Prarthana Mohan

Director/Producer

Born and raised in Chennai, India, Prarthana Mohan has always been interested in the arts. Hailing from a film family, her grandfather, renowned composer M.S. Viswanathan's stories about the film industry ignited her imagination at a very young age. In college, Prarthana pursued Visual Communication and her documentary, Hush, won the state award for the best film. Prarthana completed her MFA in Film Production with an emphasis in Directing at Chapman University in California where she was the recipient of the Leo Freedman Award for excellence in visual storytelling. Her films have been showcased in Seoul International Film Festival, Davis Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Cucalorous Film Festival, amongst others.

Her feature script ‘The MisEducation of Bindu’ was a semi-finalist at the prestigious Nicholl’s Fellowships hosted by the Motion Picture Academy and won several screenwriting competitions. The MisEducation of Bindu was recently picked as a grand prize winner as part of a competition on Seed & Spark to be executive produced by the Duplass Brothers.

When she is not working on her films, she serves as New York Film Academy’s Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at their Los Angeles campus. She is currently working on several projects that have strong and compelling female characters.

Edward Timpe

Producer/Cinematographer

Growing up in Indiana, Ed’s passion for basketball led him to pursue a career as a Sports Broadcaster. It was in studying broadcasting at Indiana University that Ed was bitten by the film bug. After completing his bachelor’s degree, Ed headed west and received his MFA at Chapman
University in Film Production.

Since coming to LA, Ed has worked in
television production for such shows as Cha$e and The George Lopez tonight show and feature film production for such a film as Junkyard Dog and Once Fallen. Ed is currently the Faculty Chair for Filmmaking at the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. Ed hopes to continue to tell dynamic stories with cultural relevance.