Team

Meet the crew behind the film.

  • Creator / Director / Writer / Actor

    Cory is a writer and creative director. For the past 15 years, he’s developed award winning advertising for some of the world’s biggest brands, including Meta / Facebook, Instagram, Nesté, and LG Electronics. In 2008, he was awarded an Emmy for writing and producing Hoofy & Boo, an animated news short. His nonfiction has appeared in Hippocampus Magazine.

    His screenplays have been recognized in numerous screenwriting competitions, including as a Second Rounder in the Austin Film Festival Script Competition, a Quarterfinalist in the Slamdance Screenplay Competition, and a Semifinalist in the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards.

    MY NAME IS JONAS is his directorial debut.

  • Director of Photography

    Emily Marquet (she/her) is an emerging cinematographer. Recent credits include the narrative films Withdrawal, Infinity Girls, Snowfall, Wildman, Academic Support, and Shanidar, a documentary series with Bill T. Jones and many music videos. She is a proud member of BECTU, Women in Film and TV and CineGirl. She is a graduate of London Film School and her work has screened at festivals all over the world such as CineQuest, BronzeLens, and the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival.

    Click here for Emily’s portfolio.

    Instagram: @emilymarquetfilm

  • Editor

    Ben McGinley is a video producer, communications expert, and arts documentarian based in Minneapolis, MN. Since graduating with honors from Emerson College in 2004, he has built a career around his passion for arts and culture, community and social services. From 2011-2013, he served as a writer and editor for Long Haul Productions' hour-long, Emmy-nominated Amsoil Championship Snocross docuseries on NBC Sports and CBS Sports. And most recently, he served as the Director of Photography for an episode of Britain's Deadliest Mum's and Dad's for Discovery+ UK.

  • Original Music

    Jonah Kraut is a musician, composer, and piano technician living in Nashville, TN. Trained at New England Conservatory in jazz guitar performance, Jonah has studied music from around the globe for over 35 years and continues to study, perform and record new music.