Creative Team

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Darren Shepherd began his filmmaking career at age ten with a Super 8 camera and a passion for capturing images and editing stories together.

He notably wrote the film Wyatt Earp’s Revenge (Sony Entertainment). And he learned how to make films from the best, assisting on film sets of renowned directors: Martin Scorsese (Casino), Tim Burton (Mars Attacks!), Ron Howard (EdTV, The Grinch), James Cameron (Terminator: Dark Fate), David Milch (Deadwood), and Norman Jewison (Bogus).

Nicholas Berger is a documentary cinematographer with a degree from Stanford. His films have been nominated for two Student Academy Awards and shown at film festivals around the world (Sundance, IDFA, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Silverdocs, Palm Springs Film Festival, and DocNYC).  

His work has also aired on Discovery, PBS, and NYTimes Op-Docs. 

Andy Palmer is an award-winning television and film editor. He has edited TV shows, feature films, documentaries and music videos. 

His background in writing, directing, and producing ensures the best possible story is created in the edit bay.

Darianna Cardilli is an award winning documentary editor with over 25 years experience. She has a BA from Cambridge University and an MFA in Film Editing from the American Film Institute.

She is a member of the Alliance of Documentary Editors and was a Contributing Editor to Documentary magazine for over a decade.

She has worked with Ondi Timoner, Morgan Neville, Stuart Sender, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato. Her most recent work, Viva Verdi!, is currently in the festival circuit.

Denny Tedesco started as a freelance producer
and director producing the Academy Awards opening starring Billy Crystal, 

and the award-winning music video
"I Want Love” by Elton John.

Denny directed the documentary Wrecking Crew

With his famed father, session guitarist Tommy Tedesco and his cohorts, and other musicians fondly. The film was eventually featured on outlets such as Entertainment Tonight, NPR, CBS Morning News, and Rolling Stone. 

His follow-up documentary Immediate Family, was released in theaters and on Hulu in 2023 and went on to win 18 awards.

Stephen Nemeth heads up Rhino Films, an independent film company. He has executive produced many films, including The Sessions (Sundance Audience Award), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. 

His selected documentary credits include Dogtown and Z Boys (Sundance 2001 Audience Award), Pick Up the Mic (Toronto 2005), Wardance (2008 Academy Award nomination), Fuel (Sundance 2008 Audience Award) and most recently Mediha which won the DOC NYC Grand Jury Prize.

He is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and has served on the board of the International Documentary Association.

Stella Yap is an accomplished attorney and advisor to filmmakers, serving as counsel on numerous projects.

With extensive experience representing legacy music artists, she notably represented Sly Stone for over a decade, successfully negotiating his documentary rights with Network entertainment and Questlove, which is set for release this year, 2025.

Stella's diverse expertise encompasses music rights, copyright & trademark law, licensing, right of publicity, and life story rights.

A graduate of UCLA, she earned her law degree from Loyola Law School and has practiced entertainment law for 25 years assisting clients in the film, television, documentary, and music industries.

Valentina Castellani-Quinn is an Award Winning Film Producer, President and Chairman of Quinn Studios Entertainment, Home - Quinn Studios Entertainment.

This was created in memory of her husband Award Winning Actor Francesco Quinn, and continues the Legacy of Academy Award Winning Actor Anthony Quinn, in the fields of art and entertainment.

She produced several Academy Awards candidate films, and has won the prestigious US Congress Awards, The Human Rights Award, the English WIFTS Award as a “Visionary Producer” together with Angela Merkel and actress Gal Gadot.

Greg Errico, distinguished as one of the recording industry's finest contemporary performers and producers, has provided nearly 60 years of musical enjoyment to countless fans throughout the world as the drummer and a founding member of the popular and influential psychedelic soul and funk band Sly and the Family Stone.  STFS is recognized as the first major American rock group of its kind to have a racially integrated, mixed-gender lineup. 

Greg Errico played at the Woodstock music festival in 1969 with Sly and the Family Stone, and he has since collaborated with, produced for, or been a member of countless acclaimed music acts, including Weather Report, Quicksilver Messenger Service, David Bowie, Santana, the Jerry Garcia Band/Grateful Dead, Betty Davis, Buddy Miles, Journey, the Pointer Sisters, and Tower of Power, Among the many accolades he has received, Greg Errico received a Grammy award in 2023 as Executive Producer for Basie Swings the Blues by the Count Basie Orchestra, as well as induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 along with his former bandmates in Sly and the Family Stone. 

Jennifer R. Klein is a celebrated photographer in the Bay Area and abroad, creating and growing her business by developing alliances  with corporate, non-profit and popular culture/celebrities. 

Jennifer served as an Associate Producer for the PBS doc 3 Still Standing and a contributor to The Tao of Surfing full feature film, collaborating with the State Univ. of NM film students. 

Jennifer has been published in the SF Chronicle, LA Times, corporate and non profit websites and social media, and has written numerous marketing pieces and pitch decks.  

Jennifer had the distinct privilege of training with Henry Grossman, the original Beatles photographer to build addition skills. 

Her belief is music breaks down barriers of color, creed, religion, and economic status which the Bay Area initiated in the 60s by creating a paradigm shift that allowed freedom of expression, creativity and social change.