Contributing to the healthy growth of society is in our blood. Coming from families of mental healthcare administrators, nurses, teachers, entrepreneurs and engineers, we are avid supporters of companies and organizations propelling concepts forward that improve our connection with each other and the planet.

We dig deeply into what drives humans to be our best and electrify that impulse through the work we make - through film, documentary, TV, photography, interactive dance events, and live concert visuals, to building and running full-service in-house content studios within forward thinking brands.

We have always believed in having our collaborations and sets be inclusive and diverse, free of egos, and treat all of our crew with respect - which includes fair rates, safe working conditions, and reasonable hours.

"We are all cosmonauts on spaceship Earth." - Bucky Fuller.

 

 
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CONOR CHANDLER SIMPSON

Director - Screenwriter - Live Visuals Creator - Founder

As a native of the woods of Massachusetts, Conor is fascinated with the primal forces of human + environmental connection. He is drawn to filmmaking as an art that harnesses the power of collaboration to create inspiring impact greater than what we can do alone. He has extensive and multifaceted experience in film production, and has produced & directed hundreds of commercial, documentary, & short form narrative projects.

Conor’s Get Out the Vote ad "Transform Your Rage" was awarded a Silver at the 2020 American Advertising Federation (Addy Awards) Coastal California Competition.

His recent live dance/score/visuals project Jux Lucid LIVE opened up for The Crystal Method at a KCRW Presents event in downtown LA.

His proof-of-concept short film A Handful of Rust won “Outstanding Short Drama Series” at the Catalyst Film Festival 2021, “Best Original Music” at the Deep Focus Film Festival 2021 in Brooklyn, and was as an official selection at playing Vail, Oaxaca, and Dublin International film festivals, among several others. The series script of that short - A Handful of Fire - is currently in development. Conor’s previous short he wrote and directed - ‘POUNCE: An Ayahuasca Love Story’ - toured the festival circuit, & inspired an original TV series entitled Strange Brew that Notion is also currently developing.


LISA LEE

Executive Producer - Partner

Lisa Lee is an LA-based, Korean-American producer whose curiosity about the universe is explored by telling stories that reflect our shared human experience through the slightly unfamiliar. Her works spans over commercials, political ads, branded content, documentary and narrative films.

Lisa has worked at some of the most prestigious independent film companies in the world, first at Anonymous Content then on to Park Pictures in their commercial division. At Park, Lisa helped produce hundreds of commercials for clients such as Apple, Nike, Subaru and several national Super Bowl ads. Here she was inspired by and worked alongside many award winning directors and creatives.

In 2016 Lisa joined Amazon Studios and built the first production department for the Original Movies division. She was instrumental in executing the pivot in strategy from acquiring pre-existing streaming content for the platform to in-house producing films that were entirely developed, shot and distributed by the studio for theater audiences. As a Production Executive, Lisa was responsible for manifesting the filmmaker’s goals onto the screen by orchestrating creative teams, managing multi-million dollar budgets and overseeing schedules without sacrificing the ultimate storytelling vision. Recent titles include ENCOUNTER, with Riz Ahmed and Octavia Spencer, BIRDS OF PARADISE, with Diana Silvers and Kristine Froseth, and the Stacey Abrams documentary, ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY.

Lisa also sits on the board of ForwardThis, a nonprofit production company started by inmates in San Quentin State to educate the incarcerated population in personal development through film and providing employment upon release, the Design Thinking program at UCR Extension and is a member of the Wake Up and Vote Creative Consortium.

 

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