Creative Team

Mark Titus
Writer, Director

Mark Titus (www.augustisland.com) is an award-winning filmmaker and founder of August Island Pictures in Seattle. Since 2004, Mark Titus has written and directed brand films for clients like: Amazon, Microsoft, The Nature Conservancy, T-Mobile and the United Nations Development Programme. As a filmmaker, Mark Titus has directed and produced short films since 2003. In 2014 Mark Titus helmed THE BREACH – an award-winning feature documentary about wild salmon. THE BREACH screened at 25+ international film festivals and in 2015 completed a 20-city national theatrical tour across The United States. THE BREACH is now available worldwide on VOD and disc. Through his storytelling, Mark carries the message that humanity has an inherent need for wildness - and to fulfill that need we have a calling to protect wild places and wild things. Mark Titus is currently directing THE WILD – a new feature documentary examining the fate of Bristol Bay, Alaska and its storied wild salmon runs. THE WILD is set for release in 2018.

Instagram: @augustisland
Twitter: @AugustIsland

Leah Andrews
Assistant Editor

Leah Andrews (www.reelquickproductions.com) is a 2013 Seattle Film Institute graduate. She started her own business, Reel Quick Productions, in 2014 and is currently working with Eric Frith at Byrd Productions as an assistant editor on multiple feature-length films. 

Instagram: @reelquickproductions

Brian Newman
Creative Consultant

Brian Newman (www.sub-genre.com) founder of Sub-Genre, consults on content development, financing, distribution and marketing to help connect brands and filmmakers with audiences. Clients include: Patagonia, New York Times, Sonos, Sundance, Vulcan Productions and Zero Point Zero. Brian is the producer of LOVE & TAXES, THE OUTSIDE STORY, THE WILD, and executive producer of Shored Up. Brian has served as CEO of the Tribeca Film Institute, and is on the board of IndieCollect, and the advisory board of the Camden International Film Festival.

Todd Soliday
Graphic Design

Todd Soliday (www.toddsoliday.com) is a 30-year veteran storyteller:  in the field, behind the camera, and in front of the edit screen. Avid Outdoor Adventurer, Gear-Head, Gear-Hauler, and Spirit Sherpa, he is a Principal and the true Craftsman at Inflatable Film, a full service film and video production company based in Seattle & Sun Valley, Idaho.  

When not Directing, Filming, Editing, Animating or Post-Supervising, Todd is packing the hard cases and chasing his Director/Producer wife, Leah Warshawski, around the planet. Or chopping wood for her.

Todd was the Director of Motion Graphics on Mark Titus’ previous film, The Breach.

Instagram: @solidtoddo
Twitter: @bigsoniamovie
Facebook: @bigsoniamovie
Film Project: www.bigsonia.com

Leah Warshawski
Producer

Leah Warshawski (www.inflatablefilm.com) specializes in producing/directing documentary-style features, television shows, commercials, and branded content in remote parts of the world. She has a BA in Japanese language and began her career in the film industry in Hawaii, working in the marine department for major features and shows including Lost and Hawaii. Her. first feature film, FINDING HILLYWOOD (documentary, 2013), won 6 awards and screened at more than 65 film festivals. Current feature doc projects include BIG SONIA and PERSONHOOD  as well as consulting with filmmakers about outreach, marketing and hybrid distribution plans. Leah is the curator for TedX Twin Falls and co-founded rwandafilm.org a "LinkedIn" for Rwandan filmmakers and a tool to help grow the film economy in East Africa.

Instagram: @personhooddoc
Twitter: @bigsoniamovie
Facebook: @bigsoniamovie
Film Projects: www.bigsonia.com