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Ethos

2020

A group of unique characters from dramatically different socio-cultural backgrounds meet in startling circumstances in the vibrant and colorful city of Istanbul, some by chance and some by force of will.

Jerad Anderson

Jerad is a creative business executive and is a founder of production company Florence (Florence.co), post production color facility (Ethos. studio), edit studio Church (edit. chruch) and VFX world building lab Impossible Objects (Impossible-Objects.co).

Patrick Barker

Patrick farms with his cousin, Brian at Lodge Farm, a 1,300-acre arable farm in North Suffolk, where their core ethos is high yields and top wildlife conservation. The Farm is a LEAF demonstration farm, has just tied up its 6-year tenure as an AHDB Strategic Farm and featured on the BBC Wild Isles series showcasing the importance of Farmland for UK wildlife. Patrick has recorded a wealth of biodiversity on farm, including pollinators rarely documented in the region e.g. the Blackthorn mining bee, Blunthorn nomad bee and the Ruderal bumblebee, challenging the notion that farmland is a biodiversity desert.

Arthur Penn

Director · Known for The Philco Television Playhouse

Arthur Hiller Penn (September 27, 1922 – September 28, 2010) was an American filmmaker, theatre director, and producer. He was a three-time Academy Award nominee for Best Director, and a Tony Award winner. Among other accolades, he was also nominated for a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Penn first achieved prominence as a theatre director, winning a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for The Miracle Worker. He received similar acclaim and his first Oscar nomination for directing the 1962 film adaptation. His 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde is credited with initiating the New Hollywood movement, by infusing the biographical crime drama with a counterculture sensibility. He achieved similar critical and commercial success directing the comedy Alice's Restaurant (1969) and the revisionist Western Little Big Man (1970), which further reflected that ethos. Penn’s other notable films included the neo-noir Night Moves (1975) and the revisionist Western The Missouri Breaks (1976). In the 1990s, he returned to stage and television direction and production, including an executive producer role for the police procedural series Law & Order. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Penn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Jessie Barr

Jessie Barr is a writer/director based in L.A. with roots in theater, independent film + comedy. A multi-hyphenate filmmaker and commercial director born in Washington D.C. she danced with The Washington Ballet before cutting her teeth as an actor in NYC’s Off-Broadway scene. Jessie’s filmmaking is humanistic, sensual, and darkly funny, centering on characters in moments of rupture where desire, shame, and love collide. Her production company, Enfants Bizarres, is committed to the raw energy and revolutionary ethos of punk filmmaking, championing humanistic stories that explore the erotic, subvert gender norms, and center the unruly. Jessie recently directed the viral sensation Fight Dirty (2026), a YA action romance streaming on CandyJar app, Roku, and AppleTV, and was profiled in The Hollywood Reporter. Her spec commercial for Laneige Lip Mask is a runaway hit with 5.4 million views. Jessie is currently developing a Shakespeare adaptation with Academy Award-winning prod co. Caviar (War Pony, Sound of Metal). Her latest short film, Sylvia, starring Jena Malone (Love Lies Bleeding, Neon Demon, The Hunger Games), will World Premiere at the Palm Springs International ShortFest 2026. The film was made possible with support from Modern Silent Shorts and Isabella Rossellini. Jessie is a 2025 Djerassi Artist in Residence, 2024 Half Initiative directing fellow (Ryan Murphy Program), and 2021 Sundance Episodic Lab fellow. The series she co-created went on to be developed with Warner Bros. Television and Tall Baby Productions. Jessie’s work has screened globally at festivals including Deauville, Berlinale, Tribeca, Mar Del Plata, and been featured by The National Board of Review, The New York Times, Short of the Week, Vimeo Staff Pick, and USA Today. Jessie’s critically acclaimed, award-winning feature debut, Sophie Jones, premiered in competition at the Deauville Film Festival and was released by Oscilloscope Laboratories, earning a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes and streaming on Showtime. The film is executive produced by Nicole Holofcener. Roger Ebert hailed it as “Superb." Variety called it "A fully realized portrait of grief that's universal," and The Playlist praised it as "Coming-of-age at its best. A quiet, brilliant film.” As a performance artist, Jessie appeared with Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova in PUSSY RIOT SIBERIA (2025) at MOCA. Jessie’s personal cancer chronicle, Serving Cunt debuted at SADE Gallery in Los Angeles (2024), featuring original films, installations, and photography as a way to process her bladder cancer diagnosis, treatment, and healing. Selected Clients: Garnier, Savannah Rose Studio. Grant recognitions include: MOS Silent Film Grant Recipient (2025), PEN America Writer's Grant Recipient (2020), and Oregon Film Grant Recipient (2019).

