Producing Team

Executive Producer
Jason Delane Lee is the CO-CEO of the Lagralane Group. At Lagralane, Jason has Co-Executive Produced the 2018 Academy Award-winning documentary, Icarus. His producing credits also include the 2019 Berlinale world premiere and TIFF North American premiere The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open; the 2018 Sundance premieres Night Comes On and This is Home; the 2017 SXSW premieres Served Like a Girl, The Blood is at the Doorstep, and Lucky, starring the late Harry Dean Stanton, and the upcoming Lisa Cortes documentary The Empire of Ebony. On-screen he acted in and executive produced the indie film Givers of Death (G.O.D.), written and directed by Addison Henderson and distributed by Buffalo 8. As a filmmaker, Jason recently completed the short film Lifeline, which he wrote, co-directed, and starred in. Lifeline has screened in over 16 film festivals worldwide earning several accolades including Award of Excellence at Best Shorts Competition and Finalist Best Short at Roma Prism Awards. He is a founding member of Los Angeles-based Lower Depth Theatre; which produces intimate theater for LA's theater arts community and also serves on the board of directors of the Classical Theatre of Harlem in NYC. Jason and his wife, Yvonne, currently live in Studio City, CA with their three children

Producer
Matthew Soraci is the COO of The Lagralane Group. Matthew directs the day-to-day operations involving business development, finance, marketing, and human resources. Along with acting as COO, Matthew has garnered individual credits on Lagralane titles, acting as executive producer on The Blood Is At The Doorstep; The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open; Givers Of Death (G.O.D.); Lifeline (short), producer on Ownership (short), co-producer on Bienvenidos a Los Angeles (2022 LA Shorts International Film Festival Premiere), and as associate producer on Harry Dean Stanton’s final film Lucky. Under the Lagralane company credit, Matthew co-executive produced the 2018 Academy Award winning documentary ICARUS. He is also a producer of the podcast Lagralane Spirits – exploring identity & culture with cocktails. Alongside his professional credits, his penchant for creative storytelling has led to a lifelong involvement in the arts. Matthew serves on the board of Los Angeles-based Lower Depth Theatre Ensemble.

Sabah El-Amin made her producing debut after graduating from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, with the play Spilling Black Ink, which she also co-wrote. This was followed by her short film, The Bus Stop, which she wrote and was televised on BET and screened in several film festivals across the U.S. Sabah has produced several LA theatrical events – notably House Rules a full-length play written by Peppur Chambers, ThreeWomen. ThreeWays., Slammed or be Slammed - Monologue Slams for Tisch School of the Arts and Dahéli Live! with Dahéli Hall (Dear White People). Sabah is also an actress and voice over artist and has appeared on stage and screen. Sabah is a recipient of the LA NAACP Theatre Award for her dramatic performance in Sojourner: The Story of Sojourner Truth and has worked on ABC Family’s Lincoln Heights, NBC’s Southland, Showtime’s Shameless and can be seen on Tubi in the film Do Something. Sabah’s voice can be heard on Blackbirds, an audio series, and in ads for The Music Center, Los Angeles. She is a member of AEA and SAG/AFTRA.

Producer and Casting Director
Elizabeth Boykewich has an illustrious career as a casting maven and now producer of tv, theater and film. Having held the role of Senior Vice President of Casting & Talent at the Disney company for nearly two decades, Boykewich played an integral role in the launch and definition of two distinct television brands. Overseeing multiple award-winning series, Boykewich has been directly involved in more than 400 projects. Her dedication to developing and nurturing the careers of rising stars and casting diverse voices has earned her talent critical acclaim and a plethora of awards, including the Teen Choice Awards, People's Choice Awards, NAACP, GLAAD, Imagen, Saturn Awards, and Television Critics Association Awards.
Elizabeth Boykewich embarked on her casting journey at the prestigious Circle Repertory Theater Company, ascending from a casting intern to the role of casting director. Transitioning into film and television work in New York City, she swiftly earned a reputation as the go-to person for talent searches. She is a member of the Casting Society of America, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences & Women in Film. Most recently Boykewich cast "Cooper's Bar" for AMC+ and serves as a producer for Element 8 Productions.

Producer
Courtney is passionate about using storytelling to help nonprofit organizations secure vital grant funding to amplify their impact on the communities they serve. She is the CEO and Principal Consultant at Coastal Nonprofit Consulting, which she founded in 2023 with Juliana Choi. In just five years, Courtney has secured over $5.5 million in funding, dramatically advancing the missions of numerous nonprofit arts and culture organizations. Courtney has worked in the nonprofit sector for over a decade and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre from Pepperdine University. She is a member of the Grants Professionals Association (GPA) and holds certificates in Nonprofit Management (Center for Nonprofit Management), Grant Writing (Learn Grant Writing), and Financial Success for Nonprofits (Cornell University). Beyond fundraising, Courtney produces theatre, film, and audio projects with The Lagralane Group (Lagralane Spirits podcast, Ownership short film) and Butterfly Jet Productions (Broken Castles short film). In her free time, Courtney can be found writing or exploring San Diego with her husband and two young kiddos.

Producer
AJ Dinsmore is a Chinese-American writer and producer based in LA. She is currently a writing fellow in Emmy Award winner Lena Waithe’s renowned Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab. AJ supported the development of vital new stories by BIPOC and women-identifying writers from behind the scenes as a Project Coordinator for BIPOC theatre company, Lower Depth Theatre. She also served as a Production Coordinator for Tony Award winner Sarah Jones' social justice-focused entertainment company, Foment Productions. She is currently the Project Coordinator for the Academy Award-winning film development company, The Lagralane Group and the Podcast Coordinator for "Lagralane Spirits." Her producing credits include Lagralane’s short film, “Ownership,” and Lower Depth Theatre’s podcast, Writers Revealed.

Consulting Producer
Morenike Joela Evans is an Emmy-Nominated Director, Writer and Creative Producer. In 2022, she directed two pilots—Disney’s Saturdays, a single cam show highlighting the Black roller skating culture and Act Your Age, which has been said to be a “Black Golden Girls” starring Tisha Campbell, Kym Whitley and Yvette Nicole Brown. In 2022, she was nominated for a Children & Family Emmy for directing the hit Disney series Raven’s Home.
Morenike launched her episodic directing career on the NAACP Image Award-Winning and Emmy-nominated hit series Family Reunion. She’s also directed episodes for The Neighborhood, the successful reboot of iCarly, How I Met Your Father, and That Girl Lay Lay. As a single-camera director, Morenike has directed episodes for Quantum Leap, Legacies, Guilty Party and The Secrets of Sulphur Springs.
Morenike was selected to participate in the 2021 DGA Women’s Steering Committee’s inaugural mentorship program The Squad, and the CBS Directing Initiative. She was also named one of 8 directors to watch after being selected to be in the Alliance of Woman Directors 2019-2020 Industry Support program! Morenike transitioned to directing scripted television after an impressive career producing entertainment, lifestyle and docuseries for MTV News, BET, NBC, TNT, OWN, TV One and PBS.