The Team
Who We Are
W. Y. GENG
Writer & Director & Producer
W. Y. Geng made history by becoming the first student in 24 years to win both the Alfred P. Sloan Production Award and Alfred P. Sloan Screenwriting Award in the same year. She was among twelve entertainment writers and producers chosen to participate in the National Academy of Sciences Writers Retreat in 2022. Her project, All the Animals Are Here, was shortlisted in the prestigious WB TV Writers’ Workshop and reached the quarterfinals at the Austin Film Festival. Good Creation has consistently ranked in the top 20 on the Red List and has been praised as exceptional by the Black List. Her TV pilot, Mislantis, was a Semi-Finalist at both the Fade In Awards and GenreBlast Film Festival, and an Official Selection at the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards. Her documentary, Illuminating Life, received the Irvin Kershner Fund for Documentary Filmmaking.
Her accolades include Official Selection at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts, Best Drama Short at New York Cinefest, Best Director nomination at North Hollywood Cinefest, Best Director nomination at New York Cinefest, Semi-Finalist at the Rhode Island International Film Festival, Finalist at the Cleveland International Film Festival, Official Selection at the Catalina Film Festival, Dances with Films, Montreal Independent Film Festival, and Beverly Hills Film Festival, Finalist at the European Cinematography Awards (ECA), New York Cinematography Awards (NYCA), and Jury Award nomination at the Raw Science Film Festival.
She graduated from Rice University with a triple major in mathematics, computer science, and visual and dramatic arts (VADA). She also completed the A Practical Approach to Directing program at Yale School of Drama, where she was one of fourteen candidates selected globally. An MFA graduate of the renowned USC School of Cinematic Arts, she received multiple production awards during her studies.
Rebecca Chu
Producer
Rebecca Chu is a writer and filmmaker from Irvine, California. Rebecca’s immigrant father instilled in her a love of American cinema, bringing her on movie dates to the neighborhood theater. There, she was exposed to rich stories through moving images that her still-developing psyche could not fully comprehend, yet the emotional responses elicited were tangibly unforgettable.
Rebecca initially built her career in finance and commercial strategy at Fortune 100 companies such as Apple and Disney. Upon becoming a mother, Rebecca turned her focus toward building a more equitable world for the next generation. She engineered a career transition into creative producing, launching independent film company SHADOWLIGHT MEDIA VENTURES, through which she develops and produces original content that aims to elevate diverse, underrepresented voices.
Rebecca's short film ROJAK garnered accolades at the Singapore Bicentennial Heritage showcase, including nods for Best Film and Best Direction. In addition, her original screenplay WONTON PARADISE was selected by industry professionals to be filmed at the Universal Studios backlot in Hollywood. Her latest film, SITTING THE MONTH, was awarded university funding for production and is preparing for the festivals circuit.
Rebecca is a globe-trotter with artistic interests that span international sensibilities. She holds an MFA from the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, where she was the winner of the 2022 Robert S. Ferguson Marketing Award for best feature film marketing plan. In addition, she holds an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business. After more than a decade living in Singapore, she currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband and three young children.
LISA XIAOJIA LI
Producer
Xiaojia (Lisa) Li is an MFA candidate in Film & Television Production currently at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. Starting working as a student TV show runner and an on-camera journalist since 13, she acquired plentiful experience and skills with on-hand practice. She learnt to depict humanity rooted in real-life story, when intrigued by the power of non-fiction material. Then she felt the inner call of working as a professional storyteller.
She graduated from Sun Yet-sen University with a BA in economics, which provided her with grounded understanding of social issues. She conducted the research in a suburban area of Guangdong to develop ecological economic system based on the local tea factory, as it inspired the local government. During college time, she also produced and created student projects including fiction, non-fiction and music video, and interned in Beijing TV station at the department of public service announcement.
Marsel Kalmagambetov
Production Designer
Marsel Kalmagambetov born on July 20, 1987 in small city Sol-Iletsk, Orenburg region, USSR. Place of residence: Los Angeles USA. Studied at the art gymnasium in city Ufa (Russia) until 2005 year.
From 2005-2010 years studied at the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (Saint-Petersburg) as a production designer (set designer) in the workshop of the honored artist Vyacheslav Okunev.
At the moment, he has staged more than ten performances in repertory theaters in St. Petersburg, Khabarovsk, Ufa, Orenburg, and Moscow.
As a production designer six films "Black Water", "Walk Vasya", “Have Fun, Vasya! Date in Bali”, "Inadequate People 2", “The Superdeep”, “The Major”.
In 2011, he was a curator and participant at the Prague Quadreinale in the section "Scenography School" in the Czech Republic. In 2012, he participated in the Shanghai exhibition "Show of Light and Sound" in the section "Young Stage Designers" in China. Constantly in creative alliance with film and theater directors, creative agencies. Since 2012, a member of the Union of Artists of the Russian Federation and the Union of Theater Workers.
I have been living in Los Angeles since 2022. Creates the concept of films, performances, Art objects (sketches, storyboards, layouts in different scales, 3D models, original presentation forms, technical development of all artistic solutions, implementation of concepts on stage and on the set).
Anya Khusnutdinova
Editor
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Anya is a Russian-born film editor currently based in Las Vegas. She started her journey at VGIK, in Moscow, where she learned Soviet montage techniques.
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She is a graduate of Emerson College in Boston with a B.A. in Visual and Media Arts. In 2020 she completed MFA in Editing at AFI Conservatory. She has a background in both digital and manual film processing and editing.
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In Las Vegas Anya edits for different live shows and artists.
Ryan Vaughan
Sound Supervisor
Ryan Vaughan is passionate about three things: sound, The Beatles, and David Fincher movies.
Originally from Williamsburg, Virginia, he began writing and recording original music in a makeshift studio he built in his room. It was during those late hours recording that he fell in love with creating his own sounds.
Ryan earned his MFA from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, where he was the first student to mix multiple projects in Dolby Atmos and 7.1 Surround Sound. His Dolby Atmos work spans multiple genres, from action-comedy to musicals to period drama films. Ryan has edited and mixed projects that have premiered at the Tribeca, Austin, and Cannes film festivals. Additionally, he currently works as a sound editor at Transported Audio where his work can be heard on Amazon, Hulu, HGTV and Netflix. He also teaches sound at USC School of Cinematic Arts.
As for those three passions? His favorite sound is rain, favorite song is “Help!” and favorite movie is “The Social Network”.
