Above the Line Mentors Cohort 2 Documentary
Diane Becker (she/her) California
Diane is an Academy Award-winning, Emmy nominated producer and the co-founder of Fishbowl Films. Navalny won both the U.S. Documentary Audience Award and the Festival Favorite Award at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and was awarded a BAFTA, PGA, DuPont, and the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. Her credits include: Manhunt, The Final Year, If…
Amy Hesketh (zie/zir) Washington
Amy Hesketh (zie/zir) is the coordinator of the OC Film School as well as tenured, full-time faculty. Prior to joining Olympic College, Amy co-founded a film production company in Bolivia, where zie produced over 11 feature films and directed five feature films. In 2015, after 10 years of living and working in Bolivia, the government…
Jared McGilliard (he/him) Washington
Jared McGilliard is a Director, Executive Producer, and founder of Nomadica Films, a production company dedicated to creating immersive, character-driven documentary films and television series with purpose and perspective. His credits include critically acclaimed series such as Inside Combat Rescue for National Geographic, The Last Alaskans and Dodo Heroes for Animal Planet, the award-winning children’s…
Marq Evans (he/him) Washington
Marq Evans is an award-winning independent filmmaker and creative entrepreneur. His most recent documentary, THE DIAMOND KING, premiered at the 36th Palm Springs International Film Festival in January 2025 where it won “Best of Fest.” His previous film, CLAYDREAM, premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival to critical acclaim and had an extensive theatrical run…
Elan Bogarín (she/her) New York
Elan Bogarín is a Venezuelan-American, Emmy-winning director and producer known for bold storytelling and cultural impact. Her feature film 306 Hollywood—hailed as a “landmark” by RogerEbert.com—opened the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, screened at 85+ festivals, won multiple awards, and was broadcast nationally on POV and Amazon Prime Video. She has been nominated for Emmy, Gotham,…
J. Daniel Torres (he/him) New York
Emmy Award-winning producer J. Daniel Torres has almost a decade of production experience on films across multiple streaming platforms working with Motto Pictures’ Julie Goldman and Christopher Clements. Torres produced Isabel Castro’s ‘Selena Y Los Dinos’ (2025 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award winner, 2025 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award winner, 2025 Miami Film Festival…