Lou Blackmon - Director/Producer
Owner and founder of OddOneOut Productions, Lou has been working in the film industry since 2010 as a freelance cinematographer and producer. Lou has demonstrated his versatility as a rising filmmaker in shooting and producing feature and short films (narrative and documentary), music videos, commercials and content for brands like Nike Football (Soccer), HBO, NBC Peacock, General Motors, RGA and Global Citizen.
Lou currently divides his time between New York and Atlanta.
Nathan Liu - Writer
Nathan Liu is a Screenwriter, Actor, and Award-winning Playwright. A graduate of NYU Tisch's Dramatic Writing Program, his experience in film and theater includes writing scripts for Pixeldust Studios, working as an intern at the Dramatists Guild of America, and penning the short play Christmas By The Pond, which was awarded "Best One Act" at the Broke People Play Festival. His other passions include learning languages (he is fluent in German and proficient in Mandarin), studying history, and advocating for disability rights and greater Asian media representation (he is legally blind and Chinese-American on his father's side).
Zachary Grullón - Director of Photography
Zach is a DP living in NYC who enjoys playing guitar and long walks on the beach (sometimes at the same time), but dislikes mosquitoes, bad drivers, and bragging about career achievements in the third person. He is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Taiwo Aloba - Assistant Director
Taiwo Aloba is a multifaceted creative and an art enthusiast. She studied Theatre Arts and Music at Lagos State University and Musical Theatre at New York Film Academy. She published her poetry book 'ORANGE' in 2018 and is the recipient of the OAN Nigeria's Got Talent award. Taiwo performs with the New York African Chorus Ensemble and is a cast member on The African Millennials, a Mina Africa TV Production.
Taiwo has worked in the Wardrobe departments of TINSEL, an MNET Africa production and Capital Dreams Pictures. 'HEX' a short film she co-wrote and styled won the special jury award at the African International Film Festival in 2015. She worked as a Stage manager/Assistant Director for 'Montrose Station' an off-off-Broadway production in 2018.
She is also a production assistant for the web series 'No Labels.' She is currently on the board of directors at Claire and Jan Binney Lang Art Foundation and WGIRLS NYC.