
Core Crew

Director
Abby Tarpey (She/Her)
Abby is a Film Production Major with a Photography Minor from Altoona, PA. She has previously directed Playing God (2023), Style Study (2023), and The Midnight Scream (2022).

Assistant Director
Sarah Hanks (She/Her)
Sarah is a senior, film and video production major with a theatre minor. She is from Pasadena CA. Sarah has been lucky enough to work on Jodi Norton's thesis film Playing God as well as write and direct a semester-long project Influenced. After graduation, she plans on going back home to LA and getting experience in the industry in whatever way she can!

Producer
Alisha Yi (She/Her)
Alisha is a third year Film Production major with a Psychology minor. She began her involvement in production in Downingtown, PA, where she student directed theatre and became involved in photography. She then found a deeper passion behind the camera and has pursued this ever since. Alisha is a photographer and social media director for the Penn State radio station, CommRadio. In addition, she helped with Playing God (2023) and was the Director of Photography for the student film, Better Than Revenge (2023). She is excited to continue her path in film during her senior year at Penn State.

Best Boy Electric/ Co-Producer
Cameron Hightower (He/Him)
Cameron is a Senior Film Major at Pennsylvania State University. He has had the opportunity to work on multiple student films including "Good Company" which premiered at the state theatre last year and "Run" with 34k views on YouTube and also internships involving film/video. He has been fortunate to work at the Donald P. Bellisario film equipment room, where he found his love of lighting and grip. Cameron's aspiration is to work in the film industry as a key grip or gaffer.

Lead Editor/ Lead Sound/ VFX Artist
Andrew Moyer (He/Him)
Andrew Moyer is a senior Film Production major with minors in both Business and Psychology. From Villanova, PA, he fell in love with film in the video production club at Radnor High School. Andrew’s previous projects include Playing God (2023) and Good Company (2023), where he held similar crew positions. Specializing in editing, Andrew hopes to pursue a career path in post-production within the film industry.

Director of Photography
Jase Gibbons (He/Him)
Jase is a fourth year Film Production major, minoring in Digital Media Trends and Analytics and a Smeal College Business Fundamentals Certificate. He's from Lancaster PA, where he started to make videos in high school as part of a Communications Technology courses. Jase started largely in journalism working on multiple different news shows throughout high school as well as working on live-streaming and sports broadcasting. When he got to Penn State, he made the switch to more film based productions as thats what he preferred. Now, he specialize in non-fiction videos but likes to challenge himself to be experimental and stretch his capabilities beyond just non-fiction. In the past, Jase worked on Good Company as 1st Assistant Camera and Film School Sucks as Director of Photography. After graduatin, he hopes to obtain his MBA and work in the commercial advertising/documentary field of video production.

Lead Gaffer
Will Johnson (He/Him)
Will Johnson, is a 4th year Film Production Major. He has worked as a lead gaffer and lead sound for the student short horror film TAG, as well as a student short documentary titled Gamma, a documentary about NASA’s Hubble Space Telescoped which is operated by Penn State in order to better understand gamma ray bursts. After graduation, Will plans to move to New York City and begin his career in the film industry.

Social Media Lead
Nicole Oronzio (She/Her)
Nicole is a senior majoring in digital print journalism with a minor in digital media trends and analytics. She is from Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Nicole has been passionate about film since high school, which is when she co-created 6 short films while taking on the roles of director, writer, and producer. When it comes to watching film, her all time favorites are The Shining, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Pulp Fiction, and A Clockwork Orange. Outside of this film, Nicole is in her second year as the Director of Public Relations for Movin' On, Penn State's annual student-run music festival, and is the Director of Campaign Strategy for the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA). She has also been a public relations intern at Braithwaite Communications and Vizion Group. After she graduates, Nicole plans to work in the public relations industry while keeping her passion for music and movies alive.