Former Exec. Director of the deadCenter Film Festival and Emmy-nominated filmmaker

Lance McDaniel is an Emmy nominated filmmaker from Alva who has worked on 22 feature films, including Oscar winner Million Dollar Baby. Lance has directed and produced five narrative features, two documentaries, four shorts, and a Virtual Reality film. Lance spent a decade as Executive Director of the deadCenter Film Festival. 

Emmy award-winning filmmaker, Director at Skit Guys Studios

Brian Cates is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker and is the writer and director of FAMILY CAMP, a feature-length family comedy from SONY / Provident Films and K-LOVE Radio. Over the past 15 years he has directed and/or produced nearly 500 short films with The Skit Guys, and with them has built one of the largest faith-based short film distribution networks in the world. Brian lives in Oklahoma City with his wife and best friend, Jina, and their three daughters.

Award-Winning Producer & UPM (Minari, Reservation Dogs, Fancy Dance)

Dylan Brodie is from Ramona, Oklahoma - Population: 500. He began editing films in 2008, making his way from local to national film festivals, which led to work on Food Network productions and feature films for both Magnet Releasing and Blumhouse Productions. He later served as UPM and Associate Producer on Sterlin Harjo's feature film, “Mekko,” and produced the series “Flipping The Heartland” for HGTV. Dylan has worked on shows of all sizes including the STARZ series “American Gods,” feature films “The Mule,” “Stillwater,” “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” and “Killers of the Flower Moon.” He has been the UPM on commercials for companies including Nike, 2K Sports, Dish Network, and Warstic baseball bats featuring Jack White. Dylan continues to produce and production manage diverse projects and recently served as UPM for the Oscar winning A24/Plan B film “Minari,” the Sundance 2023 selection and Apple Original Film “Fancy Dance,” and Associate Produced on all three seasons of the Emmy nominated Disney/FX series “Reservation Dogs.” Dylan is currently Co-Producing on the new Disney/FX series “The Lowdown” from Sterlin Harjo. 

Chief, AirVūz

Jenny was part of the original AirVūz management team, and as Chief Operating Officer, she currently is responsible for the Site Editing, Social Media, Community Relations, and Digital Signage / OTT functions within AirVūz. With a 20+year background in communications, technology and management, her previous posts in corporate, start-up, non-profit, and education settings include management positions with Citibank, IP Commerce, Business Aviation, and Augustana University. Jenny holds a MA in Rhetorical Criticism and a BA in Organizational Communication from the University of South Dakota. 

Vice President and Creative Director, Freestyle Creative

Sonni is an Oklahoman artist, adjunct professor for ACM@UCO and creative director for Freestyle Creative. As the creative director of Freestyle, Sonni brings her obsession for creating vibrant solutions while developing teams to deliver dynamic, integrated advertising systems across all platforms. She is active in the Oklahoma film scene by creative directing poster design and character photoshoots for films Freestyle produces. She thrives on moving brands forward by inspiring human connections with award-winning work created for the Oklahoma City Convention Center, Film Education Institute of Oklahoma, Braum's, OU Medicine, OKC Thunder, Chesapeake Energy Arena, and Onyx Lane.

Director and Professor, Fullerton College Drone Lab and Director of Southern California Drone Film Festival

Jay Seidel is a professor and the director of the Fullerton Drone Lab at Fullerton College where he trains pilots and helps to develop UAS workforce skills for drone operations. He is the director of the Southern California Drone Film Festival. He is a longtime photojournalist who has worked for the Los Angeles Times, La Habra Journal, and various automotive magazines. He continues to photograph and capture visual content for a variety of outlets. He has taught drone courses at Cal State Long Beach and Cal State Channel Islands, as well as trained diverse groups of industries including surveyors at the port of Long Beach, state conservationists, and sheriff deputies on drone operations. He has authored the drone training textbook Drones: Training and Applications to Digital Imaging, now in its fourth edition.

Owner/Operator, Teløs Studio

Wes Gillett is the owner and operator of Telos.studio, a production house based in Oklahoma City with projects ranging from local commercials, to documentary storytelling their mantra is clear "Trust the story" Their work spans a list of clients all over the country and right here at home. Wes lives in Oklahoma City with his wife, Amy and their two boys Leon and Hayes.