Core Creative Team

Director
Yuval David

Emmy Award winning actor, host, filmmaker, and advocate with a creative mantra to entertain, uplift, and inspire. As a filmmaker, Yuval produces, directs, and writes short and feature films, documentaries, web-series, and digital and TV content, including the award-winning episodic series, One Actor Short, Pranks of Kindness, Better World with Yuval David, What Makes You Beautiful, and numerous other web series. His work has been screened at international film festivals, receiving over 100 awards.

Yuval advocates for all marginalized communities through his creative work and social action, including the National LGBTQ Task Force, GLAAD, Rainbow Railroad, Freedom House, EndJewHatred, the Shoah Foundation, the Jewish National Fund (JNF), Keren Kayemet, Stand With Us, A Wider Bridge, The Aguda, American Israel Cultural Foundation, Chabad, the Jewish Learning Institute, the Embassy of Israel, Covenant House, LGBTQ Centers across the US and internationally, The Giving Group Community, Black Jewish Entertainment Alliance, Creative Community for Peace, and other organizations.

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Executive Producer
Mark McDermott

Mark McDermott is a former partner of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP where he specialized for 31 years in corporate restructurings, troubled company mergers and acquisitions, and financing transactions. He now serves as an independent director in distressed, workout and crisis situations. Mark co-founded and leads Catholic Renewal, a charity operated in coordination with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, and sits on the boards of Brooklyn Jesuit Prep and Brooklyn Legal Services, a school and free legal services provider, respectively, that predominantly serve people of color. He is a major supporter of America, having helped it produce the six-part podcast, “Plague – Untold Stories of Aids and the Catholic Church.”

Lindsay is the author of five books; teaches each year to tens of thousands of photographers worldwide on the industry’s largest and most prestigious platforms and the largest and most prestigious conferences and events; and is one of the most sought-after speakers internationally. She is known for her creativity and collaboration with designers and stylists in order to create fresh looks. A clean, bold and graphic style has become the hallmark of her work.

Photographer
Lindsay Adler

Fashion and beauty photographer Lindsay Adler has risen to the top of her industry as both a photographer and an educator, having been named one of the top ten fashion photographers in the world. Based in New York City, she has worked with some of the top brands in the photographic and related industries, including Canon, Adobe and Profoto. Her client list features a range including A&E, NBC, Grey, Edelman, Microsoft, Pat McGrath Labs, Morphe, Saatchi & Saatchi and more. Her fashion editorials have appeared in numerous publications, including Marie Claire, Numero, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, L’Officiel and dozens more. Lindsay is the author of five books; teaches each year to tens of thousands of photographers worldwide on the industry’s largest and most prestigious platforms and the largest and most prestigious conferences and events; and is one of the most sought-after speakers internationally. She is known for her creativity and collaboration with designers and stylists in order to create fresh looks. A clean, bold and graphic style has become the hallmark of her work.

Cannon has contributed to Rolling Stone, Vogue, Time, Entertainment Weekly, Vanity Fair and W; appeared as a style expert on E!, Style, VH1, CBS, NBC, ABC, TLC, HBO, and Bravo; done commercial work for Saks Fifth Avenue, Target, Sony Music, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, RCA, Bravo Network, Sprint, Bergdorf Goodman, and Neiman Marcus . Cannon has been an on-air spokesperson for TJ Maxx, Burlington Coat Factory, Chapstick, Pantene, Dove and Peanuts/Snoopy Worldwide. He has styled fashion shows for Jason Wu and Safilo and their licensed brands, which include Gucci, Christian Dior, Emporio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Dior Homme, Max Mara, Marc Jacobs, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney, Banana Republic, Tommy Hilfiger and YSL.

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Photo Shoot Producer
The Cannon Media Group

Brendan Cannon is the premier, award winning celebrity and fashion stylist, fashion editor and creative director. He has styled musicians The Black-Eyed Peas, Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Annie Lennox, Shirley Manson and Jimmy Page and Hollywood legends Angelina Jolie, Glenn Close, Willem Dafoe, Matt Damon, Dennis Hopper, Diane Kruger, Liza Minnelli, and Barbara Walters, to name a few. He has styled large casts for every network, including, IMPEACHMENT / American Crime Story, This is Us, Manifest, The People vs OJ, FOSSE / VERDON, LOST, Sopranos, The View, Project Runway, The Today Show, Top Chef, and The Office.