THE TEAM
Alexandria Jackson
Director/Producer
Alexandria is a director and producer whose photography and documentary work have taken her across the world, including regions in Africa, the Americas and the Middle East. Alex’s passions are deeply rooted in music, film and technology. Her credits include producing Courteney Cox’s “Just Before I Go”, and directing film and photography projects for Grammy award winning artists. Alexandria holds a Masters degree in Film from the University of Southern California and a BA in Political Science from UC Berkeley. She sits on the boards of UCLA’s Environmental School (The Institute of Environment and Sustainability), and The Corazon de Vida Foundation.
Courteney Cox
Producer
Courteney Cox gained overnight fame as she endeared herself to millions as the neurotic yet lovable Monica Geller, on NBC’s Emmy ® Award winning comedy “Friends.” For six seasons, Cox also starred as Jules Cobb in her Golden Globe® nominated role as a recently divorced mom in her forties facing the humorous challenges, pitfalls and rewards in the sitcom “Cougar Town.” Cox is currently starring in Sharon Horgan’s horror comedy series, “Shining Vale” on Starz.
Additionally, Cox serves as an executive producer and the host of Facebook Watch’s documentary series, “9 Months with Courteney Cox”. The widely popular series, currently in its third season, received a 2021 Daytime Emmy ® Award nomination for “Outstanding Short Form Daytime Non-Fiction Program,” as well as a Critics’ Choice Award nomination for “Short Form Series".
Joanna Natasegara
Producer
Joanna is an Academy Award winning and BAFTA nominated British film producer, and founder of Violet Films. She is best known for acclaimed Netflix Original documentaries, feature-length Sundance hit The Edge of Democracy (2019), Academy Award-winning short The White Helmets (2016), and multi award-winning feature Virunga (2014). Recent projects include BIFA-winning feature doc Evelyn (2018) for BBC Films and the BFI, and The Nightcrawlers (2019) for National Geographic. Joanna holds a Masters degree in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and maintains several board positions as well as consulting on strategic communications and impact for internationally esteemed institutions, companies and individuals.
Lauren Brown
Editor
Lauren is an editor based in Santa Monica, CA. She received her B.A. in English Literature from Princeton University before graduating from USC School of Cinematic Arts with an MFA in Film Editing. Lauren has worked in editorial on various films and television shows for Netflix, Amazon Studios, and 20th Century Fox. A short film she edited in 2018 for the One Love Foundation about the warning signs of domestic abuse in young relationships won a Silver Lion award at Cannes. In 2017, a commercial for the 59th Grammys “It Was You” that she co-edited received a Gold Clio.
Saori Wall
Associate Producer
After over 20 years in front of and behind the camera, Saori finally landed in Topanga Canyon, where she explores different sides of story telling as a multidisciplinary artist. She is a first-generation immigrant of Mexican and Japanese descent and a documentary film producer, researcher and writer for the Topanga New Times. She is passionate about aligning with films elevating the arts, environmental works and amplifying immigrant voices. She first met and fell in love with photographer Baron Wolman in the summer of 2017, while on assignment in Santa Fe, New Mexico when Sophie Kipner perused the marvelous and extensive archives of Baron’s work for their collaboration.
Joel Taylor
Composer
When Sydney Australia-turned-LA-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Joel was born, everyone around him knew he was pre-destined to be an artist. After fine-tuning his craft in a musical family that included everything from his boogie-woogie piano playing grandfather, a founding member of Col Joy & The Joy Boys, one of Australia’s very first rock bands to learning how to play New Orleans stride from his mom, music was in his blood. Joel left Oz straight out of high school to follow his dream in Los Angeles where like his idol, Billy Joel, he plied his trade at local piano bars playing for the contents of a tip jar. After building a repertoire of a thousands songs, Joel turned to honing his own songwriting skills, and collaborating with artists all over the world. He has performed and recorded with the likes of: The Doors, Ed Sheeran, Steven Tyler, Slash, Guy Sebastian, and Prince, to name but a few.
Julia Cáceres
Colorist
Julia started her work in Venezuela as a colorist in film, advertising, and music videos. Her favorite work includes videos for Katy Perry, Lil Wayne, Justin Quiles, and Myke Towers. She is honored to be a part of this beautiful, timeless story with the empowered team of women behind this film.