Henry first began his hustle while attending McGill University, managing several local bands (and performing in his own) in Montreal's vibrant early 00s music scene. Looking for a change of scenery (and lacking a valid work visa), in 2005 Henry moved to Los Angeles, where he worked at the intersection of the music industry and new media as a producer for online indie music startup MusicPlusTV.
In 2007, Henry moved to San Francisco to work as an Outreach Executive for Current TV, schlepping his laptop to every film, video, and new media festival in North America. Henry soon expanded into a production role, collaborating with viewer-creators to produce over 100 short nonfiction segments.
Outside of his day job, Henry is producing a full-length documentary on the modern Black Panther Party in Oakland and is editor/manager of the interactive fiction project The Heartbroke Daily, gearing up for a book release in 2009.
Kasia has been Urgent’s producer and creative strategist since September of 2009. Her previous work has pushed the boundaries of collaborative content in television, theater, sexy magazines, and new media.
She studied filmmaking and new media at Harvard University, where she launched H BOMB magazine, Harvard’s lit and arts magazine about sex and sexuality. As editor in chief, she managed student writers, designers, artists, and business team to publish the glossy, full-color collection of articles, fiction, poetry and art by undergrads and alumni. Navigating a whirlwind of media attention and Larry Summers’ disapproval, she fielded interviews with The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsweek, Inside Edition, The Tyra Show, Fox, CNN, and Al Gore’s Current TV, among others. The Boston Globe Magazine awarded it “The Best of the New: Ideas” in 2005, as “proof that not all Harvardians are uptight.”
When Current TV’s interest in H BOMB blossomed into a job offer, Kasia moved to San Francisco to represent the network as an Outreach Associate, scouting and acquiring short documentaries by hundreds of independent filmmakers from around the world. With a flair for stories about social media and the internet, she became an Associate Producer, developing and producing a series of original documentaries about the intersection of modern relationships and technology.
Skipping from documentary to advertising she joined Autofuss, an innovative production company specializing in animation, motion control and giant robots. As an associate producer, she worked on shoots for clients like Nike, Sprint, and Radioshack, while managing an office of animators and production team.
In her spare time, she moonlights as a video artist and media futurist. She recently won second place in the Open Video Alliance’s SXSW Video Contest. Find her online here.
Brandon's career in media spans multiple disciplines. Starting in the mailroom at Interscope Records, Brandon soon found himself working directly in Chairman Jimmy Iovine's office. Brandon then launched Click Cubed, an internet-focused grassroots marketing company, which was soon folded into the UMG-backed record label and web destination Farmclub. He assumed a managing role in the marketing department at Farmclub before leaving to pursue his undergraduate degree, staying on as a salaried consultant through 2001 while attending Brown University.
After graduating, Brandon joined United Talent Agency, where he helped lay the groundwork for UTA Online.
In December of 2006, Brandon joined Current TV as a Creative Executive in Viewer Created Content, where he was responsible for overseeing production of one third of the network's short documentary content. Leveraging his experience in content production, Brandon was promoted to Director of Brand Engagement, overseeing custom cross-platform content integration for major sponsors, as well as co-managing Current's VCAM (Viewer Created Ad Message) program, Current's most successful ad product.
Most recently, Brandon created 2 Months, $2 Million, a 10-episode TV series he also produced, premiering August 2009 on the Comcast owned cable network G4.
Brandon’s other work and personal ramblings can be found here.
Max Joseph is a writer, director, and editor born and bred in New York City and living in Los Angeles. After graduating from Brown University in 2004, Max attended film school at FAMU in Prague.
Max's short film "The Making of Maynard Kofax" won Best Film at the Dominique Dunne Film Festival in 2001 and Best New Director at the 2001 International Independent New York Film Festival. It was later picked up by HBO Family and aired frequently for over four years.
In 2005, Max started Chimp on a Chain Productions, specializing in directors' reels, promos, web videos, trailers, and commercials. His list of clients include Nikon, Starbucks, Fox Television Studios, GOOD Media, American Express, the Sundance Channel, Capitol Records, CAA, Endeavor, and William Morris.
In 2008, Max was contracted by GOOD to lead their web video effort. So far, he has written, directed, and produced four original series for GOOD, including Transparency, a visual exploration of facts that surround us, and America Love It or Fix It, a series of animated visual essays about the 2008 presidential election and the state of America. America Love It or Fix It received two Official Honorees (in the Animation and News/Politics categories) at the 2009 Webby Awards.
Max's films for GOOD have been featured on the front pages of YouTube, MySpace, and DailyMotion, as well as motion graphics portal Motionographer.com and Karina Longworth’s blog on NewTeeVee.com. “Internet Porn,” is one of the top rated and watched videos on YouTube with over 7 million views, “The Business of Death” won Yahoo’s Best Nonfiction Video of 2007, and "Atomic Alert" was selected to screen at this year's Sundance Film Festival in the Documentary Spotlight Program.