Daniel Albanese
director, cinematographer, producer
Daniel “Dusty” Albanese is a New York-based photographer, filmmaker, and internationally-recognized queer street art expert. Shaped by his background in anthropology and through his website TheDustyRebel, he's built a worldwide following documenting the global street art scene and political movements. His feature documentary and book exploring the queer history of street art—OUT IN THE STREETS—is currently in post-production.
Daniel has lectured at various academic institutions including Stanford University, Wheaton College, City College of New York, Adelphi University, and MoMA PS1. His work has been acquired by the Leslie-Lohman Museum and the International Center of Photography, and has been prominently featured in several books, such as Banksy. You Are An Acceptable Level of Threat; Post No Bills: Poems by Robert Janz; Women of Resistance: Poems For A New Feminism; A Wild and Precious Life: A Memoir by Edie Windsor; #ICPConcernedGlobal Images for Global Crisis. and Queer Happened Here: 100 Years of NYC's Landmark LGBTQ+ Places. He's appeared in several documentaries as an expert and cultural critic, such as Janz In the Moment and Stick To It.
tracy Aftergood
Producer
Tracy Aftergood is a documentary producer whose driving force is to create inspiring content that sparks curiosity and empathy. Prior to her most recent film, Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge for Hulu, Aftergood produced the sports documentary, Helen | Believe, which followed gold medalist and mental health advocate Helen Maroulis. The film premiered at The Santa Barbara International Film Festival and had a nationwide theatrical release in 2023. In 2020 Aftergood produced the YouTube Originals documentary This is Paris, which featured the global icon and now activist Paris Hilton. The film premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and has been watched by 80 million people to date. In 2018, Aftergood collaborated with writer/director Amy Berg as a producer on the HBO Emmy nominated series, The Case Against Adnan Syed. Aftergood's first documentary, which also marked her pivot into non-fiction, was The First Monday in May. Directed by Andrew Rossi, the film chronicled the production of the famed Met Gala and its corresponding fashion exhibition, China: Through the Looking Glass. It went on to open the Tribeca Film Festival in 2016 and was theatrically released by Magnolia. Before becoming an independent producer, Aftergood held senior executive roles at production companies such as MakeMake Entertainment, MediaWeaver Entertainment and The Gotham Group. Aftergood received her BA from Emory University and MFA from The Peter Stark Producing Program at USC.
Jonathon Roessler
Producer
Jonathon Roessler is a graduate of Vassar College and the MFA Film program at Columbia University. While at Columbia, Mr. Roessler obtained a dual degree in Producing and Writing as well as teaching in the undergraduate film department.
After helping produce the Sundance award-winning short film, The Dawn Chorus, Mr. Roessler went on to write, direct, and produce the high school satire First Period. This short was awarded the inaugural music grant from ASCAP that provided for a 20-piece live orchestra and went on to win numerous film festivals as well as the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Short Film Award. It has also racked up 3 million views on YouTube.
Since moving to Los Angeles, Mr. Roessler has written for episodic television including My Life With the Walter Boys (Netflix), Grendel (Netflix), Teen Wolf (MTV), Cupid (ABC), and The Beautiful Life (CW).
His pilots include the sci-fi thriller COLONY for Hulu, an adaptation of The New York Times best-selling novel Over You for eOne, and the neo-noir thriller UNDERSTAY for ParamountTV. He is currently writing a pilot for UCP and a feature for Fremantle.
Vince Rappa
Cinematographer
Vince Rappa is a Director of Photography based in New York specializing in commercials, promos and fashion films.
Mikaéla Murph
Editor
Mikaéla Murph is a New York-based editor and colorist with experience on projects ranging from feature documentaries to film trailers.
