Michael Nedelman

The founder and director of Correction Fluid Film, Michael graduated phi beta kappa from Yale University, where he studied Film and Molecular Biology. His past projects, which often tend towards a marriage of art and science, include: the photographic and autoethnographic Project Focus; the split-screen short film, Everyone Who Has Ever Lived Here; video design for a live nine-screen production of Brecht’s Baal (dir. Snehal Desai) at the Yale School of Drama; research and video projects surrounding the issues of human rights, prostitution, and public health in the transgendered communities of Buenos Aires; and producing, writing, cinematography, and editing credits with The Worldwide Media Conspiracy, under independent film director Jonathan Kesselman (The Hebrew Hammer). Beyond the arts, his previous experience includes conducting biological research at Bellevue Hospital and at Yale, teaching writing classes at Bronx Science, performing several styles of South Asian dance, and juggling fire. A former film critic for the Yale Daily News, Michael currently works at the Jacob Burns Film Center, a nonprofit organization in Westchester County that runs theatrical and educational film programs. Upcoming projects include Stitch, a web series about seven strangers—including an engineer, a drug dealer, a pregnant girl, and a group of biochemists—who come together under mysterious circumstances to solve the mystery behind a new drug trade; and Trash, a novel chronicling the uncanny dreams of a doctor in 1950′s New York.

Allison Kade

Allison Kade is a seasoned freelance writer and an editor at LearnVest, a prominent personal finance website for women. Her short fiction has been published in the literary magazine Underground Voices and another short story is forthcoming in 322 Review; she is currently writing a stageplay and a short film, in addition to developing more short stories. Prior to joining LearnVest, she was the Columns Editor at GreenAndSave.com, an environmental news website. In total, she has published over 100 non-fiction articles. Her past ventures include teaching an online creative writing course for high school students and founding an international young adults’ creative writing community that was featured as one of the “101 Best Websites for Writers” by Writer’s Digest. Allison holds a B.A. from Columbia University and loves to travel. She is particularly drawn to writing that betrays a true love of language and the understanding that reality is what we make of it; her favorite books include Kafka on the Shore, 100 Years of Solitude, and Midnight’s Children.

Lucas O’Connor

In addition to producing “Everyone Who Has Ever Lived Here,” Lucas has trained in playwriting and screenwriting at Yale and Oxford under the direction of professors including Donald Margulies (Pulitzer Prize, Dinner with Friends) and Deb Margolin (Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Performance). His dramatic writing has been published in Isis Magazine. He graduated from Yale cum laude with a B.A. in Theater Studies and Literature. His film work includes internships with New Line Cinema, The Broder Webb Chervin Silbermann Agency, and Industry Entertainment, as well as research at the Hong Kong Film Archive; he specializes in East Asian cinema and film adaptations of graphic novels. Lucas sang with the Yale Whiffenpoofs of 2008-09, performing in 17 countries across every continent except Antarctica. He rowed crew once upon a time, and as of this summer he can recommend wine for you. Lucas is currently pursuing a career in producing and writing for film, television, and theater in Los Angeles; he recently revised his play “With Child,” first presented as a reading at Yale, concerning two families’ struggles with childbirth and miracles after a 17-year-old girl is impregnated by Zeus.

David Tracey

David Tracey is a photographer and community organizer who works and lives in New York City. He graduated from Yale University with degrees in Political Science and International Studies. While at Yale, he studied digital photography and large format photography, and he was the Director of Photography for “Everyone Who Has Ever Lived Here.” David is currently preparing photos for his first gallery show. David was lucky enough to work for two years as a community organizer in Central Harlem. He will be entering law school this fall!