Bige Önal

Cast · Known for Ethos

Bige Önal (February 1, 1990) is a Turkish actress. Önal was born in Istanbul. Her father Erhan Önal was a former football player who played for Bayern Munich and Galatasaray. Her mother, Mine Baysan, is a former model. After graduating from Saint-Benoît French High School, she enrolled in Istanbul Bilgi University and finished her studies there. Her first recognizable role was on "Elde Var Hayat" in 2010, She was then cast in period series "Benim Adım Gültepe." Her portrayal of the character Nazlı served as a breakthrough in her career. In 2020, Netflix series "Ethos", Önal played Hayrunnisa and recognized by more people.

Terel Gibson

Editor · Known for I Love Boosters, Ready or Not

Terel Gibson, ACE, is an American film and television editor. Gibson has held primary editing roles on several high-profile feature films, including the satirical dark comedy Sorry to Bother You (2018), the thriller Ready or Not (2019), the poignant biographical drama The Last Full Measure (2020), and the comedy-drama Mr. Roosevelt (2017), among others. His feature credits also include The Road Within (2014), We Are Your Friends (2015), The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017), Girlfriend’s Day (2017), and All Nighter (2017). Born and based in Los Angeles, Gibson is a graduate of Emory University and built his filmmaking foundation through roles as assistant editor on films like Spanglish (2004), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Pride and Glory (2008) and Orphan (2009), under the guidance of lead editors such as Pamela Martin and Lisa Zeno Churgin. He often credits his mentors, including Lisa Churgin and Pam Martin, for shaping both his creative approach and professional ethos. In television, Gibson has worked on notable television series, including Marvel Studios’ Hawkeye (2021), where he served as editor on episodes “Never Meet Your Heroes” and “Hide and Seek”. He has also edited projects like Safety and Think Like a Dog (2020). In a February 2021 profile for the Motion Picture Editors Guild’s “Cut to Black” series, Gibson reflected on early cinematic influences such as Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window and the PBS documentary Eyes on the Prize, which helped ignite his passion for storytelling and editing. He expressed a steadfast belief that “it’s not just how you start, it’s how you finish,” a tenet he attributes to Lisa Churgin and carries with him through each project. Remembering his earliest on-camera appearance, he recounted a small acting moment in Jonathan Demme’s Beloved before realising that his true calling lay behind the editing suite.

Matt Burnett

Cast · Known for Craig of the Creek

Matthew Raymond “Matt” Burnett is an American animator, writer, director, voice actor, storyboard artist, and executive producer. He is best known as the co-creator, alongside longtime collaborator Ben Levin, of Cartoon Network’s "Craig of the Creek" (2017–2023) and its spin-off, "Jessica’s Big Little World" (2023). Together, Burnett and Levin also co-wrote and co-directed the prequel film 'Craig Before the Creek' (2023). Before creating his own series, Burnett was a key creative force on "Steven Universe" (2013–2018). As a senior writer and story editor, he helped develop the story for nearly 50 episodes and edited scripts for more than 50, working closely with the storyboard artists during pitches to refine Rebecca Sugar’s vision for the show. He and Levin left Steven Universe after "Craig of the Creek" was greenlit, but returned to co-write the story for 'Steven Universe: The Movie' (2019). Burnett’s career began in the mid-2000s. In 2006, he provided the voice of Simon in the short film "She She She She’s a Bombshell!", and the following year worked as an animator on "Kappa Mikey" (2007). Since then, his work has spanned writing, directing, voice acting, and producing, with a consistent focus on imaginative, character-driven storytelling. Burnett often credits his DIY, hands-on upbringing for shaping his creative ethos, bringing authenticity and heart to the worlds he builds. Across television and film, he has established himself as a versatile storyteller dedicated to creating stories filled with humor, warmth, and emotional depth.

Oyenmwosasere Ekhosuehi

Cast · Known for Simon Says

Ocean Ramsey

Ocean Ramsey is an ethologist, marine biologist, professional freediver, scuba instructor, sharks conservationist, author, filmmaker, and model. She gained international media attention for free diving with sharks, including great white sharks, to raise awareness about shark conservation and promote her business (a company based in Hawaii that facilitates dives with marine life, and promote shark diving education and conservation). She is probably one of the few people in the world who has swum underwater with great white sharks. Ramsey inspires people from all over the world to look at sharks not as ferocious killing machines but as an endangered species that is critical to the water world's ecosystem. Ocean is also widely recognized for her commitment to the protection of our oceans and marine life and her work as a passionate shark conservation advocate. Ramsey completed an associate's degree in behavioral sciences and psychology, studied biology at the University of Hawaii, earned a bachelor's degree at San Diego State University, and a master's degree in ethology. She is also an avid swimmer, surfer, model, runner, hiker, photographer and videographer, and Pilates and Yoga enthusiast.

