Thirsty Girl Films
Meg is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, philanthropist, social media guru, adrenaline junkie, amateur astronomer, dreamer, believer, embellisher, adventurer, and a little bit crazy. She is the founder of Thirsty Girl Films and known as a leader in short form and micro budget filmmaking. She is a crowd-funding veteran and has appeared on several popular indie film radio shows, panels, and blogs. Meg has been featured in print with Cupcake Quarterly Magazine, and on websites like IndieWire, Mubi Garage, Film Courage, Take Part, and Film Radar, just to name a few. She is no stranger to the film festival circuit either, screening at over two dozen fests including the prestigious HollyShorts Film Festival at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
In her spare time, she co-chairs The Gwapa Project, a 501c3 in its infancy that’s dedicated to providing high quality media content for non profits around the globe. Her new feature documentary, Gwapa (Beautiful), spawned the creation of The Gwapa Project and she's passionate about using her skills to help others in need. Fulfilling her love of the circus, Meg is excited to film her latest project, “Bizarre,” set to shoot on the RED Epic and Phantom Flex. An Emerson College alumni, Meg is also an award winning art director and published poet. She believes that with dedication and hard work, anything is possible. In the filmmaker’s own words, “Stay young. Stay wild. And never stop dreaming.”
Meg Pinsonneault
Sabina Padilla is a uniquely experienced photographer and cinematographer, traveling the globe in search of stories to tell. Her stills work includes everything from music video to feature film shoots to travel and editorial. As a longstanding student of film, her repertoire also includes cinematography on award-winning short films and she had the honor of working as director of photography for the latest feature documentary project from Thirsty Girl Films, Gwapa (Beautiful). This experience changed her life and inspired her to begin her studies in Ayurvedic Medicine. Having found her calling in the healing arts, she is combining both of her passions as a visual storyteller and a natural healer to bring about progressive change and to inspire people to reach their highest potential. Sabina is also the co-chairs of The Gwapa Project, a non profit organization in its infancy dedicated to providing creative and sustainable solutions to developing countries around the world.
Sabina Padilla
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A true pluralist Kelly has traveled throughout world gathering the skills and savviness necessary to be an Independent Film Maker. Having spent 3 years in New York as an integrated marketing/media strategist and key decision maker executing dozens of million dollar campaigns for brands such as Jameson Whiskey, L'Oreal Paris, and CVS/pharmacy at top ranked media agencies. A new comer to the West Coast, and an alumni of film-centric Emerson College, she has come full circle by joining the Thirsty Girl Film team as Producer and Executive Director.
Kelly has cultivated a passion for travel having visited over 28 countries. She began her career in the Peace Corp as a Sustainable Economic Development Specialist and continues to remain involved in philanthropic work with a passion for environmental conservation and sustainable technology. She is passionate about drawing from her varied and expert talents to lead the Gwapa Project, a non-profit focused on training other non profits with the 21st century media skills necessary to amplify their sustainable projects globally. She is also an accomplished professional chef known to turn around 160 covers during brunch at a busy Brazilian restaurant in Brooklyn. Kelly is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and English and strives to be a Latin American specialist. She is also an avid yogi, star gazer, cyclist, entertainer, and autodidact.
Kelly Rego
