Persia Fardad-Finn - Persia Fardad-Finn is a senior at Viewpoint school and is the Director of Pitchroom. Persia has been directing and contributing to numerous films since the 9th grade. Some of these projects include Latchkey, The Girl in the Blue Coat, She Dances, and Little Too Late. Persia was admitted to and attended the NYU Summer Filmmakers Workshop in 2017, where she worked on her skills as a director and filmmaker. Persia will be attending NYU Tisch in the fall of 2018 to study film and television production. ​
Matthew Navarro - Matthew has been at Viewpoint for four years and was drawn to cinematography. After studying it as an artistic form, he has specialized in the technical aspects of film photography, even learning about the physics of geometric optics to understand how light and glass bring our artistic vision to life. In college he hopes to study physics at the university he attends in the fall of 2018.
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Emily Garber - Emily Garber has been studying film at Viewpoint over the past five years, starting in Eighth grade. On Pitch Room she has worked as a producer coordinating and scheduling all the logistics of the film to make Persia Fardad’s artistic vision come to fruition. She does not know what school she’ll be attending next year, but she plans on studying environmental business with a minor in film studies.
Elias Jarjour - In my 5 years at Viewpoint School, I have tackled many obstacles in Film such as Sound Recording, Sound Editing, Writing, and Producing. Producing is my main focus though, as I love keeping track of everything surrounding a film, down to the last detail and watching everything come together. I have thoroughly enjoyed my years in film at Viewpoint, and plan to continue pursuing this passion in the future.​
Kate Kaplan - Kate is a senior and attended Viewpoint since Kindergarten and has been involved in film at Viewpoint since 8th grade. She was the film's writer, the Assistant Director, and will be doing color correction in past. She hopes to go on to study neuroscience in college.
Landon Levitt - Landon Levitt has been at Viewpoint since kindergarten and is finishing up his senior year. After taking film since 8th grade, he has mastered all aspects of film production. He is still undecided on his future schooling but he is very interested in studying film & business in college. Throughout working on the film “Pitch Room,” he worked as a producer in pre-production figuring out locations to film and logistics. During the filming and on the set, he worked as assistant camera. In the post production he worked creating music compositions and helped in the editing process.
Jack Leach - Jack Leach is a senior that started his Viewpoint Career in 6th grade and began his career in filmmaking in 8th grade. He started to help with lighting/editing. He has focused mainly on lighting for majority of High School and he was the Head of Lighting for his class. He is attending Cal Lutheran hoping to get a major in business.
Lindsey Cole - Lindsey Cole is a senior at Viewpoint School and she will be attending Tulane University in the fall of 2018. She has been a film student for five years, and has learned so much. She has worked as an assistant director, script supervisor, writer, actress, and on hair and makeup. In her high school career, she has worked on seven films such as Pitchroom, Smart House, and Hotel Noir. She hopes to dabble with film during her Tulane career once she graduates high school.
