“Erik Samsoe is a Data Wrangler with MPG Ranch and Spiritual Guide for the design consulting group Organismic Partners. Fundamentally educated by curiosity and the Internet, Eriks’ formal education is in Architecture Project Management with an emphasis in three-dimensional computer graphics. Clients have included Google.org, XPRIZE, Raptor View Research Foundation, Watershed Consulting, and the Gonzo … Read more
Barry Thompson is an Emmy Award winning freelance Film Motion Designer based out of Missoula, Montana. He produces compelling visual designs and still image composites for features, documentaries, commercials, collaborating with companies to tell their inspiring stories. Over the past decade, Barry has worked closely with the leading adventure film and documentary directors and producers. … Read more
Micah Dahl Anderson is an Emmy Award-winning multi-instrumentalist & composer. Since 2008, Micah has been composing across various fields and genres, writing custom music for clients such as Facebook, PBS, Adobe, and award winning films, like Man From Reno, and Peace Officer. Highlights in his career include composing music for the Utah Symphony on the … Read more
Roshan is a media producer for the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. He earned his MFA in Science and Natural History Filmmaking from Montana State University and has produced short films about everything from lions in western India to the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on deep sea artifacts and ecosystems. … Read more
An advocate for the planet’s most at-risk species, Katie operates at the nexus between empathy and storytelling. More than a decade of filmmaking across six continents, Katie’s films explore how we live alongside nature, garnering accolades, accruing millions of views, and inspiring meaningful conservation victories. Her production company, Coral & Oak Studios, has partnered with … Read more
Brett is an independent filmmaker and photographer who documents global wildlife, science, and conservation stories that inform and inspire. A recovering biologist from the heartland of southwest Iowa, Brett received his M.F.A. in Science and Natural History Filmmaking from Montana State University in 2016. In the three years since, he has been embedded as cinematographer, … Read more
Alex Goetz is a two-time Emmy nominated wildlife filmmaker and photographer, who has been recognized by National Geographic WILD as winner of the 2016 “Wild to Inspire” film competition, and is the co-founder of a production company called Running Wild Media, that specializes in wildlife and conservation filmmaking. An Ohio native whose work has been … Read more