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Abena Taylor Smith
Abena Taylor Smith

Abena Taylor Smith

Abena is a multi award-winning director and writer working across film, tv and advertising. She loves coming of age stories, fantasy and the heroine's journey. Abena has broadcast credits on Sky Arts, E4 and Hulu and has worked with brands such as British Vogue. She wrote on the BAFTA award-winning E4 series, How to Be a Person; on the Hulu series, Spellbound and Assistant Script Edited Nautilus S2 for Disney+.

Sean McIlraith

Sean McIlraith

Sean and Ryan McIlraith are brothers and filmmakers based out of New York City. Hailing from a hearty family of six children, the duo found a mutual interest in film and storytelling. They were each individually nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for their producing and editing work on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE where they worked for over seven seasons in the show’s Film Unit.

Ryan McIlraith

Ryan McIlraith

Their other credits include PLEASE DON'T DESTROY: THE TREASURE OF FOGGY MOUNTAIN (Universal/Apatow Feature), THE ERIC ANDRE SHOW (Adult Swim), IT'S BRUNO! (Netflix), MATT ROGERS: HAVE YOU HEARD OF CHRISTMAS? (Showtime), THAT'S MY TIME WITH DAVID LETTERMAN (Netflix), and a multitude of commercials and other Film and Television projects.

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