Contact us at team@thankyouthemovie.com
Joshua Stein
After studying film at the Park School of Communications at Ithaca College, Josh moved to Los Angeles with the team in 2022. In addition to co-writing and directing their short films, he has successfully made a career for himself as a script supervisor on films such as the Sundance award-winning feature RICKY, as well as London SXSW selection FACES and Emily Deschanel’s ReEntry. He also works part-time as a production coordinator for an upcoming web-series and horror anthology.
Joel Liss
Jack of all trades, Joel is a producer, director of photography, gaffer, and grip. As a DoP and Gaffer he’s worked for clients like USA Today, American Express, Shopify, Razr, Unwell Media, Fox Nation and BET, and has credits on projects like Farmer Wants a Wife, Real Housewives of Beverley Hills, Hell’ s Kitchen, and Denise Richards and Her Wild Things. He’s produced over a dozen short films and is currently in pre-production and development on two feature length films for his production company Schwartzman Valley, as well as two longform documentary projects.
Olivia Belluck
Olivia is an LA-based producer, writer, and filmmaker. Originally from New York, she studied Film & Media Studies at Colorado College before earning a Master's in TV Producing & Writing from Boston University. For the last 7 years she has produced over a dozen short films, including the documentary Wolf Watchers, which was a finalist at the LA Student Film Festival and Texas Short Film Festival, and a semi-finalist at the Dumbo Film Festival. In addition to her filmmaking experience, she has cut her teeth working as a coordinator for Ames/Hashagen Entertainment – where she helps manage and produce for their client roster – and White Horse Pictures – where she assisted in the production of David Frost Vs…, Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery, Apple TV+’s Fleetwood Mac documentary, and the authorized Keith Moon biopic.
Clara Montague
Clara is a Los Angeles based producer who hails from Ithaca, New York. She studied Television and Radio at Ithaca College along with a minor in audio production. Clara started working in entertainment at 15, building audio rigs and stages for the many music festivals and events in the Ithaca area. In 2018, she won the Coca Cola Regal Films Grand Prize for the commercial short The Library, which she wrote and directed. Since moving to Los Angeles, Clara has continued producing shorts and currently works as a personal assistant to a producer.
Kelsey L Johnson
Kelsey L Johnson is an actor, writer, and director who has worked closely with the TY Production team since starring in a Schwartzman Bros’ horror-comedy short, Road Kill. Kelsey studied acting at the Todoroff Conservatory in New York City before falling in love with cinema and making the move to Los Angeles. They have since written, directed, and acted in their own short films and collaborated with the team on multiple projects. With plenty of experience on the talent side of production, as well as a supreme passion for coordinating and organization, Kelsey is excited to bring all of these skills to Thank You and support the Schwartzman Bros’ vision.
Manny Sanchez
Manny is a two-time Emmy award-winning producer from Silver Spring, Maryland. Manny is a production swiss army knife, with experience as a producer, video editor, technical director, graphic designer and motion graphics artist everywhere from The Baltimore Orioles to Northrop Grumman. Manny met the Schwartzman Valley team studying Television and Digital Media Production at Ithaca College and has been producing & editing their films ever since. When school shut down in 2020, he worked as a title and motion designer for the award-winning PBS Documentary A Tale of Three Chinatowns. Since moving to LA in 2022, he has been working at Riot Games helping produce their coverage of the League of Legends Esports pro scene. In 2023 & 2024 he won Sports Emmys for his work as an Associate Producer on Riot’s broadcasts of the World Championship finals, which drew in a peak audience of over 70 million fans around the globe.
