JuntoBox Team

Philippe Caland has written, directed, produced, and executive produced independent films for the past twenty years. Over the last 10 years, Philippe studied the changing industry of filmmaking and created a patent for the methodology upon which JuntoBox Films is based. Philippe has directed several films, Hollywood Buddha which won 'Official Selection' at the SXSW Film Festival and The Paris Film Festival and Ripple Effect which won both the Boston International and Sedona Film Festival and stars Academy Award winning actor Forest Whitaker. Philippe recently directed the thriller Vipaka that stars Anthony Mackie and Forest Whitaker and is scheduled for release in 2012.

Rachael McLean has a sucessful track record as a digital media professional in technology, social media, mobile, marketing, product strategy, development across music, youth, video gaming and entertainment industries. Rachael was involved with several digital start-ups earlier on in her career in New York with SonicNet, Sony Music Digital and was at MTV Networks for 8 years as Vice President, MTVN International Digital Group. Rachael held executive positions at Championship Gaming Series which was owned by Sky, DirecTV, also at Infospace Mobile,  GoTV Studios developing music brands and digital products for US carriers and broadband. Rachael has been involved in JuntoBox since inception leading digital and is also advisor to Dather Digital. @rachaelmclean

Barndi Kim is a seasoned digital media executive with experience building brand and community through thoughtful implementation of social media and promotional programs. Her 10+ years of experience in digital marketing spans the video game, music, and mobile industries with major media brands including MTV Network's GameTrailers.com, Def Jam Records, Sports Illustrated, Sony Music, and Univision. As an avid fan of indie films, she is excited to help grow the JuntoBox Films community of creative filmmakers and other indie film lovers. Prior to her career in marketing she was a VJ in Seoul and personally blessed by Pope John Paul, II. @barndi

Nikita S. Adams, a proud graduate of Howard University, started her entertainment career with Black Entertainment Television (BET) in the Creative Services department where she was responsible for producing on-air promotions, commercials, and interstitials. After leaving BET, she went to work for New Line Cinema then Touchstone Television. From there, she joined Jamie Foxx's Foxx/King Entertainment where she worked for 7 years as Director of Development. Presently, she is a Development Executive for JuntoBox Films.

Beverly Neufeld is an award winning screenwriter with an MFA from UCLA and over twelve years of script doctor and coverage experience. Beverly has covered and helped develop over 4000 projects in that time for such companies as CAA, FOX, Film Independent, Slamdance Films and many independent producers and companies. She has also been hired to rewrite and doctor many scripts on-one-one.  She understands writers, and is dedicated to helping them find and/or hone their voice, and do so with fun, play and ease. @leomonkey1

Shirley Petchprapa is an award winning filmmaker born and raised in New York City now living in Los Angeles. Since 2006 she has been working exclusively in film and recently won the award for Best Soundscape for her short Tuesday from the Dresden FilmFest in Germany as well as an IFP award for her short documentary Parkour, NYC. Her latest short film ROXY recently screened at the prestigious Festival del film Locarno in Switzerland. Both films, of which she colored and edited herself, are travelling the festival circuit worldwide. Prior to film Shirley had a 10-year career in art direction, graphic design and photography working for companies such as MTV, The Fader Magazine, Russell Simmon's Oneworld Magazine and advertising clients such as Red Stripe and Levi's. Issara Films

Joseph Semense majored in Radio-Television-Film at California State University, Long Beach. He has co-produced three films with writer/director Philippe Caland ( Hollywood Buddha, Ripple Effect, and Tripping Tommy ) and also served as a co-editor on the films. Recently, Joseph was co-producer of Low Fidelity, a feature film written and directed by Devon Gummersall. In addition, he has done some writing, editing and camera work for the Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Lemony Snicket, and Crank Yankers bonus feature documentaries on DVD.

Greg Warner recently graduated from USC where he earned degrees in Political Science and Italian. Realizing that film and digital media were far more appealing than the politics, he joined JuntoBox in 2011 after working briefly in a campaign office. His work at JuntoBox principally consists of generating online content and assisting with social media development.  Greg previously worked at Zeropointzero , a studio that produces travel and food-focused programming. @gdub132

Matthew Jones cultivated his passion for visual story telling at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Since graduating with a Critical Studies B.A. in 2010, he has worked as an entertainment professional in several capacities: television production, feature film development, branded content, post-production and freelance music production. Matt is responsible for content design and producing digital content. In his free time, Matt enjoys Laker basketball, surfing, listening to, creating, and performing music. @mboltjones