Alumni

Jessica Reid

Jessica Reid is an SRS alumni, St. Charles, Missouri native, and current Atlanta resident. She was one of the founding executive members of Shot Reverse Shot and a producer for its inaugural series Grand Theft Autumn. She has produced the virtual reality series Paranormal Contact, the feature film Bleeder, the award winning short film The Drop, and many others. Today she balances her professional career between serialized fictional content and national commercials as a production coordinator and assistant director. She fully intends to continue in this amazing career: organizing creatives and cultivating inspiring and efficient sets where crew and cast create incredible stories.

Benjamin Chroback-Prince

Ben Chroback-Prince is an SRS alumni, and currently based in the Chicago area. He was a valuable member of Shot Reverse Shot’s editing team throughout the duration of Grand Theft Autumn. For the last four years, Ben has put all of his time and effort into transforming a hobby into a career. Gaining a passion for stories and multimedia when he was very young set him on a path towards video editing. It has allowed him to craft stories in exciting ways, and introduced him to incredibly creative writers, actors and filmmakers. He hopes to continue to sharpen his skills and meet more passionate creatives as he continues this exciting journey.

Josie Latino

Josie Latino is an SRS alumni, and currently based in the Chicago area. She was a valuable member of Shot Reverse Shot’s editing team throughout the duration of Grand Theft Autumn. She first discovered the world of editing at the young age of 12 when she spent hours piecing together a montage fan video for Cats the Musical. Editing turned into a hobby that would come in handy for the occasional class project in high school. It was the second semester of her freshman year of college that she realized that she could turn her passion into a career. From that moment on, she took every opportunity she could to learn the ropes of filmmaking. Soon after, friends and peers began to come to her to edit their projects. She has loved every second of her journey, and every challenge she has crossed has made her work and character all the better.

Alex Hausman

Since graduation in 2019, Alex relocated to Los Angeles and began a career in film & television, including projects for FOX, ABC/Disney, Showtime, Netflix, Hulu, NBC, AppleTV and more. He is also pursuing directorial roles in the music video industry, and has credits as a producer for the children’s network Kartoon Channel as well.

Kendrick Smith

Kendrick Smith (They/He), Co-Founder, former Showrunner and Head Editor of SRS, studied Digital Storytelling and Creative Writing at Mizzou. His experience with SRS and Imrpov Comedy has paved the way for their career path has continued to work in digital media in video and podcast production. They’ve recently launched his own tabletop rpg Actual Play podcast, Tales Yet Told, and currently works full-time as a Video Producer and Studio Assistant for renowned YouTube Chef Joshua Weissman.

Marcelese Cooper

Marcelese Cooper is artist from Santa Clarita, CA who frequently operates as a cinematographer and editor within the realm of film. As someone who works across various mediums his body of work includes film, photography, projection art, illustration and mixed media pieces. Marcelese is a two time Jury Award winner of the Campus Movie Fest student film festival, a 1st Place Multicultural Media recipient for work in Digital Storytelling and a 3rd place Visual Art and Design Showcase winner for work in Photography. Marcelese's plans for the future include putting out his own feature film and working on obtaining an MFA in Digital Media and Photography. He hopes to one day be able to teach at the college level and work alongside his peers at his own production company.

Braden Kobeski

Since graduating Mizzou in 2020, Braden has continued to learn new skills ranging from coding, graphic design, animation, aerial photography, and online marketing. Currently working as the Community Manager at a tech start-up in Kansas City, Braden is looking forward to furthering his skills in video creation and storytelling.

Bobby Kay

Bobby Kay is a senior Digital Storytelling student at the University of Missouri. He has worked as a camera operator, assistant director, and cinematographer on the short films Crossroads (2017) and In This Car (2018). Bobby is a founding member of Shot Reverse Shot and served as a co-creator, writer, and director of SRS's first series Grand Theft Autumn. Currently he is executive producing SRS's new project Down The Rabbit Hole. After college he hopes to never have to write another bio.