RACHEL KLEIN – Producer/Director, CEO Fire Starter Studios

Ms. Klein is a 2-time Primetime Emmy and Producers Guild Award-nominated Director/Producer and founder of Fire Starter Studios. She built the first woman-owned sound stage in Los Angeles and has produced over 600 hours of content for giants like HBO, ESPN, NBC, Fox, and more. She produced films such as the highly acclaimed documentary 30 for 30 – The Fab Five (ESPN), 30 Days in May (Showtime), and 7 seasons of the docu-series UFC Primetime (FOX). 

Most recently, Rachel produced and directed the feature documentary Saving 4 Seconds, about the history of suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge from the perspective of the employees who are looking to end the structure’s narrative as the #1 suicide magnet in the world, the opening narrative for Native Voices, a film about the decimation of Native American languages, and the feature film The Stage, a groundbreaking real-time unscripted horror film.

She co-created, produced, and directed the award-winning documentary series National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts. The vast 67-film series, shot in under 2 years, over 400 locations across all 55 states and territories, with 200 crew, featuring the remarkable stories of arts and artists around the country including Robert Redford and Sundance Institute, Gary Sinese and Steppenwolf Theater, Edward Villella, Larry Wilmore and a truly unique collaboration with the Department of Defense – the power of the arts in healing our wounded United States military.

Ms. Klein currently sits on the Producers Guild of America National Board of Directors and is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Peter Hyoguchi

Peter Hyoguchi is a writer, director, VFX supervisor and film instructor. His fourth feature film “The Occult,” a supernatural thriller which was shot using a mixture of traditional and virtual production techniques. The film is currently on a nationwide cinema roadshow, playing in first-run multiplexes. 

As a screenwriter, his writing assignments, include adapting a New York Times best-selling novel called “Shooting Elvis” and co-writing “The Waking” with sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury for director John Carpenter. In 2001, he won Best Feature Film at both New York and San Francisco Independent Film Festivals for “First, Last and Deposit” which he wrote, shot and directed. The film has aired on IFC and Netflix. 

In 2025, Hyoguchi launched an online masterclass on DIY theatrical distribution called CineRoad.

MIKE CARAVELLA – ACTOR/WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

Spearhead and Founder of Whaddayagot? Productions (Named after the iconic Marlon Brando line in The Wild One when his character is asked “What are you rebelling against?”). It is with that bold, independent, maverick spirit that Mike created ASTRAL PLANE DRIFTER. First as the much acclaimed, multiple award winning cult-classic short, and now as the also multiple award winning Feature Film. Mike has extensive Film & TV Acting Experience (It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Minx, The Sopranos, Made For Love, Superstore, Third Watch), and was a longtime ghostwriter for Michael Swerdlick (Can’t Buy Me Love, Class Act, and Love Don’t Cost A Thing). Mike considers himself a film historian, with over 10,000 movies viewed under his belt, and considers the 1970’s as the pinnacle of cinema, with that era greatly influencing ASTRAL PLANE DRIFTER.

As a screenwriter, his writing assignments, include adapting a New York Times best-selling novel called “Shooting Elvis” and co-writing “The Waking” with sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury for director John Carpenter. In 2001, he won Best Feature Film at both New York and San Francisco Independent Film Festivals for “First, Last and Deposit” which he wrote, shot and directed. The film has aired on IFC and Netflix. 

In 2025, Hyoguchi launched an online masterclass on DIY theatrical distribution called CineRoad.

Eduardo Castrillo