, World XR Forum, and Art Basel.

David Eden Productions, Ltd., US tour producer. David Eden Productions Ltd has been one of the leading American organizations devoted to producing international work in the US for over 30 years.  Most recently, DEP has produced tours for Druid Theatre, Bouffes du Nord, Maly Drama Theatre, Théâtre de la Ville, Ensemble Basiani from Republic of Georgia, Gate Theatre Dublin, and Batsheva Dance Company. DEP has produced tours for The Public Theatre, Martha Clarke, Declan Donnellan, Propeller, Rezo Gabriadze, Piccolo Teatro di Milano, London’s Royal Court Theatre, Russian Patriarchate Choir of Moscow, State Ballet of Georgia, Bolshoi Theater and worked on special projects with John F Kennedy Center for the Arts, Lincoln Center, American Dance Festival, and Jacob’s Pillow.

Georgiana A. Nikias (adviser on copyright and cultural heritage law) is an Associate in the Los Angeles office of Murchison & Cumming, LLP where she is a member of the firm’s General Liability, Art and Cultural Heritage Litigation practice group. Ms. Nikias has played a principal role in the defense of a number of high-profile, complex national matters and is recognized as a leader in Art and Cultural Heritage law.

Anne Marie Bowler (adviser on copyright and intellectual property law) is a founding partner of the women-owned law firm Gabay Bowler LLP based in New York City. Anne Marie advises creative clients on a range of intellectual property matters and litigates commercial disputes.