Kaitlyn Schwalje is a science journalist and documentary director based in Portland, Maine. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Carnegie Mellon University before completing her postgraduate studies at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design. Before pivoting to storytelling, Kaitlyn designed haptic prototypes for the research division of the Walt Disney Company. Her stories about her disaster obsessed father, tsunamis, how archaeology saved the cat, and city squirrels appear in CBC, Atlas Obscura, WNYC, 99% Invisible, National Geographic, and others. Director Credits include, This Land (Maine Unit) a feature film documenting the 2020 election, and Snowy(Sundance ‘21).

Alex Wolf Lewis is a director and DP based in NYC and Portland, Maine. He has travelled the world for work, shooting for Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, Disney+, Netflix, Vice, PBS, A&E, Discovery as well as a number of feature documentaries and shorts. DP Credits include: Well Groomed (HBO Sports, SXSW‘19, Hot Docs ‘19), 2nd Unit DP on the narrative feature Critical Thinking, dir. John Leguizamo, (SXSW ‘20). As a director, credits include, Single Room Occupancy (co-directed) (SIFF ‘16, Big Sky‘17, Short of The Week). Hildegarde’s Piano (Rooftop Film Festival ‘19), and Snowy (Sundance ‘21). When not making films, Alex volunteers as an EMT for the town of Falmouth, Maine.

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