eric ryan anderson

Eric Ryan Anderson strives to create authenticity and capture humanity through his work. Always with a camera in hand, his acute sense of tone and visual composition has resulted in a diverse career, from global photography campaigns and broadcast commercials to striking documentary and branded content. Eric gravitates towards passionate subjects, working with athletes, musicians, and actors alike. He has worked with incredible talent including John Legend, Kathryn Newton, Bradley Cooper, Oprah and Sophie Turner as well as clients and organizations around the globe including American Express, Birchbox, IBM, Billboard, and The NY Times. Eric approaches each project with the intent to make something fresh while holding onto a timeless and tangible aesthetic.

garrett bradley

Garrett Bradley was born and raised in New York City. Her Academy Award-nominated documentary Time (2020) was nominated for over 57 awards and won 20 times, including a 2020 Peabody Award, and becoming the first Black female director to win Best Director at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Previously, Bradley was honored with the Jury Prize for her short documentary film Alone (2017) which was produced and distributed by The New York Times OpDocs.

rodney r. lucas

Rodney Lucas is a New York-based filmmaker from the South Side of Chicago. 

Rising from a childhood beset by untimely deaths, a father serving life in prison, and periods of homelessness, Rodney’s work speaks to the plight of the oppressed in the language of the streets.

‍He’s since earned prominence as a director traveling the world creating short documentaries, commercials, and branded content for US Bank, NOWNESS, Vice, Upworthy, Dicks Sporting Goods, Clarks Originals, NTWRK, and Toms Shoes.

alba roland mejia

Alba Roland Mejia is a writer, producer, and director based in Oakland, CA. Alba’s work focuses on the African diaspora and strives to capture the true essence of storytelling by pulling from real life experiences.

gabby woodland

Gabby Woodland hails from the Nashville/ Atlanta area. She has a passion for crafting authentic and genuine stories that are able to break down the stereotypical walls we tend to put up as humans. She credits this passion to her previous work as multimedia producer for WSMV-TV in Nashville. Getting her production career started as a music video and commercial producer she’s worked with artists and brands including Noah Cyrus, Kane Brown, COIN, OWN, Amazon, & Weebly. Always having an eye for documentary storytelling, she began her directing career with the music video “Better Than We Found It” for Maren Morris which was nominated for music video of the year by the Academy of Country Music Awards and CMA Awards. She also co-directed a short documentary for the brand Fiverr titled “Out North” which was recently named a Vimeo Staff pick for “Best of the Year - 2021.” Most recently she’s worked brands including Walmart, Adobe, and Hoop York City an Adidas partner.

blair barnes

Blair Barnes is a Curator at Vimeo and 1/4 of the team behind Staff Picks. Prior to Vimeo, Blair worked on the creative and production teams of Wieden+Kennedy and VIRTUE, the creative agency by VICE. Before and between all of this, he's contributed to festival winning and selected films, alongside other shortlisted and featured work.