MEET THE TEAM
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Katie Paul
EDIT & PRODUCE
Katie has a dancer’s instinct for rhythm & timing. She cuts with the kind of precision, momentum & musicality you can feel.
As the founder of Basement, she’s helped the team shape everything from major label music videos to high-impact branded content and vérité driven documentaries. She brings both story & of course, style to every frame.
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NADAV KAGAN
EDIT & VFX
Nadav fuses pop culture & technology to craft scroll-stopping work. Using cutting-edge techniques, he delivers at lightning speed, but never sacrifices the artistic integrity that gives his work its signature heart.
Dance, or Die.
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PHILIP THOMPSON
EDIT
Phil was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film”in 2023 and a Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellow and NYFF Artists Academy Fellow in 2024. Phil’s work lives FAR beyond the churn of TikTok.
Phil was raised by his mother, his father, and his television.
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Cyrus Stowe
EDIT & COLOR
Cyrus is an Iranian-American editor and colorist based in Brooklyn. His work has been featured in the LA Times, AnOther Magazine, and PAPER. In 2021, he was the colorist on the black-and-white release of Johnny Mnemonic, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Cyrus is currently in post-production on his debut feature documentary, Roses of My Grandmother’s Garden, produced by Shirin Neshat and BFD Productions.
Ice cream, morning strolls, and outer space.