PATRICK JAMES LYNCH, Breaking Through! Creator

Creator, executive producer, and star of the award-winning bleeding disorders web series Stop The Bleeding! Host and creator, The BloodStream™ Podcast. Executive producer, writer, and director of the World Federation of Hemophilia’s (WFH) ten-part "Treatment For All" web series. Director, Bombardier Blood, feature film about Chris Bombardier’s successful quest to become the first person with severe hemophilia to summit Mount Everest. Patrick has been recognized with the Hemophilia Federation of America's Terry Lamb Health & Wellness Award (2013), NHF’s Loras Goedken Meritorious Achievement Award (2014), and was chair of WFH’s World Congress Humanitarian Aid Program Session (2018). Patrick lives with severe hemophilia A and dedicates his work to the memory of his brother Adam, who was also born with severe hemophilia A but died at 18 of an intracranial bleed. Founding Board President, 501(c)(3) Entertainment to Affect Change (E2AC).

RYAN GIELEN, Breaking Through! Creator

Producing credits include the new documentary My Beautiful Stutter (2021), from executive producers Paul Rudd, Mariska Hargitay, Peter Hermann, and George Springer and the documentary Bombardier Blood (2020), from executive producer Alex Borstein. Executive producer of sometimes, i think about dying (Sundance, 2020 Academy Award-shortlisted), Director, The Graduates (2010), in the top ten comedies all time on Hulu. Director, Turtle Hill, Brooklyn (2013 feature film, Audience Award for best Best Narrative, LGBT NewFest). Producer, Stop the Bleeding!, award-winning web series and Helping Hany. Ryan’s films have won awards for writing and direction in festivals around the world, and he’s a two-time WEBBY winner for his interactive 2010 web series Deleted: The Game, and the 2020 Shorty Social Good Award for My Beautiful Stutter. Ryan is a contributor to NoFilmSchool.com, Sundance Film Festival Artist Service’s Blog, and Tribeca Film Fest Blog.

DRAMA DEL ROSARIO, Breaking Through! Workshop Director

Drama Del Rosario is a Filipinx documentary film director and producer. Known for his documentary films that tackle queer issues and mental health, he is the winner of the inaugural BAFTA-GSA Commissioning Grant in 2019 for the documentary I'm Okay (And Neither Are You), as well as the Loni Ding Award in Social Issue Documentary presented by the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) in 2019 for the documentary In This Family. Born and raised in the Philippines, he graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University with a BA in Communication, Magna Cum Laude, and later worked within Southeast Asia as a director for music videos and app content. He then moved to the US and graduated from the New York Film Academy (Los Angeles Campus) with an MFA in Documentary, Summa Cum Laude. Today, his documentaries screen around the world, and he maintains great relationships with past clients including Adidas and BMG Rights Management. During his free time, he is a reality television couch potato.

PAUL RUSSELL, Breaking Through! Musical Director

Paul trained at one of London's top conservatories for the performing arts. Upon graduating he spent several years performing in West End musicals and international tours. In 2008 he sang for The Queen of England at Balmoral Castle. As a vocal coach Paul leads choirs in London, New York, Miami and Dubai. He has worked with Oscar & Grammy winner John Legend as the vocal director to a children's chorus at a series of concerts in the states; he has coached Hollywood actors Liv Tyler and Hugh Jackman. Paul is now based in London, but regularly travels to the U.S. to lead summer theatre camps with children and teens, and direct choirs for companies such as Google and AIG Insurance. Paul is also the director of UK Haemophilia Society’s choir, and recently directed them at WFH Congress 2018 Opening Session.

JESSICA RICHMOND, Breaking Through! Assistant Workshop Director

Jessica Lauren Richmond ("J-Rich") - Creative Producer and Multi-Media Strategist. Jessica earned her BFA from Boston University's College of Fine Arts and studied at LAMDA -  the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Jessica has developed narrative content and immersive events with an array of media outlets including: YouTube Red, HBO, SoHo House, Believe Limited, and Niantic Labs. She coordinates media for Skin Motion - an augmented reality platform that brings tattoos to life and has produced 2 music festivals with non-for-profit organization The Shadows Foundation.