THE MEMORY EXPERTS
Dr. Eric Kandel
Nobel Laureate and University Professor Emeritus; Founding Codirector of Columbia's Zuckerman Institute; Founding Director of Columbia's Kavli Institute for Brain Science; SagoI Professor Emeritus of Brain Science at the Zuckerman Institute; Professor Emeritus of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Psychiatry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, and Neuroscience
Dr. Silvana Riggio
is Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Human Rehabilitation at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. Dr. Riggio started several innovative programs in neuropsychiatry and has authored over 50 articles and book chapters, edited 7 books, 2 journal supplements, and co-authored one book.
Dr. Daniela Schiller
is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, where she directs the Schiller Affective Neuroscience Laboratory.
Dr. Paul Browde
is former Professor of Narrative Medicine at Columbia University Medical School. He co-founded, the company Narativ Inc., which aims at transforming individuals, teams, and organizations through the simple, timeless, and universal art of storytelling.
Cheryl D. Brown, LCSW
is a Psychoanalyst, Imago Relationship Therapist (Advanced Clinician and Consultant), a PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy) level 2 therapist and a Somatic Experience Practioner.
Dr. Robert Elvove
is Assistant Professor of clinical psychiatry at the Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons where he supervises medical students, residents, and fellows and is medical director at The Valley Hospital general psychiatric unit in Ridgewood, New Jersey
Dr. Gerald Epstein
was a pioneer in the use of mental imagery for healing physical and emotional illness and the author of the bestselling book Healing Visualizations. He is the Director of the American Institute for Mental Imagery (AIMI) and is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York City.
THE FILMMAKERS
Director
Viviane Silvera
Silvera has exhibited at Art Basel Miami, Berlin Art Week, the Edward Hopper House, the Albright Knox, Dahesh, and Masur Museums, and El Museo de la Ciudad - Mexico. Her videos have been installed at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, MGM National Harbor, Joe’s Pub at the Public Theatre, and Davidson College, among other venues. Her hand-painted videos have been licensed by McCann Advertising and installed in hotels, universities and museums.
She won the Award of Excellence in Painting from the Edward Hopper House from Mass MoCA senior curator Susan Cross, the Chaim Gross, Valerie Delacorte, and Harriet Whitney Frishmuth Awards from the National Academy School of Fine Arts, a Fantasy Foundation Grant, and a Newington Cropsey Grant. Her work has been written about in the The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Art Daily and Time Out New York.
Her work is held in the permanent collections of Penn, Duke, Tufts, and Vanderbilt Universities, Vassar and Davidson Colleges, the Ziff Davis Corporate Collection, The Clinton Presidential Library & Museum and Tribeca Flashpoint Media Academy. Silvera’s sculpture “The Fault” is permanently installed at Vanderbilt University,
Silvera earned a BS from Tufts University in Political Science and Psychology and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art. She was born in Hong Kong and raised in Brazil. She lives in New York City.
Producer, Jon Cornick
is an Emmy-nominated television and film producer. He was executive producer of the film "State and Maine" written by David Mamet, and "Nuremberg" starring Alec Baldwin, for which he won the Gemini Award for Outstanding Mini Series. He began his career as associate producer on "Super Mario Brothers" and went on to form the production company El Dorado Pictures with Alec Baldwin. Jon is a member of the Directors Guild of America and is an avid photographer.
Editor, Thomas R. Montes
editing credits include Bronx Gothic, a feature documentary about Bessie winner Okwui Okpokwasili, from Emmy-nominated director Andrew Ross. Thomas edited The Gospel According to Andre, a documentary about the life of Vogue editor Andre Leon Talley, which premiered at TIFF, and he recently finished editing Karim Amir and Jehane Noujaime's Sundance release, The Great Hack on Netflix.
Music, Paul Brill
received 3 Emmy Award nominations for his scores for the films, “Full Battle Rattle”, “The Devil Came on Horseback”, and “The Trials of Darryl Hunt” (HBO). Paul won the first-ever Best Music Award from the International Documentary Association for his score for the film, “Better this World.” He collaborated with Rock legends U2 on the HBO film, “Burma Soldier,” composing a new string arrangement for an acoustic version of their classic song, “Walk On.”
Sound, James Guastaferro
Founding member of the NYC indie electronic band Tones From The Underground with which he released four albums. He has had his music used in “The Last Ghost of War” and “Behati Supreme” and his songs are used by choreographers in performances at Alvin Alley, Bryant Park, Jacob’s Pillow, Flushing Town Hall and the NYC based dance company Barkin/Sellisen Project.