CHRISTOPHER SPRINKLE

FOUNDING PARTNER

Christopher Sprinkle is an award-winning documentarian who has worked with organizations like Human Rights Watch, the ACLU and the Sierra Club.  He created the country’s only history program on public radio, The Pacifica Radio Archives’ From the Vault, heard on public radio stations across the United States.  As well, he created, produced and directed This Brave Nation, a documentary-series that, The Nation said, “brought together the most intelligent, passionate and creative voices of one generation with the activists, journalists and artists of the next to dialogue on loves, lives, politics and history.” His work has been featured in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, on CNN, MSNBC, NPR and many others.

Christopher can be reached at: cs at dogparkmedia dot com.

LEIGHTON WOODHOUSE

FOUNDING PARTNER

Leighton Woodhouse is a communications specialist and graphic designer with over a decade of experience in issue advocacy. He has done print and digital graphic design in both the non-profit and for-profit sectors, and placed numerous stories in major print publications including The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker and Politico. Leighton has worked as Director of Communications for the National Union of Healthcare Workers and as Communications Director and Political Director for Brave New Films. Leighton's writing and freelance news reporting has been featured on the front page of the Huffington Post, in The Nation and in Salon.com, and he has blogged for Firedoglake and for our magazine. Leighton has a Masters degree in Sociology from UC Berkeley.

Leighton can be reached at: leighton at dogparkmedia dot com.

ERIKKA YANCY

PRODUCER AND WRITER

Erikka Yancy is a producer and writer. She has produced two web series for Brave New Foundation, Senator Sanders Unfiltered and Brave New Conversations. She has worked as the archival producer for Davis Guggenheim’s The Dream Is Now and as associate producer for the six-part series This Brave Nation. Erikka’s most recent projects include archival research for feature film Little Boy and line producing a documentary about the Drew League, a historic summer basketball league in Los Angeles. Erikka writes frequently for Dog Park Media Magazine and the Film Independent blog. The Huffington Post, AOL Black Voices, The Root, and Clutch Magazine Online have picked up several of her blogs posts. Erikka holds a BFA in Acting from the Goodman School of Drama and an MFA in Producing from American Film Institute.

Erikka can be reached at: erikka at dogparkmedia dot com.

KIRA KELLY

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

After dedicating herself to the craft while at Northwestern University, Kira Kelly honed her lighting skills as a gaffer in New York City before moving on to shoot dozens of music videos as a cinematographer. Fittingly, her first feature credit was the musical Were The World Mine (winner of 15 Jury and 11 Audience awards). The Hollywood Reporter said of Kira’s work, “The lush cinematography belies the modest budget.” She has since shot the features Mariachi Gringo and Lip Service, as well as the just released East Los High, a Hulu exclusive series. Kira’s documentary work has taken her around the world. Her most recent commercial clients include Coca-Cola, Colgate, Nike, Cover Girl, and Hewlett-Packard.

SERGIO TORRES

EDITOR

Sergio Torres is an Editor and Motion Graphics Artist. His work has been showcased on several television shows for MTV, CBS, Travel Channel, Sony Movie Channel, ABC and The Disney Channel. He has worked on several successful productions for Dog Park Media and continues to expand his realm of story-telling. Sergio is a native of Salinas, CA and attended The Academy of Art University, San Francisco and California State University, Monterey Bay.