MARK DECENA | Writer & Director

Raised by an immigrant single mother, Mark spent his formative years softening hard adobe clay soil with compost. Besides keeping him in line, it infused Decena with a love of growing things– to date: feature films, television shows, and short film series.

A three time Sundance alumni, Mark's first feature, Dopamine won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize. Decena's documentary work spans across themes of social justice, sustainable design and the environment. He wrote and directed the Redford Center film, Watershed, and was a writer and producer on Stand Up Planet, a Gates funded project that aired on Participant Media’s channel, Pivot and KCET. His latest feature film, Not Without Us, premiered as the closing night film at the S.F. Green Film Festival and aired nationally on PBS. Decena’s latest short films, Remothering the Land, co-produced with Patagonia Films, premiered at the DC Environmental Film Festival, and Me & My Robot premiered at COPDOX and aired on PBS. Mark is also the founder of Kontent, a boutique production company based in San Francisco, housing a Kollective of award winning filmmakers, producers and creatives working on original and branded works.

LIZ DECENA | Producer

As a die hard New Yorker, Liz loathes to admit that she has lived half of her life in San Francisco. But that duality allows her to be a Producer comfortable developing and producing projects of similar opposing spectrums. Ranging from award-winning narrative love stories at Sundance to documentary short films on the downside of rapacious capitalism at Philanthropy conferences, Liz has guided all aspects of Kontent Films projects. Her other full time job included raising two children (now in college), holding down the fort, and making sure (her husband) Mark’s head doesn’t get too big to take out the trash. She’s a bad ass.

LYNN WAYMER| Impact Producer

Lynn Waymer directs development and execution of communications, community engagement and social impact strategies. Formerly Director of Distribution for HBO, she’s worked on creating localized and national partnerships, community screening events and digital social impact and outreach campaigns for KPJR Films including: The Big Picture: Re-thinking Dyslexia; Paper Tigers, Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope and Playing for Keeps and independent films including Black Women In Medicine, HAPPENING: A Clean Energy Revolution and Broken Places. Lynn has worked with award-winning documentary film directors including: Krystal Emery; James Redford; Roger Weisberg and Roger Ross Williams. In addition, she’s consulted with The Yale School of Medicine’s Center for Dyslexia & Creativity and Culture Shift Labs on national initiatives impacting under served communities.

Lynn graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Radio, TV & Film and obtained a certificate in Strategic Marketing from Emory University. In addition, she completed Leadership development programs at the Center for Creative Leadership and UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. She was a Walter Kaitz Fellow through which she obtained Certification in Cable System Marketing and Management from The University Of Denver.

Living in metro-Atlanta with her husband as empty nesters, Lynn has devoted this chapter in her life to making a difference in the lives of others through the medium that she loves-TV and film.

LAWRENCE RICKFORD | Director of Photography

LAWRENCE RICKFORD is a multi-talented cinematographer, commercial drone operator, and editor. Lawrence has a passion for bold, and creative filmmaking. Whether it be branded, narrative, or documentary filmmaking, Lawrence finds the heart in every story and showcases it in a thoughtful and compelling manner. For Kontent’s latest project, Me & My Robot, Lawrence was the Director of Photography, and assisted in editorial.

BERNARDO JOSUE| Editor & Camera

Bern is the epitome of the saying, “Still waters run deep.” On the surface, all is calm. Submerged just below, is a whirling dervish of passion, empowerment, and storytelling prowess. A graduate of San Francisco State’s Cinema department, Josue has shot, edited, and designed his way to the Kontent lair. Short films, music videos, non-profit fundraisers, live events, you name it. He continues to hone his skills for clients such as Genentech, Global Carbon Initiative, and Plantronics. His mad creative skills are matched by his need for organized project files and efficient technology. Strong and silent types. They're funny that way.

CHARLES J. BROWN | Colorist

Charles J. Brown lives breathes and emotes color. He has graded numerous high-profile projects across various mediums, including film, music videos, and commercials. Over the course of his time in the color world, Charles has had the opportunity to work at several post house facilities — learning from some of the best at Company 3, The Mill, Ethos, Apache, and Visual Creatures.

JEREMIAH MOORE | Sound Mix

Sound Artist, Mixer and Designer Jeremiah Moore realizes sound-visions collaboratively with filmmakers and other artists, with a primary emphasis on cinema and documentary forms. Highlights include sound design for Oscar-nominated documentary short "Last Day of Freedom", a 100-channel live mix of The Residents' "Eskimo", Josh Izenberg's celebrated short “Slomo.” and work for Pixar, McSweeney's, the Kitchen Sisters, Pacho Velez, Courtney Stephens, Ellen Bruno, Irene Lusztig, Leslie Tai and Harrod Blank, with projects premiering at Sundance, Berlinale, Tribeca, SXSW, and Toronto among others. His music mix for Slow Beethoven launched at Laurie Anderson's in NYC and made the 2023 billboard charts. Jeremiah is also a solo sound artist, a co-founder of The TANK Center for Sonic Arts, co-founder of Bay Area Sound Ecology, and operator of creative sound studio jeremiahmooresound.com. He lives in San Francisco with his family.