LUIS   DANTAS

Luis Dantas holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in film from Columbia University in New York, where he was mentored by director Milos Forman, and a Phd in film from the University of São Paulo. In the US Luis produced the feature film Washington Heights, and directed a number of award winning shorts. Upon moving back to Brazil worked in production services for companies abroad. In 2012, Plano Geral won a screenwriting and production grant, and produced The Performance for Brazilian TV Cultura. The film became the first Brazilian feature film to compete at FIPA in Biarritz, France. The company went on to win other screenwriting and production grants and in 2015 released   If God Comes let Him Bring a Gun, his feature directorial debut. The film won numerous awards and was acquired by REDE TELECINE, Canal Brasil, TV Cultura and A&E Networks. Distributed by Pandora Filmes,  available on Amazon Prime in the US.

ALYSS   DIXSON

Alyss received a B.A. in comparative literature at Yale, and began her career in the story department at New Line Cinema in New York, but soon after moved to New Line's L.A. office. While in New York, she attended Columbia University where she met Luis Dantas. She left New Line to work as development executive on Money Talks, Bret Ratner's first feature film and was soon hired to run Rat Entertainment within New Line. For 5 years she was the  main executive and producer in the company, working on films such as Rush Hour, Family Man, Paid in Full (Dimension/Miramax) and as Associate Producer on Disney's Double Take. Later on she  moved to Paramount Pictures as Vice-President Production Worldwide. She is  now a consultant for film and television and  has joined Plano Geral   to develop new content. Writer Mollie Gregory  wrote about Allys in her book Women who run the show.