Core Creative Team
Director
Yuval David
Emmy Award winning actor, host, filmmaker, and advocate with a creative mantra to entertain, uplift, and inspire. As a filmmaker, Yuval produces, directs, and writes short and feature films, documentaries, web-series, and digital and TV content, including the award-winning episodic series, One Actor Short, Pranks of Kindness, Better World with Yuval David, What Makes You Beautiful, and numerous other web series. His work has been screened at international film festivals, receiving over 100 awards.
Yuval advocates for all marginalized communities through his creative work and social action, including the National LGBTQ Task Force, GLAAD, Rainbow Railroad, Freedom House, EndJewHatred, the Shoah Foundation, the Jewish National Fund (JNF), Keren Kayemet, Stand With Us, A Wider Bridge, The Aguda, American Israel Cultural Foundation, Chabad, the Jewish Learning Institute, the Embassy of Israel, Covenant House, LGBTQ Centers across the US and internationally, The Giving Group Community, Black Jewish Entertainment Alliance, Creative Community for Peace, and other organizations.
Website • YouTube • Instagram • Facebook • Twitter • IMDB
Executive Producer
Mark McDermott
Mark McDermott is a former partner of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP where he specialized for 31 years in corporate restructurings, troubled company mergers and acquisitions, and financing transactions. He now serves as an independent director in distressed, workout and crisis situations. Mark co-founded and leads Catholic Renewal, a charity operated in coordination with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, and sits on the boards of Brooklyn Jesuit Prep and Brooklyn Legal Services, a school and free legal services provider, respectively, that predominantly serve people of color. He is a major supporter of America, having helped it produce the six-part podcast, “Plague – Untold Stories of Aids and the Catholic Church.”
Lindsay is the author of five books; teaches each year to tens of thousands of photographers worldwide on the industry’s largest and most prestigious platforms and the largest and most prestigious conferences and events; and is one of the most sought-after speakers internationally. She is known for her creativity and collaboration with designers and stylists in order to create fresh looks. A clean, bold and graphic style has become the hallmark of her work.
Photographer
Lindsay Adler
Fashion and beauty photographer Lindsay Adler has risen to the top of her industry as both a photographer and an educator, having been named one of the top ten fashion photographers in the world. Based in New York City, she has worked with some of the top brands in the photographic and related industries, including Canon, Adobe and Profoto. Her client list features a range including A&E, NBC, Grey, Edelman, Microsoft, Pat McGrath Labs, Morphe, Saatchi & Saatchi and more. Her fashion editorials have appeared in numerous publications, including Marie Claire, Numero, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, L’Officiel and dozens more. Lindsay is the author of five books; teaches each year to tens of thousands of photographers worldwide on the industry’s largest and most prestigious platforms and the largest and most prestigious conferences and events; and is one of the most sought-after speakers internationally. She is known for her creativity and collaboration with designers and stylists in order to create fresh looks. A clean, bold and graphic style has become the hallmark of her work.
