Zach Wolf, co-director, editor, director of photography

Zach was born and raised on the Upper West Side in New York City. Growing up playing soccer with kids from numerous countries and backgrounds stoked his desire to travel and experience different cultures, communicating through the universal language of soccer.

After graduating from NYU Tisch School of Film and TV, Zach pursued his love of filmmaking through editing, something he observed first-hand watching his father splice film. Zach has worked on many feature films including The Woman in the Window, BlackKklansman, & The Big Sick. He’s edited various shorts highlighted by the Funny or Die video What’s Next for Jack Antonoff, directed by Mike Birbiglia and the innovative Vice News Tonight for HBO. In-between feature films, Zach has made numerous short documentaries about Outsider/Self-Taught artists, an interest he developed at a very young age. www.zachwolfnyc.com

Carmen Morrow, co-director and editor

Born in Vancouver, Canada, Carmen's early years were marked by a blend of cultures, as she split her time growing up between Vancouver and Hong Kong. Her multicultural upbringing laid a foundation for her passion for storytelling and bridging cultures. After graduating from the film program at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Carmen embarked on her editing career, which took her to London, England. There, she began her apprenticeship on productions, including British feature films such as Hotel Splendide and Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. In 2005, Carmen moved to Los Angeles and since then, she has accumulated a diverse list of credits. Notably she was an editor on episodes 7 and 8 on Masters of the Air, an additional editor on The Last Word and the 1st assistant editor on Greyhound. Beyond major studio productions, she has edited independent features and shorts, such as the modern western, Mahjong in the West. Carmen lives in Los Angeles with her dog Catherine.

Telmen Bat-Erdene, narrator

Telmen is originally from Ulaanbaator, Mongolia and has lived in Los Angeles since 2015. She is a graduate of biology from the Shan Dong University and currently studies chemistry full-time while managing a small business. Telmen can speak 4 languages fluently; Russian, Mongolian, English and Mandarin. The Dukha is Telmen’s debut as a voice actor.

Tamir Battuul, additional dialogue recording

Tamir Battuul is an actor and television host born and raised in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. He is a graduate of the Mongolian Cultural University. Tamir’s acting credits include roles on Marco Polo and The Great Wall. An active member of the Mongolian community, Tamir hosts events for Mongolian organizations throughout the United States. His interests include taking photos and videos, traveling and cooking.

Matthew Nicholson, original score

Matthew Liam Nicholson is a recording artist, composer, songwriter, sound artist, band leader & garden designer, originally from Victoria, Australia. He currently lives in the mountains of Northern California. Nicholson's work is grounded in a universal mysticism both gritty and ecstatic, and has been noted to blur the lines between improvisation and composition. His music has been called “a foray into transcendentalism”, that “stretches the ethereality of dream-pop into blissout" (Pitchfork, 8.2) and has been described as "reverent, expansive, magical realist folk music” (Uncut) with a "clear, authorial voice" (Wire). He has traveled widely, often living in remote parts of the world, mostly working in the cities of Melbourne, London & Los Angeles. www.matthewliamnicholson.com

Dominic Johnson, additional composition

Dominic Johnson has called Chicago home for over 19 years, and hails originally from the Pacific Northwest. In the 90’s he played viola in a band based in Chicago and Louisville called rachel’s, and subsequently felt the Windy City's magnetic pull. Career highlights have included co-founding and executive directing the New Millennium Orchestra of Chicago from 2005-15, a solo show of his own work at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, and arranging and performing in Sudan Archives’ 2020 NPR Tiny Desk concert. 2016- 20 found Mr. Johnson splitting time between L.A. and Chicago, learning the ropes in the music department at Comedy Central’s Drunk History and collaborating on an informal series of creative community gatherings with Matt, Shasta, and Carmen at their Los Feliz home. More about Dominic can be found at www.dominicjohnson.me.

Yu-Ting Su, supervising sound designer and mixer

Yu-Ting Su is a female Taiwanese sound designer and re-recording mixer based in Los Angeles since 2008. She has worked professionally on a wide variety of films and is known for her sound work in Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison (2020), In the Life of Music (2018) and The Landscape Within (2016). Regularly challenging the status quo of story telling with sound, she has excelled in the fields of sound design and re-recording mixing. Yu-Ting has distinct set of skills that allow her to shape diegetic sounds that create unique magical moments within scenes she has touched. She continues her endeavors as a sound designer and director as well as the co-founder of Flying Stone Pictures, a production company Yu-Ting uses to help propel her stories to audiences of the world. www.flyingstonepictures.com

Shasta McBride, writer

Shasta studied writing and literature at Lewis & Clark College with poet Vern Rutsala and writer Annie Dawid and later with writers Susan Wyler and Mark Haskell Smith. She works as a freelance artist and writer in Los Angeles and is currently at work on a digital novel about a mysterious presence from her childhood in the jungles of Kauai. Her new favorite writer is Francis Sinclair. You can read her writing at www.shastamcbrideartist.com.

Candice Mars Williamson, colorist and online editor

Mars is a colorist and editor who has worked in post-production for more than ten years, both, on set and chained to a computer at all hours. Seven of those years were spent in Los Angeles working in advertising and freelancing on other projects in my spare time. She has worked across all formats and genres from TVCs and Music Videos to Feature length and Short Films. She's graded projects for clients including ESPN, Showtime, HBO, Netflix, Amazon, and National Geographic. She's also worked on Music Videos for such artist as Peaches, Tegan & Sara, Bell’s Roar and Buddy. She studied Communication & Cinema Studies at Northeastern University. Additionally, she taught color theory and grading at one of the top film programs worldwide at Loyola Marymount University. She enjoys being a Jane of All Trades and us always willing to learn new skills. She loves working on all stories but has a particular passion for uplifting stories by women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ+ community. Now Melbourne based, she lives with her partner, Casey, and her son, Henry. www.practiceinpublic.com

Munkhtur Luvsanjambaa, Mongolian calligraphy

Artist, sculptor, poet, graphic designer, book editor, caricaturist, calligrapher…, multitalented Munkhtur Luvsanjambaa was born in Zavkhan province in the Western Mongolia. Munkhtur graduated from the ‘Green Horse’ Modern Art College of Mongolia and the Los Angeles Pacific College in Los Angeles. He is a former caricaturist at the Universal Studios Hollywood, member of The International Society of Caricature Artists and an activist. He created the beautiful Mongolian calligraphic version for the main title of The Dukha.

Chinbaa Tsogoo, Mongolian crew

Chinbaa is an experienced driver and tour guide who originally comes from Mörön, in the northern Mongolian province of Khovsgul. Chinbaa has worked with numerous international film crews in Mongolia. His knowledge of the open road and the Mongolian landscape was invaluable to the making of The Dukha.

Bilguunbayar Batbold, Mongolian translator

A native of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Bilguun travelled to the remote taiga with The Dukha crew and worked as a translator and guide. Remarkably, he was able to translate the Dukha’s regional Mongolian accent into English, a critical component to the making of the film.