Equity Committee
Equity Committee
The Equity Committee serves as an advisory board to Washington Filmworks’ Board of Directors and provides film industry insight and input from historically underrepresented communities in order to foster diversity, equity and inclusion within the organization and the statewide film industry. The Equity Committee also holds the organization accountable for integrating DEI into all aspects of its work.
Read the Equity Charter (PDF).
Equity Committee
Enrique Cerna
Enrique Cerna is a veteran journalist who worked in Seattle media for more than four decades. Cerna worked for 23 years at Cascade Public Media’s KCTS 9 and retired in February 2018 from his role as senior correspondent. Prior to joining KCTS in 1995, he worked as a reporter, producer and host for KOMO Radio…
Davies Chirwa
Davies Chirwa is a multi-award winning Celebrity Film Producer, who has received numerous prestigious awards throughout his career. With a strong background in media technology and an expert in virtual presentations, Davies is a visionary for serial entrepreneurship who is recognized as a prominent influencer in the entertainment, sports, fashion, and film industries. As the…
Olivia Evans
Olivia Evans is a grant-awarded, multidisciplinary visual artist, producer, and owner of Mama Wolf Media, LLC, based in Spokane, WA. Working in video, photography, drawing, film, and beadwork, her work is heavily influenced by motherhood, nature, the subconscious, and personal experiences – intertwining traditional and digital media to create narratives of the self. All these…
Nike Imoru
Nike Imoru PhD, CSA is a casting director, actor, director, teacher of film and theatre. She began casting in the Pacific Northwest and LA in 2006. Since then she has cast numerous feature films as well as multiple seasons of television. She was the executive casting director for Z Nation, Sy Fys, best original tv…
Frances Grace Mortel
Frances Grace Mortel (b. 1987, Manila) is an interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, and community organizer. Previously a production designer/art director in the Philippines, she currently works as the Cultural and Digital Organizer for Asians for Collective Liberation in Spokane, serves on the board of Spokane Film Project and Spokane International Film Festival, and a member of…
Myron Partman
Equity Chair
Equity Co-Chair Born and raised in Seattle, Myron is the owner of Chameleon Creative Services and has spent most of his career in the sound field. More recently he goes back and forth between sound and camera. Credits include Grey’s Anatomy, 21 and Over, World’s Greatest Dad and an Emmy for Bill Nye The Science…
Malcolm Pelles
Equity Chair
Equity Co-Chair Malcolm Pelles is a professor, playwright, and filmmaker. He teaches screenwriting at Eastern Washington University. His plays have been performed Off-Broadway in New York City and in Washington, DC at places like the Kennedy Center. Malcolm has written scripts for CBS Entertainment, the National Football League, Gameloft, and the US Army. He has…
Michelle Mai Smith
Michelle Mai Smith is a makeup artist and hairstylist with over 12 years of experience working in the film and entertainment industries. She has been a proud member of IATSE Local 488 since 2021 and loves to share her passions related to arts, music and entertainment with a special commitment to sustainable and equitable practices.…