Meet the Filmmakers
Benjamin Nolot
Benjamin Nolot is an American film producer, director, and writer. He was born in 1976 in Huntington Beach, California. He started his career as a filmmaker at Saddleback College. He is known for his feature films Nefarious: Merchant of Souls (2011) and Liberated: The New Sexual Revolution (2017). He is married to Lauren Nolot and together they have three children.
Ben Edwards
Leading principal photography for a number of Magic Lantern productions, Ben Edwards has been crafting stories for TV and Film since 2006. Capturing an image that is honest and captivating to the story through cinematography has been a core part of his working career. It's not enough for him to do this on his own, he has prioritized a collaborative environment on each project that he has been a part of, whether that is documentary, commercial, narrative or episodic.
Jonathan Potts
Jonathan Potts is an Emmy Award winning editor whose 20+ year career has included working in a high-intensity newsroom in Washington DC, a global television network and, most recently, a cozy cinematic edit suite at Magic Lantern Pictures. He is passionate about using the medium of filmmaking to tell stories that impact culture. Jonathan’s credits include Liberated: The New Sexual Revolution, Seattle’s Bikini Baristas, Existence and Raised on Porn.
Kenny Miracle
Kenny Miracle is a video editor and producer based in Austin, Texas, where he lives with his wife and three daughters. He started making videos at his Southeast Missouri high school, but it wasn't until he edited the award - winning documentary Nefarious: Merchant of Souls that he learned the power of combining filmmaking and activism. Since then, he has been helping independent filmmakers make documentaries about various social issues, and hopes to one day make his own film.
John Samuel Hanson
John Samuel Hanson is a cinematic composer whose ambition is to develop unique and relevant sound canvases in all his work. He owns a company in Los Angeles called Confidential Music which focuses on developing scores for trailer campaigns (work includes Star Wars, Harry Potter, Marvel, and DC). Between this and setting up a media studio in Japan, John considers it a great privilege to be a part of telling stories that allow people to look into things they may be unaware of.
Matt Ryan
Matt Ryan is a Los Angeles-based cinematographer specializing in narrative and commercial work. As Director of Photography, Ryan has shot television for such networks as Disney, FOX, Warner Brothers, MTV, PBS and TruTV. Outside of television, Ryan has lessened commercials for many brands including: Microsoft, Samsung, Chevy, Master Card, Jose Cuervo and Quilted Northern.