Mary Pimienta, aka 'Pepper', is an award winning bilingual producer. She has worked as ad agency producer & line producer on global and local ad campaigns on locations across the USA, Mexico & Latin America. Her experience also includes non-advertising formats, such as feature films, documentaries, music videos & industrials. Having wore this many hats allows Mary offer a profound depth in the ability to integrate production methods from each discipline to meet the needs of each project. Brands she has worked for include AT&T, Burger King, Comcast, Discovery, HBO, J&J, Kraft, Pepsi, P&G, Toyota, US Army, Verizon & Wendy's. Awards include the Clios, Addys, Best Of New York, and Houston International Film Festival in the documentary category.

Jack Cohn is a 30-year veteran of the advertising, marketing & production world. Jack is an innovative thinker who has a clear grasp of where the advertising industry is headed. Early on, his business sense attracted Jeff Lovinger, with whom he formed the well-established production company Lovinger/Cohn. After 13 productive years with Jeff, Jack went on to open Cohn + Company, which most recently became C-Entertainment. Throughout his career, Jack has collaborated with high profile, award-winning directors whose talents range from storytelling, VFX, documentary style, to fashion/ beauty. Now, in his role as EP/partner for Basecamp Entertainment, Jack will continue to mark his stride, with a Hispanic touch.

This young talent is already an Oscar and Emmy Nominee!

He started his career working for the likes of Francis Ford Coppola, Kevin Smith, Michael Moore and George Butler, among others. His early editorial work includes "Summer Sun Winter Moon" (PBS), "Neither Memory nor Magic" (MoMA Documentary Fortnight), "Betty la Flaca" (HBO), and "Julieta y Ramon" (Showtime).

Francisco shot and produced "Salim Baba", a documentary screened in Sundance, Telluride, IDFA, Woodstock and Tribeca. In 2008 "Salim Baba" was nominated for an ACADEMY AWARD for Best Short Documentary, followed by a national Emmy nomination in 2009. It was broadcast on Cinemax, Canal Plus, and EBS (Korea).

Francisco recently completed his directorial debut commissioned by HBO Documentary Films, "The Spirit of Salsa" which premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.

He most recently has set his sights on directing commercials, looking to combine his sensitivity as an experienced non-fiction filmmaker with his unique storytelling flair in the exciting world of spots.

Fermin was born an Argentinian by chance and became Caribbean out of pure conviction.

He was General Creative Director in Y&R Caracas, and worked as a Junior -yes, Junior- Copywriter in Barcelona.

His directing career started in 2008. Since then, he has been lucky enough to work with agencies such as Publicis, Shackleton, Acne, Grey, Contrapunto BBDO, Carlitos y Patricia, McCann Erickson, JWT, Y&R and Anomaly among others.

His work has been recognized with several awards at festivals like San Sebastián, D&AD, CdeC, Laus, John Caples, FIAP, Ojo de Iberoamérica and Cannes. The internationally acclaimed campaign "The Town Where Nothing Ever Happens" won 7 Lions and became the 4th most awarded International Campaign in the world according to the Big Win Report.

Comedy, visual experimentation and nonfiction are the genres in which Fermin feels most at ease.

Karina began her studies in film direction at the IDAC, at her native Buenos Aires. Attending school at night allowed her to work as a PA on 2 of the most important features to have been produced in Argentina: El Lado Oscuro del Corazon and De Eso No se Habla. Karina eventually became one of Argentina's sought after assistant directors for local and international shoots. As a mother and former AD, Karina brings a different sensibility to her commercials.

For 7 years, she has directed numerous spots for such brands as Coke, P&G, AOL, Unilever, among others.

Karina has received several awards at festivals including the New York Film Festival, FIAD, Mexican AdCreatives festival and the Argentina's Creative Circle.

After 4 years of teaching English, History and Video Production at a boarding school for troubled teenagers, David returned to school himself and got an MFA from the Graduate Film program at NYU. He went to work as an editor and a couple of years later he started writing and directing commercials. He has directed a lot of campaigns over the last 12 years for all sorts of clients including Microsoft, AT&T, Continental Airlines, Toyota, Sprint, Verizon, ESPN, McDonald's, Stella Artois, Dunkin' Donuts, Visa, VH1, Foxwoods, Canon and so on.

In the meantime, he recently shadowed on 30 Rock, he's working on a novel, he designs board games, and he's in a band with a 9-year-old. David is also a member of the DGA, a Libra, and a father of 2 (yes, one of them is the 9-year- old). And although most of his Directing work has been comedy, he is interested and comfortable working in a variety of genres.

