CREATIVE TEAM
Serena Schuler | Executive Producer | Writer | Director | Series Creator
Serena Schuler is an award-winning writer, director, and series creator. Inspired by her experience and research in the tech industry, she created the series MAKESHIFT SOCIETY.
Her work spotlights diverse, female-led, and BIPOC stories through the lens of comedy. A graduate of Cornell and Columbia, her films have screened in festivals around the world, and won Audience Awards at the Washington Jewish Film Festival and the Women in Comedy Festival. Her series CAKE WALK is now streaming on Elizabeth Banks's WhoHaha Network.
She's passionate about gender inclusion behind the camera. She co-led Dinner with Dames, a dinner series which extends the network for women and gender non-binary individuals in film, with industry leaders such as Blye Faust (Oscar-winning producer of SPOTLIGHT).
Serena uses her platform to inspire young girls and non-binary youth to pursue careers in the arts, in her work with the Noe Valley Girls Film Festival, youth theater, and the Young Storytellers Foundation.
She has been featured in Forbes, and interviewed by esteemed tech journalist Sarah Lacy. Serena wrote about her experiences creating the show in the article, No Green Light. IMDb | serenaschuler.com
Maira Memmi | Producer
Born in France and raised in Mexico, Maira Memmi has always had a passion for using the power of story to shift perspectives and create positive change.
She has worked as a production supervisor and coordinator for Netflix, ABC, and Amazon. Her most recent credits include THE CURSE (Showtime), BLINDSPOTTING (TV Series, Starz), and BLINDSPOTTING (Feature Film, Sundance). IMDb
ADVISORY BOARD
Judy Loehr | Executive Producer
Judy Loehr has been building and investing in software as a service companies since 2000, in roles across product, marketing, and venture capital. She advises a portfolio of startups, all with women CEOs, and is excited about changing the narrative around women in tech with Makeshift Society.
Jenny Cheng | Advisory Board
An advisor and investor in startups, Jenny Cheng leads the merchants teams as a VP at PayPal. She is a Board Member of Loopio, member of the Athena Alliance, and dedicated to seeing more diverse stories told of women in tech.
Bonnie Crater | Advisory Board
As co-founder and CEO of Full Circle Insights, Bonnie Crater has supported the vision of Makeshift Society from the very beginning. She hopes to inspire the next generation of female founders with this story, and make lasting change.
Michelle Kantor | Associate Producer
Michelle Kantor co-founded Cinefemme, dedicated to creating gender parity in film and equal representation in the media. She is an award-winning writer, director, and producer, whose industry credits include work for HBO, FYI, OWN, World of Wonder, The History Channel, Sony, Universal, and NASA.
LET’S BRING THIS STORY TO AUDIENCES
YOUR SUPPORT WILL FUND FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS AND DISTRIBUTION OF MAKESHIFT SOCIETY
Donations are tax-deductible through our fiscal sponsor, Cinefemme, a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to advancing women in film. We accept contributions on our website (see “Donate Here” button below), checks, and from charitable funds. Please make checks to "Cinefemme," with memo line "Makeshift Society," and mail to:
Cinefemme, 1507 7th Street #477, Santa Monica, CA 90401
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