Colleen Cassingham (Director of From Damascus to Chicago) graduated from Northwestern University in 2016 with a bachelor's degree in Middle East and North African studies and a minor in film. She has filmed in various places, including in Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan and Palestine. She is currently based in Brooklyn, N.Y. where she works for Multitude Films and is a UnionDocs Collaborative Fellow.
Alex Lederman (Director of From Damascus to Chicago) Alex Lederman is a multimedia journalist whose work has been published by The Atlantic, The Washington Post, ABC News, and Al Jazeera English, among other publications. He graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a degree in journalism and political science and a minor in Middle East and North African studies. He has worked for Al Jazeera English, ABC News, CNN, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and Sirius XM.