The Team

The film is created by a team of experienced documentary, editorial, and production professionals—bringing deep expertise in storytelling, science communication, and media production.

ROSLYN DAUBER

Producer Director • Award-winning documentary filmmaker

Roslyn Dauber, Producer and Director, is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with over 20 years of experience. Her latest documentary — A NEW UNDERSTANDING: THE SCIENCE OF PSILOCYBIN (2019) — features pioneer neuroscientists, psychiatrists, and therapists who run clinical trials on the benefits of psilocybin for the terminally ill.

With an MS in Pharmacy from the University of Maryland (2022) from the first program of its kind — Medical Cannabis, Science & Therapeutics — and a Master's in Communication Management from USC, Roz is especially suited to create science and medical related films. Having spent 4 years as Producer/Director for A NEW UNDERSTANDING: THE SCIENCE OF PSILOCYBIN (2019), she is keenly aware of the public interest and promise of non-prescription Schedule 1 drugs — marijuana, MDMA, and psychedelics. Educating the public is the key to growth and change.

As a two time cancer survivor active in the Cancer Support Community, she knows how vital readily accessible and comprehensible medical information is, especially when ill, doesn't feel well, and has to make potentially life or death situations regarding their own treatment.

Her films, Tara's Daughters about Tibetan women refugees, Upward & Outward — the educational film showing the scientific method for the National Science Foundation — among others, have taken her to Tibet, the Gobi Desert, Peru, Europe and research facilities around the world. Roslyn was a journalism Associate Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder for seven years. Dauber Film Services LLC is her production company.

DOUG BEECHWOOD

Producer Editor Camera • 30+ years live event production

Doug Beechwood brings 30+ years of live event production experience with a focus on contemplative and academic organizations. He holds a BFA from the University of Colorado and has worked in film and live event production as producer and technical director since the late 1990s.

A documentary filmmaker with a passion for stories that illuminate ancestral wisdom, Doug has served as media director for Pundarika Foundation USA (Tsoknyi Rinpoche) since 2012. He has produced live events for Karmapa Foundation Europe, Shumei International, International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, Naropa University, and Shambhala Publications, as well as corporate events including the International Space Symposium (2005–2020) and cybersecurity conferences.

His streaming expertise is featured in a Wowza Media Systems case study documenting 10,000% audience growth for the Festival of Faiths. Film credits include Yangsi: Reincarnation Is Just the Beginning, Mystic Maya: Journey of Initiation (2023), and Quantum Qi: The Taoist Art of Nurturing Life (producer and co-director).

BOB DEMAIO

Editor Writer Story Consultant • Writers Guild of America (since 1989)

Bob DeMaio, Editor, Writer, and Story Consultant, has vast experience in the film industry. His true passion lies in documentaries.

He has edited numerous feature documentaries including The Natural History of the Chicken and Cane Toads: The Conquest, which screened at Sundance. He edited the TV series The Standard of Perfection: Show Cats and three episodes in the PBS special The Pursuit of Excellence.

He edited both Academy Award nominated films Tell Them Who You Are and How to Live Forever, directed by Mark Wexler. Bob has been a member of the Writers Guild of America since 1989.

CHRIS CASADY

Cameraman • IATSE Cinematographers Guild Local 659

Chris Casady, our Cameraman, is a film school graduate from the California Institute of the Arts and a member of the IATSE Cinematographers Guild local 659. Chris is an award winning animation filmmaker, including two Clio awards, and directed an animated Beastie Boys music video.

DJUNA ZUPANCIC

Editor • International production experience

Djuna Zupancic, Editor, has worked internationally shooting, editing and directing video. She has done projects for NCAR (the National Center for Atmospheric Research), SustainAbility and the Tippet Rise Art Center.

She has worked with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, the Colorado Division of Wildlife, Gaia TV and many commercial productions.