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Firesite Films, Groton, CT

CTFTVA Co-Founder, Co-Chair

President, Chair 10 Productions, Newtown, CT

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Production Designer

www.lilybolles.com

Lily’s IMDB page

Lily Bolles is a Connecticut based Production Designer and Art Director. She graduated with her BFA in film and television from the Savannah College of Art and Design and has been working in the art department for the past 15 years, allowing her to work on 50 different productions.

Movies that she has designed have premiered at SXSW (Jakob’s Wife, 2021), Tribeca (Suitable Flesh, 2023), The American Film Festival and the Independent Film Festival Boston (CROOKEDFINGER, 2024) and the Cinequest Film Festival (Voices Carry, 2025).

Lily has a passion for storytelling and to the idea of advancing the narrative of a film through the art and symbolism portrayed on screen. While based in Connecticut, Lily has traveled to make films in Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Illinois, New York and Massachusetts.  

With her strong team of Connecticut and New York locals she is proud to be a part of representing Connecticut filmmaking and is dedicated to helping it thrive in the coming years. 

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Ed Cohen is a native of New Haven, Connecticut and a graduate of the University of Connecticut, Class of 1969. In 1965, he founded Bands Unlimited which later morphed into Miriam Cohen Productions with his wife as his business partner. The business soon became the largest independent music management/booking agency in New England: managing five bands and booking one hundred. Simultaneously, he was playing second sax, percussion, and was backup singer for “The Gravy Train.” In 1974, Ed encountered Dave Biro and his invention, The BiroTron - widely recognized as the rarest instrument in rock music history and arranged a meeting with Rick Wakeman, keyboardist of YES. The Biroron was used on recordings by YES, Wakeman, Tangerine Dream and extensively on the road. 

Ed returned to CT in late 2018, and currently manages Italian-American composer/musician/engineer Max Di Carlo and Second Sight, a classic rock band composed of current and semi-retired major moguls in the film/TV industry. He also manages Ray Griggs. Latest additions to the team are Steve Johnson, Rob “Rob the Drummer” Gottfried, and Marston Smith “Lord of the Cello.”

In 2021, Ed began a parallel career in filmmaking as a location scout, locations manager, associate producer, product placement specialist, and has since worked on ten feature films to date. After meeting Jonathan Black, the two co-founded the Connecticut Film & TV Alliance in June 2023. Ed has served on the board of the CTFTVA since its founding, working to get 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, prevent the state legislature from abolishing the Film/TV Tax Incentive, roll out the first Health Benefits program for gig workers, and grow the membership to 600. Ed looks forward to continuing this important work to build the film industry in the state and is enjoying actively working in the film and music industries.

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Department Head/Professor, Digital Media & Design, University of Connecticut

https://www.linkedin.com/in/heathere/

Heather Elliott-Famularo is a dedicated fine arts administrator, educator, and filmmaker. She currently serves as the Department Head of Digital Media & Design in the School of Fine Arts at the University of Connecticut. She earned a MFA in Art and Technology from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA in Art Media Studies from Syracuse University. Elliott-Famularo is an award-winning filmmaker/artist whose varied research interests include documentary film, fine art video installation, photography, and collaborative digital humanities projects. Her work has been published and exhibited internationally in Canada, Hungary, Italy, and Poland as well as at iDMAa and SIGGRAPH, where she has also acted as curator and juror of numerous exhibitions.

As department head at UConn, Elliott-Famularo is known for her impactful leadership - building bridges between the humanities, arts, and sciences. Her most prominent collaborations include the Human Rights Film and Digital Media Initiative, STEAM-related projects in art+science communication, creation of a Digital Public History minor, and sports entertainment with UConn Athletics. She is excited about the future of filmmaking in Connecticut and is committed to building the industry to provide opportunities for young promising filmmakers and fuel the creative economy in the state!

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Donn Quijada is the owner of Crooked Smile Agency, a production service company and casting agency based in Connecticut. Over the past 10 years Donn Quijada has personally worked on over 100 productions from music videos, commercials, tv shows, feature films, short films and much more. Originally from Connecticut with a passion for the arts, specifically music and productions, Donn realized at an early age that there were not many resources for local talent or crew to find work that they can be proud of and exercise their artistic nature on various platforms. Which is why he created a company  that does exactly that, finding jobs and placing local talent and crew on numerous productions and assignments. This passion to help others find work in the film industry is what led him to join The Connecticut Film and TV Alliance,  as their goals align perfectly with Donn’s aspirations and visions for the great state of Connecticut.