Our Team
Director: Nick Capezzera
Nick is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, photographer, and co-founder of Player Piano Productions. His directorial debut, UNIVERSE, on famed trumpeter and Miles Davis protégé Wallace Roney, premiered at Sheffield DocFest in 2020 and won the International Documentary Association award for Best Music Documentary of the Year. He was most recently a co-producer and cinematographer on BUILDING A BRIDGE, a documentary about a priest's journey to make the Catholic Church more accepting of the LGBTQ+ community. Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, the film world premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, had its broadcast premiere on Sundance TV and is currently streaming on AMC+. In 2024, Nick was awarded the Center for Asian American Media Documentary Fund Grant for his second feature THE OTHER SIDE OF MEMORY.
J. Faye Yuan is an award-winning Chinese American producer, editor, and curator. She is a PBS Ignite Creative Voices filmmaker, where she produced and directed for PBS Digital Studios. She is also the curator for the Queens Memory Project at Queens Public Library and hosts its climate podcast, Memories of Water — recipient of the Asian American Journalists Association's Excellence in Audio Storytelling Award.
Producer & Editor: J. Faye Yuan
Mario Ducoudray is a Dominican American producer who channels activism through filmmaking. Since the early 2000s, he has championed emerging talent, supporting award-winning films like DEPENDENCIA SEXUAL, A BIKE RIDE, and CONFUCIAN DREAM. He co-founded Stage 13 with Tony winner, Dan Fogler. Their first film, HYSTERICAL PSYCHO, premiered at Tribeca before landing on Netflix.
Producer & Editor: Mario ducoudray
Executive Producer: Mridu Chandra
Mridu Chandra is a filmmaker and producer of award-winning documentaries and fiction films that cover topics of civil rights, environmental and racial justice, and gender equality. Recent projects include producing BECOMING COUSTEAU (BAFTA nominee) and CURED (Emmy Award nominee).
executive Producer: Sami Khan
Sami Khan is an Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmaker. His credits include THE LAST OUT, ST LOUIS SUPERMAN, ANGEL DOSE, HOME, OMNIVORE, UNINTERRUPTED’s THE REAL STORIES OF BASKETBALL, SPICE ROAD, KHOYA, and TRANSPLANT. His latest credit is Netflix’s STARTING 5.
