Kelly Kang Muchortow

Story, Executive Producer

This is Kelly’s story. Kelly Kang is a writer and observer working at the intersection of cities, technology, and culture. After growing up in Los Angeles, Seoul, and New York City, she is honored to call Detroit home. Kang has spent the past decade bringing things to life, including, but not limited to: D2C furniture, property management, mobility company accelerator programs, an online community fellowship for community builders, and currently, leading Michigan’s efforts towards an innovation centered future. Amongst all these things, she is chiefly concerned with tending to the epidemic of loneliness and disconnection. Kang is a graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University. This is her first film. 

Averi Israel

Screenplay, Director, Producer

Averi Israel (she, her) is a writer/director/producer from the eight cities that raised her. She moved to New York to pursue a Film Studies degree from Columbia University, where she graduated as the class recipient of the Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts. Her pieces for stage and film consist primarily of historical fiction works, seeking to root our contemporary moment in both its foundational past and visionary future. Her work explores themes of race, gender, sexuality, violence, and love in the context of American culture. 

Averi’s short Sequin screened at over 20 film festivals, including at the Museum of the Moving Image and Oscar-qualifying Urbanworld and Outfest. She is a 2022 recipient of the New York Foundation of the Arts Women’s Fund for Media Music and Theatre, a member of Theatre Producers of Color Cohort III, a 2023 Athena Film Festival Writers Lab participant, and a 2024 Tallgrass Artist Resident. She was also in Kelly’s wedding.

Austin Kite

Director of Photography

Austin Kite is a freelance cinematographer based in New York and Los Angeles, specializing in narrative film, commercials and fashion. A graduate of the American Film Institute, his notable work includes YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER (Austin Revolution Film Festival 2019), FRAMES (Newport Beach Film Festival, European Cinematography Awards 2018), and the feature DRASTIC MEASURES (North Hollywood Cinefest). Prior to his cinematography career, Kite worked as a camera assistant on shows like Mr. Robot and Orange is the New Black. His commercial clients include Anheuser-Busch, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue, and Google.