Taylor Wash
Producer
/First Assistant Director
Taylor is a queer Chicago based film producer. After receiving her B.A in English Literature, she began working in advertising at the Chicago Tribune. While at Tribune, her passion for film became the forefront. She started working part time as a production PA and soon after left the corporate world to pursue film full time. Taylor worked on local commercials before moving on to television (Amazon’s Utopia, NBC’s Chicago P.D, Disney+’s Encore). She now works as an assistant accountant on feature films, the latest being MGM’s Candyman, and produces projects in between studio gigs. She is the co-founder of Studio Sanssouci with Derek Elliott Bagley.
Derek Elliott Bagley
Director/
Writer
A queer filmmaker from Chicago, Derek Elliott Bagley marks his Canadian cinematic début with the premiere of “Memento Mori”. He began his career as a political scientist and historian, receiving his BA in Government and MA in History and Philosophy; however, his true love and lifelong obsession has always been cinematic arts. Since adolescence his heroes have included the global leaders of arthouse cinema: Bergman, Fassbinder, Sembène, Almodóvar, Jarman, Fellini, Denis, and Eisenstein to name a few. After 7 years of working in Democratic Party politics, Bagley decided to take a risk and leave his political work in order to make films. After 3 years of experimenting with short cinema and attending DePaul University’s graduate program in Cinema Production for a year – Bagley branched out on his own by co-founding Studio Sanssouci with his close friend and constant collaborator, Taylor Wash. He currently lives in Montréal with his husband, Marc-André – to whom this film is dedicated.
Claude Précourt
Director
of Photography
Be it crayons, watercolour, film, computers, or digital sensors – since his very early years, Claude Précourt has made pictures. His sensibilities are supported by a strong technical knowledge that has prepared him to become the cinematographer he is today. With a sharp eye for details, sense of humour, and unwavering calm, he works today in fiction, documentaries and commercials after having spent over 20 years in visual effects and 3d animation. Claude has contributed to a few shorts which are currently part of the official competition of the Fantasia Festival in Montréal, Canada and Fenêtres sur courts Festival, in Dijon, France.
Raphaël Trottier
Art
Director
Raphaël Trottier is a set and costume designer (B.A. 2020 Scenography EST-UQAM) and an art and fashion historian (B.A. 2015 UdeM, M.A. 2017 Concordia). He has designed costumes for the theater (Misanthrope 2018, Dick The Turd 2021) and for Quebec folk dance ensembles. He also has experience as a performer in folk dance and as a drag artist. In Memento Mori, He is responsible for costume, set and accessory design.
Ji Won Jeong
Assistant Art Director/
2nd Assistant Camera
Graduated in Cinema-Communications from Dawson College, Ji Won is currently pursuing her passion at Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Film Production. She aspires to be an inspirational international filmmaker and to create a universal film that will speak to all countries regardless of the different languages.
Juliette Poitras
Production
Manager
Juliette Poitras is a young Montreal producer and director who graduated from Concordia University in 2019. She is the recipient of the 2019 Mel Hoppenheim Award for Outstanding Overall Achievement in Film Production, and is currently developing her first feature film.