Team

Cooper Troxell, Director and Co-Writer

Cooper Troxell is a New York-based filmmaker. He is a graduate of Vassar College with a BA in Music Composition and Linguistics, and a current MFA candidate in Film Directing at Columbia University.

As a commercial editor and director, clients have included Nickelodeon, House of Waris, BBC America and Tidal.

You can view his Director and Editor’s Reel.

Directing credits include:

Dogcatcher (short) 2019. Currently in post-production.

The Jet Set (short), 2018.

Sushi Cop (short), 2016.

I Dig Persepolis! (short) 2015.

Editing credits include:

Editor, Queen of Glory (feature) 2020. Directed by Nana Mensah, produced by Kelley Robins-Hicks and Jamund Washington, Executive Producers of HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness.

George Hutson Warren, Composer

George Hutson Warren is a classically trained composer and pianist based in New York City. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in piano performance from the Eastman School of Music and is currently pursuing his master’s in Music Theory and Composition - Screen Scoring at NYU Steinhardt School of Music. George has been praised for his musicality and virtuosity as he blends romantic, impressionist, classical and jazz styles within his compositions. His portfolio includes works for solo-piano, chamber ensembles, jazz ensembles, full orchestra and electronica.

George’s musical journey began at the age of 4 with weekly piano lessons and music theory classes. Since then, George has gone on to perform at prestigious venues such as Steinway Hall and Weil Hall, Carnegie Hall as well as various other locations in New York, Massachusetts, Florida and Virginia. His intensive studies in music theory/composition combined with his skills at the piano and unique musical instincts have allowed him to form a complex, emotive musical palette.

Kári Úlfsson, Co-Writer and Producer

Kári Úlfsson is an Icelandic film producer and screenwriter, based in New York.

Kári was born in Reykjavik but grew up in rural Iceland, in the town of Selfoss, where his parents worked as environmental scientists. Early on, he knew he wanted to pursue the arts while keeping his roots in the natural sciences.

In his writing, Kári’s themes usually center around environmentalism while comedically exploring the more unethical and dubious sides of the human psyche.

Kári Úlfsson’s producer credits include:

Sjáumst (2017, 12 min, Iceland)

Official Selection, 2017 Aspen Shortsfest
Official Selection, Palm Springs International Shortfest

Viktoría (2018, 12 min, Iceland)

Winner, Shortfish Award, 2018 Stockfish Film Festival
Official Selection, 2018 Toronto International Film Festival
Nominated for Best Nordic Short, 2018 Nordisk Panorama

When The Sky Darkens, Brazil (in production)

Kári Úlfsson got his bachelor degree from the University of Iceland in 2015, with a double major in Geography and Film Studies. He has recently finished his MFA in Creative Producing at Columbia University’s Graduate School of the Arts in New York City.