Will LaCalle is a documentary filmmaker based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is the co-founder of generate. As an undergraduate student, he attended film school at the Savannah College of Art and Design, graduating in 2018. Afterward, he moved to Paris to study photojournalism, attending workshops by photographers from Magnum Photos. Later, as a graduate student in The Documentary Film Program at Wake Forest University, Will began working on his thesis project, “Andrew After Angola,” a documentary detailing the lives of formerly incarcerated individuals in Louisiana. His interest in filmmaking and photography began during his nomadic childhood. Many of his projects are inspired by places he has lived. Will is originally from San Antonio, Texas.

Jack LaCalle is an M.F.A. candidate in the Science and Natural History Filmmaking Program at Montana State University. Jack earned a bachelor’s degree in sustainable development from Appalachian State University in 2021 and quickly transitioned to pursue a graduate degree in documentary film. His passion lies in the outdoors, and much of his film work revolves around human-nature interactions. Jack LaCalle co-founded generate.