The Speakers

Richard Cadena is an ETCP Recognized Trainer, an ETCP Certified Entertainment Electrician with 40 years of experience in live event production. He is the author of “Electricity for Entertainment Electricians & Technicians, 4th Edition” and “Automated Lighting: The Art and Science of Moving and Color-Changing Light, 3rd Edition.” He is a member in good standing of IATSE Local 205 Austin

MARI JO WINKLER (she/her) is a NY-based Emmy nominated Film and Television Producer. She executive produced True Detective Night Country for HBO and is currently in development on the next season.

Previously she executive produced Y: The Last Man for FX, as well as the feature films Stillwater, The Goldfinch, The Dictator, Premium Rush, Fair Game, Away We Go, and Dan In Real Life and many more...

Through her work as a co-chair of the PGA Sustainable Task Force and as well as a Co-Chair of the DGA Sustainable Future Committee she promotes sustainable production practices and climate messaging through storytelling.

Winkler served on the PGA East board from 2016-2021 and in 2019 received the Charles FitzSimons Award for her service to the guild.

Stephen  started his career as a commercial electrician in Detroit. He graduated honors from Brooks institute of Photography in 1985. 

Stephen worked as a gaffer and Director of photography in Wilmington, NC .He was a founding member of I.A.T.S.E. Local 491 in 1993.

Stephen joined Local 600 camera in 1997 and worked on many films as DP and camera operator. In 2016 he moved to Sea Cliff Long Island with his wife and two of his 4 children .

He is now a member of local 52 and runs Bulldog Lighting 

renting portable batteries for film sets 20KWH and less. 

He holds a Certificate of Fitness with the FDNY to operate portable batteries. 

Stephen is trying to make filming in NY and NJ cleaner and greener. 

Kelly Britt is a NYC area based Studio Mechanic, electrician. Starting out in the world of Multi-camera TV productions and in the late 1980’s with such productions as: “The ESPY Awards”, “The Essence Awards” and “The Cosby Show” (The original sitcom), By the mid 1990’s Kelly worked on “Soul Man”, (a sitcom) and “The Chris Rock Show” for HBO, The list of other productions that Kelly has contributed his efforts to ranges from “The Devil Wears Prada” (1 and 2), “Birdman”, “The Departed”, “Mona Lisa Smile”, and “A House of Dynamite”. (all feature length movies). Other productions include: “Whoopi”, and the “Murphy Brown reboot” (sitcoms), “Million Second Quiz”, and “America’s Got Talent, Season #7”, (game shows) as well as episodic TV shows including “Blue Bloods”, “NCIS NY”, Law & Order” among many others.

At this point in his career Kelly finds teaching the next generations of studio mechanic electricians particularly satisfying. It forces him to continuously ask the question: “Why do we do it this way?”

Kelly has also earned the credential from ETCP as an “Entertainment Electrician, Recognized Trainer”.

Joe Guest

Joe Guest is a Producer based in New York City with over 25 years of experience in film and television production.  Joe grew up on an organic vegetable farm in Vermont.  He has always been an advocate for sustainable practices in film & television production; recent efforts have focused on increasing use of EVs and battery technology. 

Joe has worked with award-winning filmmakers such as Bong Joon Ho, Peter Farrelly, Steve Zaillian, Josh Safdie, Gus Van Sant, Ridley Scott, Mike Nichols, Jodie Foster, Todd Field, Ang Lee and Todd Haynes.  Recent credits include: Executive Producer on the upcoming I PLAY ROCKY, MARTY SUPREME for A24, Line Producer on RIPLEY (Netflix), Co-Executive Producer on BLACK BIRD (Apple TV).  

Tommy South

Tommy South is a DGA Location Manager with more than 15 years of experience in film and television production. His credits include Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, The Bride, The Irishman, The Watcher, Pose, Manifest, American Horror Story, and the original Netflix Marvel series (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist & The Defenders)..  He has several upcoming films including Taylor Sheridan’s “F.A.S.T.”  Tommy is also known for creation of a Location Filming Hot Spot Map used widely in the NYC Scouting Filming Community and local NYC Union/Non-Union Location Scouts. 

Brooks Lockwood

Brooks Lockwood is an Assistant Chief Lighting Technician and proud member of I.A.T.S.E. Local 52 and ICLS. He works in film, television, and commercials throughout the New York metropolitan area. His credits include Fallout, John Wick: Chapters 3 and 4, and The Whale. He collaborates with studio sustainability departments to test and implement battery power on set, contributing firsthand experience to cleaner energy production.

Noah Prince

Electrician, I.A.T.S.E. Local 52 

Developer, Hybrid Battery System

​A 32-year I.A.T.S.E. Local 52 electrician, Noah Prince combines deep set experience with clean energy innovation. Noah developed the Hybrid Battery System, a mobile power solution for working trucks that cuts idling and drastically reduces diesel emissions. Successfully deployed to satisfy demanding sustainability goals for studios including Netflix and Universal Pictures, the system represents an exciting new chapter for Noah in the industry’s constantly evolving transition toward green technology.

Tyler Harmon-Townsend

Tyler Harmon-Townsend spent a decade as an I.A.T.S.E.  Local 52 electrician and chief lighting technician in film and television production, working on shows including Broad City, Mr. Robot, and Random Acts of Flyness. He left the industry to pursue a Master's in Urban Sustainability at CUNY, where his capstone research focused on battery energy storage systems (BESS). Today he works as an Energy Engineer conducting energy audits and electrification studies for buildings across NYC, and teaches building science and energy engineering at CUNY's Building Performance Lab. He's excited to bring his sustainable energy background back to the I.A.T.S.E. Local 52 and filmmaking community.

Fernando Montes

20+ years in the industry, 14 years in IATSE at Local 728, Rigging Gaffer, Trainer,  Executive Board Member, District 2 Delegate, as well as Committee work.

Derek Gross

Derek Gross ICLS, IA52, Is a seasoned CLT of both TV and feature films.  He has worked on Emmy winning Mini-series “Godless”, as well as major film productions “Eddington”, “No Sudden Moves” as well network TV shows Law and Order and God Friended me.  He is a member of IA local 52 as well as the International cinematic lighting society (ICLS).  He is based out of Brooklyn NY where he continues to serve as the Main unit CLT for “Law and Order” season 25. 

Michael Solomon

Brooklyn native Michael Solomon is a sustainability consultant, writer, and former producer. For the past five years, he has worked with multiple studios, department heads and crew members to help transition shows to clean technology. Solomon's recent article about the infamous Tylenol murders became a Netflix documentary series. Producing credits include How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It) and Constantine's Sword. He is a proud member of the PGA.