Buboo Kakati received a Master of Fine Arts in Film & Television from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she wrote, directed, produced and edited several short films, among them, her thesis “Off Duty,” which was the winner of a Warner Bros. Pictures Award and the recipient of four NYU Awards for outstanding achievement in Producing, Cinematography, Original Score and Sound Design.

“Off Duty” was also featured in NYU’s prestigious Directors Series and premiered at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival. Ms. Kakati has worked with both narrative and documentary subjects, winning an Uncommon Legacy Leadership scholarship for her short “Paddy Wagon” (a verité documentary about the controversies surrounding New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day parade). She has served on the jury at The New Festival, initiated corporate sponsorships through HBO to fund film festivals supporting diversity, and while at NYU, received several distinguished scholarships.

Her films, screened worldwide, include "A Question of Virtue" (an elderly widow rediscovers her sexuality) and "A Letter Home" (a young woman reminisces about her childhood, distributed by Frameline). Though her passion is filmmaking, she also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and Psychology and a Master's degree in Creative Writing.

Kelly Atkins received her Masters Degree in Film from New York University. She was honored with an Excellence in Producing Award for
her thesis film Chatham County Superstar, which she produced, wrote and
directed. The film received a CINE Eagle Award, and won the Perry Ellis Award in The Shorts International Film Festival at Sony Lincoln
Square in New York. The exclusive Japanese distribution rights were sold to Digital Media Lab, owners of Japanese rights to several Miramax films.

Kelly received a grant from Showtime Television Networks to write and direct a short film addressing the events of September 11th, which aired in a series entitled "Visions From Ground Zero", hosted by Spike Lee. Kelly’s film, Twice a Day, was submitted for an Emmy nomination.

Kelly has written feature screenplays, and television specs for “Sex and the City” and “Six Feet Under”. Two of her scripts, Family Life
and Layover, were Finalists for the Sundance Screenwriting Lab. She was selected for the Independent Feature Project's (IFP) Screenplay Lab with Layover, also a Finalist for the Chesterfield Writer's Film Project, sponsored by Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment; the Richard Vague Production Grant, an NYU alumni award for $100,000; and The Shooting Gallery's Scriptmag competition. Signed at Writers and Artists Agency, Kelly co-wrote a script under development at Andrew
Lauren Productions, and was hired as a writer by Open City Films.

Her screenplay, Family Life, submitted to the Cannes Film Festival Residence, has attached producer Gill Holland (Sundance winner
“Hurricane Streets”; MGM/United Artists).

UPDATE SUMMER 2005

Kelly started a film school in Kochi, Japan last summer as the Founding Director, and is a freelance consulting designer for a company in Pasadena.