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Talia Koylass
Filmmaker

Talia Koylass is a DC-based director and producer. She’s the founder of Motion/Pictures Dance Project, a production company dedicated to the creation of dance-based content, and has shown films at festivals around the country as well as been awarded commissions, residencies, and grants for her work. Talia has worked with companies such as Cineflix Productions, Food Network, Big Beach, New City, Vam Studio, Full Spectrum Features, Dance Films Association and other Chicago and New York based production companies on short films, feature films, television series and music videos. Talia recently was commissioned to work with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Loyola University Chicago and is currently pursuing her MFA in Film at Howard University. As a dance filmmaker, Talia strives to create work in which the two languages of dance and film integrate to tell compelling narratives and further communicate the visions of her and her collaborators.



Bess Kargman
Filmmaker

Bess Kargman is a PGA Award Winning, two-time Emmy Award nominated director with a body of critically acclaimed work that has spanned the last decade. Her first film, the award-winning documentary, FIRST POSITION, is a deep and intimate journey following six young dancers preparing for a chance to enter the world of professional ballet. A showcase of awe-inspiring talent, tenacity and passion, First Position paints a thrilling and moving portrait of gifted young dance stars determined to succeed against all odds. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released theatrically by Sundance Selects (2012) to rave reviews. First Position is now being adapted into a Broadway musical.
Her follow up effort, COACH, for ESPN Films, was executive produced by Whoopi Goldberg, and tells the remarkable story of C. Vivian Stringer, the head coach of Rutgers University women’s basketball team. Despite enormous personal tragedies, Coach Stringer’s accomplishments with three different top teams and the dignity with which she conducted herself when confronted with racism and sexism, earned her entry into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Most recently, Kargman directed and executive produced the PGA Award-winning, Sports Emmy nominated documentary series DEFYING GRAVITY: The Untold Story of Women's Gymnastics for Youtube Originals. The 6-part series goes beyond the headlines to explore women’s artistic gymnastics through the voices and stories of its greatest icons — and the next generation hoping to join their ranks in the lead up to the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Kargman is currently directing a feature length documentary about the life and career of one of the most prolific songwriters of our time, Diane Warren.

Bess also directs commercials and branded content for major companies around the world. Additional directing credits include ESPN’s “Sneaker Center,” the dance docu-series “Strictly Ballet” for Teen Vogue, a documentary short about Cubo Torres for Major League Soccer, and she has produced segments for National Public Radio (Marketplace) and NBC Olympics during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. She represents the U.S as an American Film Showcase Fellow (sponsored by the U.S. Department of State) and has been recognized by SHOOT Magazine as a "Director To Watch." Kargman has also been named to DOC NYC’s “40 Under 40” list of independent filmmakers. She holds degrees from Amherst College and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Though she has spent many years living in New York and Los Angeles, Kargman will always consider herself a Bostonian.

Learn more about Bess Kargman by visiting her website at http://besskargman.com/

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