Amrita Pradhan is an award-winning, Indian-born filmmaker. After receiving her MFA from the International Film School of Paris in 2010, she was selected for the Reykjaví­k Talent Lab, where her thesis film was nominated for the Golden Egg prize. Her first feature film, WE WERE ÍSLANDS (2017), is currently on the festival circuit and has received numerous awards and nominations from Montana International Film Festival, Portland Film Festival, and the San Diego Film Awards among others. Her body of work includes narrative feature, narrative shorts, web series, fashion film, lifestyle videos, music videos, and promos. She is currently developing her second narrative feature, a documentary feature, a comedy-drama series, and a short film.

Mario is an award-winning filmmaker who has written, directed and edited a wide range of films and commercials. He has worked on commercial film projects​ in Mexico and Spain and developed commercials in the Bay Area for companies like TRX Training. After completing his M.A. in Film Production from San Diego State University, he edited the award-winning documentary Club Frontera. In 2016, he wrote, directed and edited the short film, In a Parallel World, which has received honors from numerous film festivals across the US and Mexico.

Luis works as a Director of Photography on documentaries, commercials and narrative films. He is currently working on the documentary Seguir al Sol, which traces the roots of Mexican rock n’ roll via interviews with legendary musicians. His previous work has been screened at Cannes Film Festival, Moscow International Film Festival, and Brooklyn Film Festival, amongst others.

Noel David Taylor is an English-American writer, filmmaker, and actor. In over forty shorts and experimental film in just a few years, Taylor has created an inimitable aesthetic universe brimming with a unique alchemy of homemade nightmare comedy and an absurdist sense of tragedy. Taylor's work has been featured on numerous platforms including Vogue and Wieden + Kennedy and screened at the Marché du Film at Cannes, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Portland Film Festival, and Oregon Film Festival.

Classically and comedically trained, Rhiannon has played roles from Shakespeare to Mamet. She has trained with Second City, The Groundlings, and UCB and performed in many off-loop theaters in Chicago and improv troupes in Los Angeles. She lives in Chicago where she teaches at the School of the Art Institute and works at the production company she co-founded with comedian James Lenger in 2019, Smile Tym Films. She is currently directing a series of music videos and producing and acting in the comedic web series, Summit.

Jake was born and raised in the city of Los Angeles. The love child of two struggling theatre actors, Jake spent the better part of his life trying to resist the urge implanted in his DNA all those years ago. Yet he felt it. In his loins and nether region. The stage beckoned him. It yearned for him... So then he did a couple plays. Now, he mostly does movies and gangster rap.

Vasant has a diverse background in careers spanning from engineering to the arts. In his semi-retired life, Vasant serves as the Co-Founder and President of the social club Life Is Great (LIG), which seeks to live happily and meaningfully by maintaining a positive attitude towards life. In addition to LIG, Vasant helps support EKAL which provides basic education to low-income children in rural India. After the success of Meet the Patels, in which Vasant not only co-starred but also executive produced, Vasant is exploring his newfound love of being in front of the camera by taking acting classes as well as serving as the Writer and Producer of the upcoming untitled romantic comedy.

Champa is considered a pillar of her community and one of the best matchmakers around. Champa has been working as a successful realtor for the past ten years in Charlotte, North Carolina. An active member of the Indian community, Champa helps support EKAL which provides basic education to low-income children in rural India. She also co-founded the social club Life Is Great (LIG) with her husband Vasant. An avid dancer, Champa loves to perform. After the success of Meet The Patels, Champa has taken up acting.

Deepti was born in India and moved to San Diego at the age of ten. She studied theatre since 11 years old and received her BA in Theatre Arts from Cal State Northridge. She has been working in film production since moving to Los Angeles almost six years ago. Her most recent film, You'll Never Know is currently in the Best Of for the Los Angeles 48 Hour Film Production, and she has been nominated for Woman Filmmaker of the Year from Women in Film LA. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two cats.