THE TEAM
AARON GOFFMAN, writer, director
Aaron Goffman was born in Hollywood and raised in The Valley. He studied music and photography throughout high school and college, finding inspiration in the mixture of images, sounds, and emotions. His first jobs were as a photo assistant to high-profile advertising photographers such as Herb Ritts, James Wood, and Reid Miles. When those photographers moved from print into commercials, Goffman was introduced to the world of film production, working as a P.A., production manager, and producer. He joined the DGA as a Second A.D.
A desire to get his hands dirty led Goffman into the art department, where he learned production design from the ground up - working as an assistant art director, property master, set decorator, and eventually art director, joining The Art Directors Guild. He was the production designer or property master on numerous music videos and commercial campaigns, working for well-known directors including Tony Scott, David Fincher, Joe Pytka, and Sam Bayer. From there, Goffman became a member of IATSE Local 44, and moved into television production, serving as the property master on TV shows such as CSI: New York (CBS), Grown-ish (ABC), Minx (HBO), and A.P. Bio (NBC).
Goffman has directed numerous music videos and spec commercials. He made his dramatic directorial debut in 2024 with the award-winning short film “DARCINE’S DAY,” which has screened on five continents, been translated into five languages, and earned festival awards for best director, best writing, and best film.
CYNTHIA GRAVINESE, producer
Cynthia Gravinese is an actress, a writer, and a producer. She was the executive producer on Watching Walter, a true story short film about Holocaust survivor Walter Wojnas, which has appeared in 35 film festivals and has earned 25 awards. A feature film version of Watching Walter is now in development.
Cynthia’s current producing projects include The Road to Al-Qa’im, an Iraqi war drama film written by Chris Santiago; Grace, Lesley Fera’s beautiful proof-of-concept short film; and an (untitled) Horror Feature Film. Other recent producing projects include the Sci-Fi Drama Brave Ones; the cartel drama The Final Stretch; and the horror-comedy Baby Blues.
Cynthia’s love for dance inspired her to create the web series Meet Me at the Barre, which has won Best Web Series awards at the Glendale International Film Festival, the NYC International Film Festival, and the LA International Film Festival.
Cynthia’s recent acting roles include Ernesto Roche’s In A Vacuum Dandily; the Russo Brothers’ Something’s More Than One Thing; and she plays the very unscrupulous Senator in Amazon’s psychological thriller The Protos Experiment.
DAVID GARRETT, executive producer
David Garrett is an experienced producer, entertainment attorney, and a graduate of UCLA Law School. He's served as production legal on over 100 projects.
Garrett directed and produced the award-winning documentary “Who is Alvin Greene?”. While Vice President of Development at Intrigue Entertainment, Garrett brought a dozen foreign formats to the American television market: he set up the Turkish format “Game of Silence” with NBC, Chilean format “First Lady” with Warner Brothers, and the Israeli format “The Quadruplets” with CBS.
Garrett wrote and produced pilots, series, specials for ABC, NBC, CBS, UPN, MTV, USA, Comedy Central, Showtime, and Fox. Garrett cowrote “The Hatfields & McCoys”, a dramatic miniseries for the USA Network. He has had development deals with Fox Television, Paramount TV, Touchstone.
Also a writer, Garrett wrote feature films for Dreamworks, Sony, Fox, Warner Brothers, Universal, and Paramount. He co-wrote “Foreign Exchange” for MTV Films and “Do That To Me One More Time” (with Jack Black) for Touchstone Pictures. Garrett co-wrote “Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo” for Happy Madison as well as “First Pet” and “Corky Romano” for Disney. David has lectured on screenwriting at New York Film Academy, UCLA, USC, Columbia College, and film festivals throughout the world.
MARK DOERING-POWELL, ASC, director of photography
Mark Doering-Powell’s cinematography bridges numerous styles with such work as the series Everybody Hates Chris, Just Add Magic, and Grown-ish, to name but a few. Mark has earned multiple Emmy nominations for outstanding cinematography.
Mark was the Director of Photography on You People (Netflix) directed by Kenya Barris, and starring Jonah Hill, Eddie Murphy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Nia Long. That film was a tribute to Los Angeles and was filmed in some of the city’s most iconic locations.
Mark is well-versed in crafting the distinct styles and looks of new shows, having lensed numerous pilots, including Workaholics, Growing Up Fisher, Jane by Design, My Boys, Twisted, and Hindsight.
Mark Doering-Powell is honored to be a member of the American Society of Cinematographers, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and was one of the early members of the Visual Effects Society.
Mark is an avid outdoorsman and has done numerous trips in the Sierras Nevadas, White Mountains, Death Valley, and the Owyhee Wilderness, Idaho.
Mark’s portfolio website: https://www.markdoeringpowell.com/
HANNAH ROSE, storyboard artist and creative collaborator
Hannah Rose is a writer, an illustrator, and a creative collaborator. She was born and raised in Washington, D.C., received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bennington College, and a Master of Fine Arts degree at Savannah College of Art and Design.
After college, Hannah relocated to Los Angeles and became the L.A. correspondent for Comic Book Resources, or CBR.com, the go-to source for comics-industry news, discussions, and community. She interviewed notable actors, directors, and producers, including Willem Dafoe, John Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush, Kevin Bacon, and Dakota Johnson. She also critiqued movies and published reviews for CBR, for films such as Godzilla Minus One, Sinners, and A Real Pain.
In 2025, Hannah created he own media and interview company, There Was This One Time, where she provides writing, interviewing, and publishing services to the general public.
As a storyboard and visual development artist, Hannah’s current assignments include two projects in active development: the feature film Darcine's Year, written by Aaron Goffman, and a new web series being created by Tyson Wheeler Persall.
As an illustrator, Hannah creates original poster designs, new character concepts, and fantasy illustrations. Recently, she completed the original comic series Queen of the Cryptids: The Legend of the Flatwoods Monster.
Darcine’s Year Feature Film Aaron Goffman