Stephanie M. Yuhas graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Philadelphia University of the Arts with a BFA in Animation. In addition to Project Twenty1, Stephanie operates Shinygrape Studios, a Philadelphia-based animation & writing company. As an animator, Stephanie feels there is a large void in the time-based festival circuit for animation, given the typical constraints and intensity of the medium. She believes that Project Twenty1 provides enough time to produce polished films and creates a unique venue for animators to screen their work alongside live-action filmmakers.

Matt Conant, Artistic Director

Matt Conant graduated Magna Cum Laude from Temple University in 2002 with a BA in Film & Media Arts. He is the Creative Director of Cinevore Studios, which specializes in genre-bending narrative fiction and web series, and owns Crystalline Studios, which produces commercial video work for clients throughout the Delaware Valley. He is currently producing two web series, “Nerd vs. Geek” and “OverAnalyzers”, and plotting for his next feature film. Matt loves that Project Twenty1 gives filmmakers multiple means of access to a mass audience, the motivation to create original films, and most of all, that it has been creating jobs in artistic industries.

Board of Directors

• Matt Conant, President – Crystalline Studios
• Stephanie Yuhas, Vice-President – Shinygrape Studios
• Ryan Leib, Secretary – Keystone Wealth Management
• John Duffy, Treasurer – Deloitte
• David S. Conant – WRTI 90.1FM Public Radio
• Ryan Schott – Screenwave Media
• Stephen M. Perry – Wachovia Bank

Advisory Board

• Danielle Alderman – Triumph Brewery
• Jackie Borock
• Doug Seiler – Seiler Drury Architects
• Alex Levit – Reed Smith
• Michele D’Aquino
• Dawn Harvey – Lansdale Theatre Works
• Pete Lauritzen
• Norman M. Valz – Norman M. Valz & Associates, P.C.

2011-2012 Interns & In-House Volunteers

• Aislinn Tomchak – Drexel University co-op program
• Aaron Curtis – Temple University
• Amanda Cusumano
• Carolyn  Boyd – University of the Arts Alumni
• Christopher Barley – Dragon Crest Productions
• Devin Hassan – Drexel University
• Kelly Croke – Temple University
• Tim Morris