As a prolific and successful graphic designer, Kacho has collaborated with & created stunning music videos for Ricky Martin, Tego Calderon, Daddy Yankee, Javiar Luis Guerra, Cutura Profectica and Draco Rosa.

Kacho's early work has garnered local and international recognition with his notable urban style. Kacho has crossed over to direct national TV spots for Pepsi, Kellogg's, McDonalds and Gatorade.

Kacho embodies urban culture: he lives by it, for it with it.

This young and perky director is a native of Northfield, Minnesota. She received a BA in Architecture from Princeton University and has a graduate degree in film from NYU.

While at NYU she received the Martin Scorsese Young Filmmaker's Scholarship and saw her first film "The Greatest Show on Earth" screened at over 30 festivals worldwide including Sundance (2001).

Anne's sensibility led her to focus on music videos and branded content where her fresh visual style and strong character portrayals has garnered her widespread recognition.

In 2004 Anne was chosen as an Art Director's Club "Young Gun" - an "explosive under-30 talent working in media and advertising".

Some of her most recent work includes episodes of MTV'S MADE, branded content for Puma and Sneaktip as well as a series of 12 webisodes featuring NYC B-boy crew, Dynamic Rockers.

ROJO are a creative filmmaking team of Frenchman Francois Roland & American Joe Baar. ROJO's originality stem not only from their international roots, but from their distinct individual backgrounds. Francois spent five years as an Art Director and graphic designer at Ogilvy & Mather in Paris, whereas Joe comes from a more technical background, serving as cameraman and editor on numerous films and documentaries. This obvious "complementarity" is what undoubtedly brought them together in the first place, but over the years they have developed a working method based more on open collaboration than on the division of labor.

Jaume, originally from Spain, is joining us fresh from wrapping his latest feature "Unknown White Male" starting Liam Neeson. Jaume is a versatile filmmaker with a gift and special eye for story telling and visual comedy. He has shot commercials for Playstation, Budweiser, MasterCard, Miller Lite and Verizon for ad agencies such as Mc Cann Erickson, J.W. Thompson, BBDO and TBWA/ Chiat Day.

Jaume recently broke the viral medium with "Don't Vote" Videos he did with Leonardo Di Caprio. These videos became an internet sensation overnight.

Jaume also directed features entitled " House of Wax", "Goal 11": Living the Dream, and "The Orphan".

Pablo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He studied filmmaking in France at the Ecole Superieure de Hautes Etudes Cinematographique then returned to his country and played different roles in the film industry.

Since 1989 he is an advertising film director.

He was Carlos Sorin's partner, directed TV humor programmes and short video films of popular music. He has performed over 300 commercials for the most prestigious brands, including Shell, Unifon, Budweiser, Pepsi, Telefonica de Argentina, CocaCola, Telecom, Renault, Banco Rio, Danone, ,Repsol, Cerveza Quilmes, Wal-Mart and several campaigns for Discovery Channel, Discovery Kids, Discovery Travel . He has also directed commercials in Mexico, Costa Rica, France, Spain and USA, for client such as Merck, DirectTv, Mc Cormick, Domino's Pizza among others winning numerous awards in publicity festivals (New York, Clio, Montreaux, FIAP, Lapiz de Platino y Oro).

Up to date he has his own production company "Sofo Cine".

Humor and an excellent dominion of acting characterizes his work.

Fernando was born in Montevideo Uruguay. He was a promising professional soccer player, a frustrated law student and a so-so piano player. At the age of 14, he saw the "Funeral", a classic VW commercial and fell in love with the ad world. A few years later, driven by his love, he traveled 2000 kilometers just to meet his idol, Washington Olivetto, one of the greatest stars of Brazilian advertising. A little later he moved to Barcelona, became a copy editor and soon after the creative director of top agencies in Spain; DDB, Saatchi & Saatchi and Slogan Madrid.

After winning major awards, including the Grand Prix in San Sebastian, Fernando decided to focus on directing. He moved to New York and earned a degree in film from NYU.

In 2002, his commercial for NutraSweet "Baggi Pants" was included in the New Directors Show Case at Cannes.

In 2003 Fernando's campaign for Nikon "I See" was voted Best Commercial of the year in Germany.

Early in his teenage years, Mauro developed a keen interest for moving images and began drawing flip book animation and experimenting with stop-motion . After studying cinematography at Bologna University, Mauro started his career as an art director in Kalimera, an Italian creative studio. He soon moved into directing music videos and commercials which combined live-action and motion graphics in a striking way.

He has since directed commercial films for Coca Cola, BMW, Samsung, Kellogg's, Sony Ericsson, Fiat, Kia, Alfa Romeo, Puma and music videos such as Benny Benassi's "Satisfaction", which have won him international acclaim.