FILMMAKERS
STACEY SUMMERS
LEONARDO CASTILLO
STACEY SUMMERS
DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER
Stacey Summers, founder of Poppy Pro Productions is an independent documentary filmmaker.
Her award-winning films, Keeping The Chaos Together, The Last Drop, Unbreakable Threads, and Dear Cancer, Love Stacy, which she produced and directed, have been featured in screenings and panel discussions across several universit
DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER
Stacey Summers, founder of Poppy Pro Productions is an independent documentary filmmaker.
Her award-winning films, Keeping The Chaos Together, The Last Drop, Unbreakable Threads, and Dear Cancer, Love Stacy, which she produced and directed, have been featured in screenings and panel discussions across several universities, schools, museums, and film festivals, including the Jung Center of Houston. She received Houston Arts Alliance grants for each of the documentaries.
In addition to her documentary work, she has written, produced, and directed a feature comedy film, Krazy Meets Karma.
Previously, she was an educator for many years, and is now a children's book author and artist as well.
Stacey was born in Brooklyn, New York. She is married with three daughters and resides in Houston.
ROBERT MACIAS
LEONARDO CASTILLO
STACEY SUMMERS
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Robert Macias started his career in video production for corporate communications and has over 15 years of experience. Robert is passionate about film and bringing stories to the screen for audiences to enjoy. His goal is to create compelling narratives through storytelling and deliver great entertainment through visual creative content.
LEONARDO CASTILLO
LEONARDO CASTILLO
LEONARDO CASTILLO
EDITOR
Leonardo Castillo is a filmmaker with a soft spot for real people, unexpected laughs, and stories that feel like they actually happened. His work lives at the intersection of documentary grit and narrative heart, with credits spanning directing, cinematography, and production.
Leonardo has pointed a camera at two corners of the wor
EDITOR
Leonardo Castillo is a filmmaker with a soft spot for real people, unexpected laughs, and stories that feel like they actually happened. His work lives at the intersection of documentary grit and narrative heart, with credits spanning directing, cinematography, and production.
Leonardo has pointed a camera at two corners of the world for the nonprofit Actuality Abroad — Oaxaca, Mexico in 2022 and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 2026, the latter currently making the festival rounds.
He also directed, produced, and edited Mary is Naughty, a documentary short. He co-directed and shot the upcoming drama feature BALLO, and served as Assistant Director on the short drama Insensible Loss. He's also logged time on set as a Grip for the Tubi film Rain for Christmas.
DAVID E. MITCHELL
LEONARDO CASTILLO
LEONARDO CASTILLO
COMPOSER
With over a decade’s worth of experience, David E. Mitchell has a deep understanding of the relationship between visuals and audio, more specifically media and music, enhanced with years of hands-on experience in television, film and video production.
His broad composing identity ranges from experimental, orchestral, jazz, to synt
COMPOSER
With over a decade’s worth of experience, David E. Mitchell has a deep understanding of the relationship between visuals and audio, more specifically media and music, enhanced with years of hands-on experience in television, film and video production.
His broad composing identity ranges from experimental, orchestral, jazz, to synthwave and hip-hop, with over 14 years of professional classical piano training. He received his Master of Fine Arts degree in "Music Composition for the Screen" from Columbia College Chicago, and since then has made musical contributions by performing, consulting, producing and scoring film and audio projects.
Having assisted and orchestrated for the composer collective “The Transcenders”, he has contributed his expertise to projects including Madam Secretary (CBS) and Black-ish (ABC), numerous short films (Dracula’s Coffin), documentaries (Keeping The Chaos Together), studio logos (Freestyle Digital Media), fan films (Halloween: The Face of Michael Myers), commercials and more.