Meet our Team

Jeannine Acantilado

Executive Director

Jeannine Acantilado Wolinsky has 35 years of experience in healthcare leadership roles. As a leader in a variety of organizations, she has experiential knowledge about the challenges in leading individuals and teams through cultural transformation in the workplace.

Jeannine has an undergraduate degree in psychology and women studies from the University of Michigan and an undergraduate degree in nursing from Ohio State University. She earned a graduate degree in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of New Mexico.

Kaye Tuckerman

Filmmaker/Director

Kaye Tuckerman, originally from Sydney's Northern Beaches and based in New York, has built a dynamic international career as an actor, singer, director, and designer. She directed the Voices of Women documentary Entanglement, filmed during the pandemic and honored with the Carla Zampatti - NSW Premier's Harmony Award. Kaye also serves as artistic director of The Voices of Women International Film Festival.

Her directing credits include the indie feature Rockweed and award-winning shorts like Butterfly, Nana's Room, and On Being Twelve. In commercial work, she's directed campaigns for Lavazzon Designs, Saskia DeVries Jewelry, and Bella Models, as well as music videos for Exotik Robotz. Theatre highlights include Once on this Island and Urinetown.

Kaye’s contributions to Australian artists in the USA were recognized by The Australian Community in New York.

Genevieve Anderson

Project Director

Genevieve Anderson is a writer/director/producer and social entrepreneur based in Los Angeles. Her award-winning films have screened at over 100 festivals worldwide, incl. Berlin, SXSW, Palm Springs, and have aired on ARTE, France and IFC. A Rockefeller Media Artist Grant recipient and Annenberg Fellow, she earned her MA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. For 15 years, she produced the major works of renowned video artist Bill Viola for venues such as Venice Biennale, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Deutsche Guggenheim, LA Opera, among others. Featured in the Emmy-nominated PBS special Forming the Formless for her puppet films, Genevieve also founded WUNZ Apparel in Action and Make It Work LA, empowering women experiencing homelessness through employment pathways.

Peju Aliyu

1st Assistant Director

Peju Aliyu, an East Coast-based Producer, Writer, Creative Director, and Filmmaker, brings over a decade of experience in leading creative teams and producing impactful content across film, television, and digital platforms. Known for her innovative storytelling and dynamic project management, she consistently delivers high-quality productions with creative vision and precision.

Grace Morey

2nd Assistant Director, Associate Producer

Grace Morey, New York based filmmaker, was raised on the fishing shores of Deer Isle-Stonington, Maine. She trained at Maine Media, a school on the Maine coast with a global reputation as a training facility for filmmakers looking for intense, detailed, practical and theoretical professional film education. Alongside her roles as Second Assistant Director, and Associate Producer - Morey makes her acting debut in one of Breathe’s very own short films “Turkana”. Other recent credits include Associate Producer/UPM “My Yellow, Your Red”, & Second Assistant Director “Rockweed”.

Jerry Aquino

Director of Photography

Jerry Aquino is a Director and Director of Photography (DP) based in Fort Washington, Maryland, and the Executive Producer for HUD’s Communication and Broadcast Division. A graduate of the IMAP M.F.A. program at New Jersey City University, Jerry’s work spans films, commercials, and features. His early film Lady Name America was screened at Princeton University, and his cinematography in One Last Goodbye earned him semi-finalist recognition at the New York and European Cinematography Awards. Notable projects include Birth of Deceit (21 festival selections, 9 awards) and his directorial debut feature, Followers. Upcoming works include El Americanito, filming in the Dominican Republic in 2024, and The Brandon Taylor Documentary, releasing in late 2024.

Mason Horton

Assistant Camera and Editor

Mason Horton, has been working as a freelance filmmaker for almost 2 years. After graduating from Maine Media College in 2023 with a certificate in collaborative filmmaking he moved to NYC to work in both narrative and documentary style films. Since graduating he has worked on over 15 feature films.

Minlo Wonlin

Production Assistant

Hailing from Baltimore MD, Minlo Wonlin is an actor now working behind the lens in Production. [PC: ‘American Gangster: Trap Queen S3’ - BET+, PA: ‘Nomad’ - CNN, ‘Somebody Feed Phil’ - Netflix’]

Tony King

Composer

Tony is one of Australia’s most accomplished Singer/songwriters, producers & film composers.An ARIA Award winner and Australian Songwriter of the Year 2022 & 2009.

Best Lyrics at the International Songwriting Awards 2014 judged by Tom Waits & Bernie Taupin. Best Soundtrack 2023 Cannes World Film Festival for Black Canvas.

Mitchell Wray

Production Assistant

Mitchell Wray is a current student at the Savannah College of Art and Design pursuing his lifelong dreams of film, fashion, and acting. Mitchell has been acting on television, in film, and onstage since he was a young child. His professional career took off with the First National Broadway Tour of “Finding Neverland” (2016-2017) in which he played the roles of both “Peter” and “Jack,” and continued with an appearance as “Mason” on the Disney Channel show “Coop and Cami Ask the World” (2018). He has also acted in other various feature, independent and short films. Since then, he has picked up loves for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Skateboarding, Photography and playing Guitar. He even recently wrote and directed his first ever short film “Misery Loves Company” (2024). Mitchell paused his acting career to focus on High School, but has made his return starring as Kyle Miller in 12 Stars Media’s narrative feature film “Dirty Laundry” (2024).

Ruben D. Morales

Sound Mixer

Ruben D. Morales, NYC based Sound Mixer and TV/Film Producer.

Started in TV/Film Production as 3D Computer artist in 1989. By 1994 funded Grafex.tv, producing for Nat Geo and AE Entertainment as well as commercial ads for Ecuadorian market. Ruben was PR Director and Mission Specialist for ZeroGravity projects between 2006 and 2010 for the EXA Space Agency. On 2012 funded EzzyShot Studios in Miami, FL, being into the East Coast film industry since late 2013.