THE TEAM
Petter Ringbom
Director, Cinematographer, Producer
Petter Ringbom is a New York-based director of documentary and narrative films. His debut feature documentary The Russian Winter, a film about American musician John Forté, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2012 and screened at IDFA, Moscow International Film Festival, and Gothenburg International Film Festival. His short film May Fly premiered at Stockholm International Film Festival and screened at festivals around the world. Ringbom’s video collaboration with the artist Karl Haendel, Questions for My Father, has been shown at Harris Lieberman Gallery, Susanne Vielmetter Projects, Utah Museum of Contemporary Arts, and Wexner Center for the Arts. Questions for My Father was selected for the Art Video program at Art Basel Miami in 2012. After studying at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York, Ringbom partnered in the creative agency Flat, where he served as an art director for clients like MoMA, Red Cross and Knoll. He has taught at Parsons School of Design and New York University and served on the board of the American Institute of Graphic Arts.
Links: Official, Twitter
Director, Cinematographer, Producer
Petter Ringbom is a New York-based director of documentary and narrative films. His debut feature documentary The Russian Winter, a film about American musician John Forté, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2012 and screened at IDFA, Moscow International Film Festival, and Gothenburg International Film Festival. His short film May Fly premiered at Stockholm International Film Festival and screened at festivals around the world. Ringbom’s video collaboration with the artist Karl Haendel, Questions for My Father, has been shown at Harris Lieberman Gallery, Susanne Vielmetter Projects, Utah Museum of Contemporary Arts, and Wexner Center for the Arts. Questions for My Father was selected for the Art Video program at Art Basel Miami in 2012. After studying at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York, Ringbom partnered in the creative agency Flat, where he served as an art director for clients like MoMA, Red Cross and Knoll. He has taught at Parsons School of Design and New York University and served on the board of the American Institute of Graphic Arts.
Links: Official, Twitter
Marquise Stillwell, Openbox
Executive Producer
Marquise Stillwell is the founder of Openbox, a design consultancy that provides talent and resources into ambitious and innovative ventures. Marquise has previously collaborated with director Petter Ringbom on three short films and was featured in the Petter’s short Questions for My Father. Marquise is an advisor to the filmmaker Paul Devlin (SlamNation, Power Trip, Blast!) and has strategized for the poet Taylor Mali (featured in the film SlamNation). He has contributed to various programs at the Joyce Theatre, the New Museum, and MCA Denver. He currently sits on the board of the Andrew Goodman Foundation and the Lowline Underground Park.
Links: Openbox, Twitter
Executive Producer
Marquise Stillwell is the founder of Openbox, a design consultancy that provides talent and resources into ambitious and innovative ventures. Marquise has previously collaborated with director Petter Ringbom on three short films and was featured in the Petter’s short Questions for My Father. Marquise is an advisor to the filmmaker Paul Devlin (SlamNation, Power Trip, Blast!) and has strategized for the poet Taylor Mali (featured in the film SlamNation). He has contributed to various programs at the Joyce Theatre, the New Museum, and MCA Denver. He currently sits on the board of the Andrew Goodman Foundation and the Lowline Underground Park.
Links: Openbox, Twitter
Christophe Charlier, LeCASTLE
Executive Producer
Christophe Charlier is the chairman of the interdisciplinary production company LeCASTLE. Production credits include The Russian Winter, Brooklyn Castle and The Project.
Christophe Charlier serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Nets. Charlier also serves as a director for the Barclays Center.
Links: LeCASTLE
Executive Producer
Christophe Charlier is the chairman of the interdisciplinary production company LeCASTLE. Production credits include The Russian Winter, Brooklyn Castle and The Project.
Christophe Charlier serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Nets. Charlier also serves as a director for the Barclays Center.
Links: LeCASTLE
Alysa Nahmias
Producer
Alysa Nahmias is the co-director and producer of the award-winning feature documentary Unfinished Spaces (2011), which appeared on PBS in October 2012. Unfinished Spaces garnered a 2012 Independent Spirit Award, numerous film festival prizes, and was selected for Sundance’s Film Forward. Nahmias’ producing credits also include Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Swan (scheduled to air on PBS American Masters, dir. by Nancy Buirski and co-produced with Ric Burns and Nancy Buirski); The Listening Archive (dir. by Laura Foxman) and Outside the Giardini (co-directed with Rafi Segal). Nahmias’ work has been shown the Venice Biennale, the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Palm Springs Int’l Film Festival, the Miami International Film Festival, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, and many others.
Links: Ajna Film
Producer
Alysa Nahmias is the co-director and producer of the award-winning feature documentary Unfinished Spaces (2011), which appeared on PBS in October 2012. Unfinished Spaces garnered a 2012 Independent Spirit Award, numerous film festival prizes, and was selected for Sundance’s Film Forward. Nahmias’ producing credits also include Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Swan (scheduled to air on PBS American Masters, dir. by Nancy Buirski and co-produced with Ric Burns and Nancy Buirski); The Listening Archive (dir. by Laura Foxman) and Outside the Giardini (co-directed with Rafi Segal). Nahmias’ work has been shown the Venice Biennale, the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Palm Springs Int’l Film Festival, the Miami International Film Festival, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, and many others.
Links: Ajna Film