Meet the Team
Duprelon Tizdale and Stephanie Gardner
STEPHANIE GARDNER
Executive Producer, Creator, Director & Host
Multi-award winning writer and director for film and theatre, Stephanie has written, directed, and produced over thirty short films, including, “If I Had A Piano (I’d Play You The Blues),” “Para Todo Mal…Para Todo Bien: A Mezcal Trilogy,” and “And If I Stay.” Her stage plays and musical comedies have been produced globally. As a freelance filmmaker and playwright, past clients include Yale University, Urban Stages, Miller Symphony Hall, The Hillhouse Opera Company, and Elie Wiesel. An MFA graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Stephanie studied in Singapore under the tutelage of Oliver Stone, Todd Solondz, Richard Wesley, and Sabrina Dhawan. Stephanie has a B.A. from The George Washington University in Dramatic Literature, Music and Creative Writing. She loves ping-pong and foosball; and she is an avid runner who has run marathons in Malta and Greenland. Originally from Emmaus, PA, Stephanie resides in the mountains outside of Taos, New Mexico.
DUPRELON TIZDALE
Executive Producer, Cinematographer &
All-around Tech Wizard
Tizzz is a filmmaker who has been in the entertainment industry his entire life, getting his first gig at 12 years old running spotlights for Elvis. He has over twenty years in the Hollywood film biz as an IATSE professional. He has worked in just about every department, including art, locations, and camera. Credits include: “3:10 to Yuma,” “Hostiles,” “The Magnificent Seven,” “Manhattan,” “Sunshine Cleaning,” “True Grit,” “The Messengers,” “Thor,” “Duster,” “Dark Winds,” and “House of Cards.” He was the program director and co-founder of the Taos Shortz Film Festival, which ran for 15 years. He resides in the mountains outside of Taos, New Mexico, where he feeds hummingbirds and loves to reminisce about being 33.
CHARLES MAWUNGWA
Lead Editor & Graphics
Charles has been in the film industry for twenty years as an editor, screenwriter, and director. In 2017, he wrote, directed and produced “Mind Games,” a feature film, which won Best Narrative Feature at the Calcutta International Cult Film Festival; Best Editing at the Five Continents International Film Festival; Best Zimbabwean Film, and Best Actor at the Zimbabwe International Film Festival 2017. Charles has directed music videos for local and international artists. He has edited two feature films, including “The Gentleman.” He also wrote, directed, and edited episodes of a television series, “Fading Pictures,” which won four awards in Zimbabwe. His film, “The Search,” was the first Zimbabwean film to contain a mixture of live action and 3D animated reality. Charles has produced over 150 documentary shorts for United Nations Organizations in 15 countries.
Additional Season 1 Assembly Editors:
Atzin Ortiz González
Ognjen Isailovic
HARRY MUSSELWHITE
Music Composer
Harry Musselwhite is a writer, actor, and musician who lives in Los Lunas, New Mexico. A regular on the op-ed pages of The Rome News Tribune, his columns are gathered in his book “A Month of Sundays – the New Mexico columns.” He is also the author of multiple children’s books, and is an award-winning screenwriter. As an Actor, Harry has appeared on “Better Call Saul,” “MacGruber,” “Behind the Yellow House,” “The Looking Glass,” and more. He appeared on CBS-Television’s “Rescue 911’ and Llewellyn Films’ serial “It’s Supernatural.” He recently served as music producer for Tammy Botkin’s nationally released PBS documentary “The Long March.” Harry is a Voice Over artist and a singer, who has performed at prestigious Opera houses all over the world. He has appeared three times at Carnegie Hall, two times as a guitarist and once as a conductor. Musselwhite enjoys flyfishing, photography, and playing music with his two grandkids, Henry and Harrison.
TITLES THEMES SONG BY
Campbell Charshee
POST PRODUCTION SOUND
Todd Ritchie
ADDITIONAL POST PRODUCTION TEAM
Susan Chau
Molly Gallagher
Christine Hanna
Johnny Long
Sisa Quispe
Marlene Ritchie
WEB DEVELOPERS
Maggie Duval
Hunter Tripp
FUNDRAISER
ion Philanthropy led by Jeff Pacini
U.S. DISTRIBUTOR
American Public Television with Judy Barlow and Reina Roberts
CLEARANCE COUNSEL
Donaldson Callif Perez: Chris Perez, Madison Karsenty & Victoria Rosales
Cinema Nomad is produced by Steadmans Go Global Productions LLC
Joyce and Bill Ainsworth, Craig and Julie Altobello, Colleen and Michael Daigle, Gale Ellenberger, Linda Gardner,
Stephanie Gardner, Steve and Mar Grimes, Dr. Jim and Kay Kintzel, Marguerite E. Kline and E. Keller Kline III, Joan Moran, Carol and Dave Osborn, Duprelon Tizdale, Lona Farr Voellinger and David Voellinger
And introducing Mr. and Mrs. Steadman:
Inspired by the love story of a moose from Colorado and a reindeer from Norway, Steadmans Go Global Productions was created to embark on positive, truthful, cross-cultural storytelling of cinematic proportions, in the belief that filmmaking and storytelling has the power to connect across borders to spread joy, cheer, empathy, and understanding.