Team
Development Company – Medusa’s Gaze Films
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At Medusa’s Gaze Films, our mission is to amplify the voices of women and gender minorities by reframing film through an intentionally diverse gaze.
By filling 75% of behind the camera above-the-line and below-the-line roles with women and gender minorities, Medusa’s Gaze Films empowers creators in significant creative roles to help them showcase stories through their own lens.
Partner Organizations
This film is produced in partnership with C22C, a global collection of parents and people affected by chromosome 22 disorders who connect, advocate and grow, together. Genesee, the little girl in Infinity Care, has Emanuel Sydrome, an exceedingly rare chromosome 22 disorder. By collaborating with this incredible advocacy organzation, Infinity Care can create the highest level of authenticity in telling the story of a family living with Emanuel Syndrome.
We are also proud to have Cinefemme as the fiscal sponsor for Infinity Care.
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Infinity Care Team
Writer/Director Autumn Karen (she/they)
Infinity Care is a translation of a recurring dream that I had about her for years after her death. Hermione’s three brothers become one in this story, but the sprinklings of soccer balls, Neverland, fluffy purple dresses, and a strong grandmother are all true to life. The names of the characters are taken from Hermione’s godmother and her family. I was privileged to develop the script with the mentorship of Agatha Dominick at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts through a process that both opened the wound and helped heal it at the same time. Every time I tell this story it makes her legacy a little wider, but more importantly I’ve found it brings people together.
Autumn Karen is a filmmaker, journalist, ghostwriter, and educator who uses writing to elevate traditionally unheard stories. She’s English faculty at High Point University, a recent Honors Fellow at UNC Greensboro, founder of Woven Lines Publishing, and a longtime contributor to local independent paper Triad City Beat. She holds a BA in Women’s Studies from UNC Asheville, a Masters of Arts in Special Education from WCU, and an MFA in Screenwriting from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Her award winning work as a journalist, author, and screenwriter centers on themes such as systematic oppression, grief, and complex societal relationships. As a college professor, she’s created original courses including Writing for the Medical Humanities and The Art of Ghostwriting and has a textbook on ghostwriting coming from Kendall Hunt imprint Innovative Ink in 2025. Among her credited co-authored books in her last decade as a ghostwriter are Mississippi Still Burning: From Hoods to Suits, the story of a Black preacher who took over the KKK from prison, and Amy: Book One, an empowerment erotica novel. She’s a founder of Medusa’s Gaze, a film development and distribution company that focuses on amplifying the voices of women and gender diverse creators.
Animation Director Abby Davenport (she/her)
Abby Davenport is a freelance artist, animator, and background artist based in Charlotte, North Carolina. A graduate of Animation Filmmaking at UNCSA, they have worked on a variety of animated projects, bringing a strong visual style and storytelling sensibility to their work.
Over the past year, Abby has contributed to multiple animation projects, including the animated music video KHIRKI for Taha G. and was part of the Women in Animation Mentorship Program. Previously, she directed and contributed to various aspects of the 2D animated Christmas short Faith and the Christmas Star, now in its festival run. Additionally, she served as an animator, background artist, and designer for the upcoming pilot animatic Lumi and The Great Big Galaxy. In 2022, Abby co-directed and worked as Lead Background Artist on the student film Sonata, which screened at Moebius, NFFTY, Beaufort IFF, Long Leaf, Joedance, and Cucalorus. In 2021, she co-directed the award-winning animated short Mundance, which won Best Score at the Reel to Reel Film Festival and was featured at RiverRun, Full Bloom Film Fest, Long Leaf, Joedance, and several others.
Abby continues to push creative boundaries in animation, blending distinctive artistry with compelling storytelling to bring unique worlds to life.
Composer Lavelle Curtis (she/her)
Born and raised in Nassau, Bahamas, Lavelle has been surrounded by music her entire life. She is a keyboardist, alto saxophonist, and singer. As a child, she was always curious about the sounds she heard on television while watching her favorite shows. It wasn’t until college that she decided to embark on a journey into film scoring. Lavelle earned her Master’s Degree in Film Music Composition from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She loves creating new synth textures, enjoying a good baseball game, and occasionally indulging in cracked conch.
Producer Mary Craven Adams (she/her)
Mary Craven Adams is a Screenwriter, Producer, and Lawyer. She holds a law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law and an MFA from UNCSA. She has volunteered with film centered nonprofits for over a decade, including being chair of the RiverRun International Film Festival, on the executive committee of the Piedmont Triad Film Commission, and a board member of Project 411 Space. She volunteers on the Sports and Entertainment Law Council of the North Carolina Bar Association.
She has written and co-written multiple produced short films, including Women of Acadia Street and Bridge of Dreams, and is the executive producer of Spitting Image. Most of her feature screenwriting is in the coming-of age and drama genres. Her background as a litigator has proven fertile ground for conflict driven stories that explore the goals that characters are willing to sacrifice anything in order to obtain. Her greatest accomplishment of 2024 is kicking a 35 year old Diet Coke addiction.
Producer Stephen V. Stone (⚧ /⚧)
Stephen is an award-winning filmmaker who created the first long form photoanimation film in history. Stephen’s father purchased a manual 35mm camera for him when Stephen was 12 and the love of images began. Stephen set out to be an astronaut but a chance viewing of Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” in a public library at age 17 struck like a lightning bolt and film has been Stephen’s core passion ever since. Stephen has been the filmmaker (write/direct/DP/edit/post) on over twenty short narrative, documentary, experimental and animation films that have screened at numerous festivals and in cyberspace as well as co-produced/DP’d a low budget action horror feature.
Stephen spent 15 years creating his multiplane photoanimation labor of love, “In Saturn’s Rings”, narrated by LeVar Burton, a science meets art documentary produced for giant screen and fulldome planetariums, currently in globally theatrical release. Although diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in 2021, Stephen has transformed an approach to allow the passion for filmmaking to continue, including supporting the rights of all disabled artists. Stephen lives in Greensboro, NC with artist partner Marie Stone and three cats, Obi, Kylo & Gypsy.
Producer Ellie Pobis (she/her)
Ellie Pobis is a Screenwriter, Director, and Cinematographer from Columbia, SC. She currently resides on Hilton Head Island where her craft is deeply inspired by the natural beauty of marsh grass, sunsets, and cicada song-laden nights.
Ellie holds a BA in English from Reed College and an MFA in Screenwriting from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Ellie’s rigorous academic journey at Reed culminated in a thesis exploring unconventional narratives and the feminist reinterpretation of the coming-of-age model. This work still steeping in the back of her mind, Ellie went on to write her Master’s Thesis, The Tale of Maggie Comer. While in graduate school, she also co-wrote, co-produced, and co-directed the short film Peanut Butter Whiskey, sparking her love of being on set. A poet and cinephile from a young age, she is passionate about transforming ideas and words into stories large enough for the silver screen. Other credits include: Women of Acadia Street, Feedback, and Astrogenesis.
