Rosemary Rawcliffe, Exec. Director/Senior Producer/Director

Founder of Frame of Mind Films, Rosemary Rawcliffe is an EMMY® award-winning consultant, executive producer, producer, and director with over 30 years of international experience in television, advertising, film, video, and theatrical production. A social entrepreneur, Rosemary combines a unique blend of creative vision and business acumen with the capacity to effectively oversee and guide an organization's creative and business facets. Her key strengths include conceptualizing and synthesizing innovative ideas, successful team leadership, project coordination, and timely and budget-friendly production delivery. As a humanitarian, Rosemary's dedication to creating films emphasizing human rights and prioritizing telling stories from the female perspective is unwavering. When Rosemary moved to the United States from her native England, she founded Frame of Mind Films to continue her passion for producing stories that witness truth, spirit, hope, and courage. Under her leadership, Frame of Mind Films continues to make a social impact with its EMMY ® winning Women of Tibet series and, most recently, the EMMY® nominated production of The Great 14th: Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama in His Own Words.

Holly Hine, Associate Producer/Media Management

Holly Hine is a professional in the film and television industry with over 15 years of experience. She began working at Frame of Mind Films in 2009, starting as Rosemary’s Executive Assistant and Post-Production Assistant. Over time, Holly has evolved within the company, taking on roles of Associate Producer, Line Producer, and Media Manager & Digital Archivist. Her passion for storytelling and attention to detail are evident in her work, particularly in her role as Line Producer and Assistant Editor on the company’s latest feature documentary, the EMMY® nominated The Great 14th. Her talent in production management and post-production processes have been instrumental in the success of numerous projects. Holly earned her BA in Film Editing from AAU and previously worked as a promoter in the music industry, and at a post-production agency in Los Angeles.

Keely Badger, Senior Advisor/Fundraiser/Development Consultant

Keely Badger is a philanthropy director and media executive dedicated to advancing Universal Human Rights through social and environmental justice. With 15+ years of experience working across the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, her unique expertise champions durable solutions for underrepresented voices, communities & causes, by working with leading organizations to shift power across geographies and issues, from institutions to the communities and movements that they serve.

John Schimmel, Writer/Story Consult and Development Advisor

John Schimmel is in the middle of an extraordinarily diverse career as a writer/producer. He's been the President of Michael Douglas’ Furthur Films and of Ascendant Pictures, an executive at Douglas-Reuther Productions, Belair Entertainment, and Warner Bros, co-penned the Tony-nominated musical "Pump Boys And Dinettes," published fiction and nonfiction, including his first book, Screenwriting Behind Enemy Lines: Lessons from Inside the Studio Gates. He currently works as head of linear content and as performance capture producer for Cloud Imperium Games which is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest crowd funding effort in history. John is also part of the core screenwriting faculty at the University of California at Riverside's Low Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts. He has had the joy of working as a writer and production consultant for Frame of Mind Films since October of 2013.

Peter McCandless, Director of Photography

Peter McCandless is a Bay Area cinematographer with a long and varied list of film and video credits for broadcast television and theatrical release.  The recipient of two National Endowment of the Arts Awards, his films have been presented at major international film festivals including Sundance where his work Pool of Thanatos drew much favorable attention.  Peter has been the cinematographer on the EMMY® award winning Women of Tibet series.  Peter was also the cinematographer on the EMMY® award-winning documentary film Of Civil Rights and Wrongs: The Fred Korematsu Story and the controversial  The Bridge, a 2006 documentary film that tells the stories of individuals who committed suicide at the Golden Gate Bridge in 2004.  Peter’s current work includes Call of Life, the first feature-length documentary film to fully investigate the growing threat to Earth’s life-support systems from the loss of biodiversity.