The Team
KAYE CLEAVE
Director/Producer
Kaye has a fierce belief in the power of stories to connect people, change attitudes, and break down barriers. She has written a number of books including a memoir, a chapbook of poems and a children’s picture book called A Kangaroo Tale. Her two short films explore grief and loss and she is currently working on a feature-length documentary—Ageing Disgracefully— aiming to change the way we think about growing old. Catherine's Kindergarten is her first feature-length film.
JAMES DAGGETT
Director/Cinematographer
James Daggett has found the joy of telling real world stories through film since he was 8 years old. Catherine's Kindergarten is his first documentary feature. In 2019, he started Vim Pneuma Media with his best friend, specializing in documentary filmmaking. Their documentary Small Footprints will be released in 2020.
jamesdaggett113@gmail.com
CHARLIE WANG
Cinematographer
Charlie picked up a camera the first year of his undergraduate studies at UCLA. Throughout university and after graduation, he grew his depth and breadth of media and organizational knowledge from contract and full time positions in tech, hardware manufacturing, and wedding journalism. He currently heads media efforts at Soka University of America, where he and his team became involved with Catherine’s Kindergarten after being asked to interview Prakash, a former Soka student. Charlie’s hope in the present and future is to empower students in pursuit of their dreams, and to explore how filmmaking can make a difference on the greater community.
JADE ROBINSON
Online Editor
With a diverse post production background that spans 20 years, Jade brings a broad set of skills and an abundance of knowledge to every project. As an editor, colourist and finisher, Jade has created a variety of exhibition, broadcast and online content across the genres of documentary, drama and children's television. Recent work includes AACTA award winning SBS series 'The Hunting', 'First Day' for ABC Me, 'Pine Gap' for Netflix, Season 2 of Stan's 'Wolf Creek', and Southern Light Alliance's 'Making A Mark'.
ANDRÉ BARROS
Composer
André is a Portuguese pianist and composer who has steadily been building his portfolio as a live performer and film composer. Recently he has collaborated with film projects from the USA, Iceland, Spain, Germany, Sweden and Japan and one of these works (‘Our Father’ by Linda Palmer) has granted him a ‘Best Score’ award at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards.
SARA BOLDER
Consulting Producer
Sara spent twenty years as a sound editor, working on The English Patient, Terminator 2, The Horse Whisperer, Mrs. Doubtfire to name a few. She has won Golden Reel Awards for the Motion Picture Sound Editors for Best Sound Editing for Jurassic Park and Saving Private Ryan and was nominated for 9 other films. Most recently, she produced the documentary, Crip Camp which was an opening night selection at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and is part of the Obama’s Netflix slate.
sbolder@att.net
ROSEMARY WANGANEEN
Grief Specialist
Rosemary is a proud Aboriginal Australian woman. Based on her lived experiences of personal loss, she calls herself a griefologist and founded the Australian Institute for Grief and Loss in 2005.
Today Rosemary describes herself as a phoenix because she rose out of the ashes left behind by Australian history and her Stolen Generation. She is a qualified educator & assessor, loss & grief counselor, public speaker and published author.
CAROL HARADA
Somatic Counselor
Carol is a body mind healing practitioner in San Francisco. She helps clients move through stuck places in the creative and healing cycles. Grief and loss are special allies, initiating us into deeper healing, realignment and integration. Her spiritual practice invites more embodiment and coming home to the true self: grounding in present time.
CHRISTOPHER DELORENZO
Content Advisor
Christopher graduated from University of San Francisco with an MA in writing and is an adjunct faculty member, teaching essay writing. He is a qualified teacher in the Amherst Writers and Artists method, created by Pat Schneider and runs Laguna Writers in San Francisco. He has published a memoir cookbook, Kitchen Inheritance and is currently working on a novel. Chris believes in the power of writing to heal grief and trauma and for many years has facilitated Writing Your Way Through Loss retreats with Kaye Cleave.
ANNA MALAPIRA
Creative Advisor
Anna is a Filipino-Australian creative entrepreneur committed to building a united and sustainable world. She is the founder of Cora Home, Keepsake Lane and is currently building BOATS (Based On A True Story), a global collective of professionals in the arts and sciences that will use the power of renewable energy to provide electricity to developing communities around the world.
anna.malapira@gmail.com