Frans de Waal

Franciscus Bernardus Maria "Frans" de Waal, PhD is a Dutch primatologist and ethologist. He is the Charles Howard Candler professor of Primate Behavior in the Emory University psychology department in Atlanta, Georgia, and director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and author of numerous books including Chimpanzee Politics and Our Inner Ape. His research centers on primate social behavior, including conflict resolution, cooperation, inequity aversion, and food-sharing. He is a Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Richard Dawkins

Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL (born 26 March 1941), known as Richard Dawkins, is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008. Dawkins came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centered view of evolution and introduced the term meme. In 1982, he introduced into evolutionary biology an influential concept, presented in his book The Extended Phenotype, that the phenotypic effects of a gene are not necessarily limited to an organism's body, but can stretch far into the environment, including the bodies of other organisms. Dawkins is an atheist and humanist, a Vice President of the British Humanist Association and supporter of the Brights movement. He is well known for his criticism of creationism and intelligent design. In his 1986 book The Blind Watchmaker, he argued against the watchmaker analogy, an argument for the existence of a supernatural creator based upon the complexity of living organisms. Instead, he described evolutionary processes as analogous to a blind watchmaker. He has since written several popular science books, and makes regular television and radio appearances, predominantly discussing these topics. He has been referred to in the media as "Darwin's Rottweiler," a reference to English biologist T. H. Huxley, who was known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's evolutionary ideas. In his 2006 book The God Delusion, Dawkins contends that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that religious faith is a delusion—a fixed false belief. As of January 2010, the English-language version had sold more than two million copies and had been translated into 31 languages, making it his most popular book to date.

Steffany Huckaby

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Steffany Huckaby is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Beth in the television series, Greek. She starred in the horror film, Death Tunnel and The Pleasure Drivers as Casey Ethot. She also received strong reviews for her theatrical performance as Kia in the play, "The Last Schwartz."  She will portray Kathy Baker in the upcoming 2010 Bollywood film, My Name Is Khan. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Faulkner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Mylène Demongeot

Mylène Demongeot (born Marie-Hélène Demongeot; 29 September 1935 – 1 December 2022) was a French film, television and theatre actress and author with a career spanning seven decades and more than 100 credits in French, Italian, English and Japanese speaking productions. Demongeot became a star at age 21 with her portrayal of Abigail Williams in The Crucible (1957) which garnered her a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles nomination and the best actress prize at the socialist Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Some other notable film roles include Elsa in Otto Preminger's Bonjour Tristesse (1958), alongside Deborah Kerr and David Niven, and as Milady de Winter in Les Trois Mousquetaires (1961). A "veteran of cinema" who started as one of the blond sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s, she managed to avoid typecasting by exploring many film genres including thrillers, westerns, comedies, swashbucklers, period films and even pepla, such as Romulus and the Sabines (1961) opposite Roger Moore or Gold for the Caesars (1963). Demongeot also has a cult following based on the Fantomas trilogy, as Hélène Gurn opposite Louis de Funès and Jean Marais: Fantômas (1964), Fantômas Unleashed (1965) and Fantômas Against Scotland Yard (1967). Thirty years later, she starred again in another one of France's most successful comedy trilogies as Madame Pic in Fabien Onteniente's Camping (2006), Camping 2 (2010) and Camping 3 (2016). She was twice nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the César Awards for 36 Quai des Orfèvres (2004) and French California (2006). In 2007, she was made a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et de Lettres of the French Republic. In 2017, she was inducted into the Légion d'Honneur by ethologist and neurologist Boris Cyrulnik, with the rank of Chevalier. She remained popular until her passing from peritoneal cancer. At the time of her death, she was starring in Thomas Gilou's film Maison de retraite (2022) alongside Gérard Depardieu, one of the biggest box office hits of 2022 in France. Through an Élysée Palace official tribune, President Emmanuel Macron paid a long tribute to her which included : "we salute the career of a great figure in the French Seventh Art, who knew how to shine in all its genres to move all French people". Demongeot was born in September 1935 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, the daughter and only child of Alfred Jean Demongeot, born Nice, 30 January 1897 (himself the son of Marie Joseph Marcel Demongeot, career soldier, and Clotilde Faussonne di Clavesana, an Italian contessa) and Claudia Troubnikova, born 17 May 1904 in Kharkiv (Ukraine, Russian Empire). Her parents, both actors themselves, had met in Shanghai, China, where her half-brother, Léonid Ivantov, from the first marriage of her mother, was born, in Harbin on 17 December 1923. Like hundreds of other major European figures of stage and screen, she trained at the 'Cours Simon' in Paris where her classmates included Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claude Berri and Guy Bedos. She was a classically trained pianist and her first ambition was of becoming a professional. ... Source: Article "Mylène Demongeot" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.