FILM ISNT OUR FIRST RODEO
You need a skilled team that handles challenges with creativity, stamina, and flexibility under stress. Our backgrounds are in military intelligence, aviation engineering, linguistics, business, & law - all before hitting the ivies and pivoting to writing and film. We understand the stakes and treat your vision, deadlines, budget, and talent with respect. Let's work together.
DIRECTOR - PRODUCER - COMPOSER - SOUND DESIGNER - styling
G. CALDERWOOD
G. is an award-winning filmmaker, sound engineer, writer, director, and producer known for her multi-disciplinary work spanning independent cinema, music composition, and editorial fashion styling.
As a director and audio pro, she strives for psychological impact and emotional resonance in her work through refined aesthetic vision and immersive sound environments. Guided by a deep understanding of the psyche, the result is equal parts dreamlike, relatable, and achingly real.
Before the film industry, she worked in military intelligence, and is a Navy veteran. She is a Mandarin bilingual scholar and Columbia University alum. She is the lead director and co-founder of Kaleidoscope9.


I’m an intelligence worker turned film director. I want to make films that make people reconsider their worldview. - G. CALDERWOOD
Editor - PRODUCER - VFX - STRATEGY - CONCEPT & Fabrication
ARDEN ARIEL ORELLANA
Arden is a NYC based full-spectrum producer and creative consultant. Her work spans independent narrative and documentary to commercial (Google, MTV, HBO). She has extensive experience in event production (House of Blues, Avalon/Limelight, Mercury Lounge), military service and has designed and fabricated everything from costumes and props, to boats and consumer electronic goods. She studied creative writing and media production at Harvard University, and is a MOME/Made In New York post-production program grad.
She is the lead editor and co-founder of Kaleidoscope 9.


I'm an inventor and own an ed-tech company, but I'm an artist at my core. Film is the sole field where I can use my entire skillset, make art in collaboration not isolation, and support incredible crew, cast & creatives. - ARDEN ARIEL


ASSOCIATE Producer - ACTOR - WRITER - Grants
CYNTHIA LEUNG
(Cynthia's Bio Forthcoming)
diligent - pivots easily - high capacity (BUT usually overloaded) - vigilant AROUND MEALS AND MORALE - THINKS SLEEP IS FOR CATS ACTUALLY A dork - looks grumpy, isn't.
METICULOUS - excellent vision - VIGILANT AROUND SCHEDULE - gives clear direction - Charming & SOCIABLE BUT needs periodic quiet time- OCCASIONAL LATE-NIGHT ZOOMIES.
INSIGHTFUL - DETAILED AND PERCEPTIVE - VIGILANT AROUND ANYTHING VAGUE - OCCASIONALLY VERY CHATTY
Screw content. Let's make films.
We believe in the endurance of meaningful art created by humans, and a return to intelligent, complex, character-driven narrative on screen. Tell us about your idea, and let's make it real.