Our Crew
Kevin Smokler
Director/Producer
Kevin Smokler is the author of three books about pop culture, including most recently Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to ’80s Teen Movies. His essays and cultural criticism have appeared in the LA Times, Salon, Fast Company, BuzzFeed, Vulture, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Decider and on National Public Radio. Vinyl Nation is his first film.
Kevin has been fortunate to speak to and host events for venues and organizations across North America including SXSW, New York Comic Con, MIT, the LA Times Festival of Books and the Commonwealth Club of California.
A native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, he has lived for the last 20 years in his adopted home of San Francisco with his wife and far too many books and vinyl records.
Christopher Boone
Director/Producer
Christopher Boone is a screenwriter and filmmaker based in Albuquerque. Vinyl Nation is his first feature documentary. He previously directed the narrative feature Cents from his Nicholl Fellowship semifinalist script. He is a contributing writer to No Film School and a frequent panel moderator for Austin Film Festival and its On Story series.
Sherri Kauk
Director of Photography
Sherri Kauk is an Emmy-winning Director of Photography based in Los Angeles and Chicago. Her cinematography is fast and beautiful, shooting the Emmy-winning CBS single-camera series The Inspectors in three shoot days-per-episode and the Netflix narrative feature, LOEV, in 16 days.
Sherri's work is artistic and commercial, airing on HBO, Amazon, Snapchat and screening at SXSW, Frameline, Guadalajara, Jeonju, and Goa International Film Festivals.
She is a member of IATSE Local 600. Affiliations include: Women in Media, International Collective of Female Cinematographers and Glass Elevate.
David Fabelo &
Jason Wehling
Editors
David Fabelo and Jason Wehling are much more than editors. They are storytellers, both having worn multiple hats as writers, producers and directors on several narrative and documentary films. Their newly formed company is aptly named Accordion Story Manufacturing as they collaborate with filmmakers to compress footage down to a story's bare essentials, then opening a story back up to give it just the right amount of breath.
David's work as both a narrative and documentary editor has screened at Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, SXSW and Los Angeles Film Festival. He has twice been invited to the Sundance Documentary Edit and Story Lab as an assistant editing fellow. His documentary editing credits include The Russian Five, The Sensitives, Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove, and Bright Shadow. His narrative editing credits include Slash, Good Night, Fourplay, and I'll Come Running. David has also directed two award-winning short films, Test Day and Do Over.
Jason spent several years as a producer at Arts + Labor, and has a long list of credits as a writer and producer on numerous documentaries, including J.R. "Bob" Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius, The Russian Five, Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove, The Jones Family Will Make a Way, Bright Shadow, and America's Parking Lot. His feature producing credits include The Retrieval, Fourplay, and August Evening (winner of the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award).
Kathryn Bostic
Composer
Composer and singer/songwriter Kathryn Bostic is known for her work on film, TV and live theater. Her original song for the documentary Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am was recently shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Kathryn's original film scores include Clemency, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, Dear White People, Middle of Nowhere, and I Will Follow.
She is a recipient of many fellowships and awards including the prestigious Sundance Time Warner Fellowship, Sundance Fellowship for Feature Film Scoring, Sundance/Skywalker Documentary Film Scoring and the BMI Conducting Fellowship. Kathryn was the Vice President of the Alliance for Women Film Composers from 2017-2019. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and Television Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Morgan Rhodes
Music Supervisor
Morgan Rhodes is an LA-based radio presenter-turned music supervisor. She is always in search of the perfect song and perfect conversation about music. Her credits as music supervisor include Selma (Oscar winner for Best Original Song), Middle of Nowhere, and Sundance 2020 hit Bad Hair, as well as the TV series Dear White People and Queen Sugar.
Morgan also co-hosts the podcast Heat Rocks with Oliver Wang, inviting a special guest each episode to talk about a heat rock – a hot album, a scorching record that shapes our lives.