Atin Mehra
DIRECTOR / PRODUCER / DP Atin Mehra, born and raised in Varanasi, India is an award-winning filmmaker currently based in Los Angeles, CA. Atin's uncanny ability to connect with individuals from behind the lens led him to filmmaking. His personal struggles with abuse and discrimination in India drew him to stories of marginalized individuals and communities. Atin's award-winning directorial debut, BEING MICHELLE (2022) is helping to change the way Deaf and Disabled people are treated in the criminal justice system.
Mae ThoRnton Mehra
PRODUCER Mae Thornton Mehra has been producing social justice and impact driven films with her husband and filmmaker, Atin Mehra at Orange Kite Productions for over 15 years. She prides herself on openly creative collaborations between film participants and diverse production teams as she believes that impact begins within the filmmaking process itself. In 2020, Mae and Atin co-founded the nonprofit Thriving Roots Initiative to further their work of social impact documentary filmmaking. Mae is Producer on BEINGMICHELLE (2022), a documentary film that is helping to change the way Deaf and Disabled people are treated in criminal justice systems in the US and globally.
Denise Hamilton
PRODUCER Denise Hamilton has over 30 years experience as a writer and producer for NBC, ABC and PBS network specials and syndicated programs. In the area of documentary and broadcast journalism, she was writer and field producer for four internationally-shot documentaries. She has served on the selection committee for the International Documentary Association’s documentary awards, presently teaches documentary film production at the New York Film Academy, and served as co-chairperson of the Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers-West for 17 years.