SCHOOL LEADERS & Staff
Guillermo Navarro
(School Director)
Guillermo Navarro is an award-winning director, producer, and screenwriter. He began his career producing documentaries and freelancing for several of the most prestigious television networks, including Discovery Channel, National Geographic, ESPN, HBO, ABC, NBC, CBS, VH1, PBS, HLN, TLC Televisa, Telemundo, Fox Sports, Animal Planet, and Speed Network. His feature film, "Relapse", won the award for Best Film at the BIFF, the Excellence in Filmmaking Award at the International Festival of Honolulu, and Silver Remi Award in Houston World Fest.
Nathaniel L. Tracy
(School Leader)
Nathaniel Tracy grew up in Panama where his passion for cinema led him to pursue a career in filmmaking. Primarily a Director, he has worked in several capacities for various TV networks including; FOX, Bravo, MTV, HGTV, and more. He directed the short film “Windows and Mirrors” and worked on the feature films “Running for Grace” and “The Pilgrim.” He has led the School of Digital Filmmaking since 2017, and his short film “Sequela” is currently on the festival circuit.
Kanoa D. Reid
Kanoa Reid was born and raised in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. He is a freelance filmmaker/videographer specializing in the area of cinematography, he has worked in the camera department on several dozen short and feature film projects including: Running for Grace (Dir. David L. Cunningham), Midori in Hawaii (Dir. John Hill) and most recently Sequela (Dir. Nathaniel Lee Tracy). He was also Director of Photography on an indie feature film, Pilgrim, shot entirely on location in Berlin Germany. The project is currently in post-production and is set to premiere in April of 2019.
Dan McCoy
Dan McCoy is a content creator and in house producer for 24 Frames. Drawing on experience from working at Hawaii’s largest independent film studio, specializing in development and responsible for carrying the film Running for Grace through distribution; as well as Assistant Directing half a dozen short films, his desire is to help other filmmakers get their projects made and seen. He is also a professional improviser and performing member of the Alohahas theater troupe.
Kezia Salanoa
Kezia Salanoa was born in Switzerland and raised in Samoa. She did her Performing Arts DTS in 2015 in Perth, Australia, where she knew her calling was to the Film Industry. After a couple of years of looking for the right film school, she found and joined SDF in 2018 and has been a staff ever since! From early teens, she had an interest in Movie Magic and how it was possible to bring stories and characters to life. Her main interests are Directing, cinematography, lighting, and coming up with ridiculous movie ideas. An aspiring Director of Photography, she hopes one day to make it in the big world.
Grant Kurili
Grant Kurili’s passion for storytelling began when he studied writing after high school. This passion evolved into wanting to tell stories visually, leading him to the School of Digital Filmmaking, where his love of writing, directing, and acting grew.
Marisol Castro
Marisol Castro was born in Lima, Peru. Later on, she lived in Europe and Australia where she completed an apprenticeship as a commercial assistant with foreign languages in Germany; a Mission Leadership Diploma and an Associated Degree in Media and filmmaking with the UofN. For the last 6 years she has served in YWAM Perth-Australia in the Media ministry, Priceless and Create International ministries, where she was part of different documentaries and film projects. Now she has joined 24 Frames of Light to continue to serve in missions through the art of filmmaking.