Measure For Measure

Cynthia Lowen

is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and award-winning writer whose work uses the power of story to catalyze meaningful change, confronting timely social issues from bullying to online harassment to reproductive rights. Her new feature documentary, KIDS LIKE ME is premiering in competition at the 2026 Tribeca Fest, following a precocious pre-teen growing up with disabilities, who sets out to create the perfect murder-mystery caper. Cynthia is also a 2023 Sundance/Alfred P. Sloan Screenwriting Fellow for her feature narrative script LIGHT MASS ENERGY, the story of Mileva Marić Einstein, who confronted rampant discrimination to become one of the first women in physics. Cynthia is the director/producer of BATTLEGROUND, about the overturning of Roe v. Wade, premiering at the 2022 Tribeca Festival, theatrically released through Abramorama and streaming on STARZ. Cynthia is also the director/producer of NETIZENS (HBO), a feature documentary about women and online harassment. She’s the producer and writer of BULLY, a feature documentary following five kids and families through a year in the life of America’s bullying crisis, which was shortlisted for the Oscars and nominated for two Emmys. In conjunction with her films, Cynthia has spearheaded large-scale impact campaigns, working with partners such as Autism Speaks, Facebook, Human Rights Campaign, Microsoft, NARAL, Planned Parenthood, the United Federation of Teachers, and many others. She is a winner of the National Poetry Series and is a member of the Producers Guild of America.

Ran Jing is a writer-director and NYU Tisch graduate whose work spans live action and animation. Her debut feature MODEL earned acclaim from Variety China, won multiple awards at Academy Award® and BAFTA-qualifying festivals, and received a theatrical release in China. Named one of ISA’s “Top 25 Writers to Watch,” she is a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow, CineStory Foundation Scholar, and Stowe Narrative Lab alum whose scripts have placed on Coverfly’s Red List. Formerly a storyboard artist at Blue Sky Studios, she contributed to Spies in Disguise, The Peanuts Movie, and the Ice Age franchise. A member of the WGA, Film Fatales and Rideback Rise, Ran is currently a Directing Fellow at AFI’s DWW+ program, completing her sifi thriller short Imprint, starting Wrenn Schimit.

Shruti Kumar (she/her) is a composer, arranger, and conductor working in NY, LA, and London. In the film and TV sphere, she has a wide range of experience from scores to songs. In 2022, she began collaborating with film composer Daniel Hart (The Green Knight, A Ghost Story) on the scores for AMC’s ‘Interview With The Vampire’ series one and two, and Disney’s ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’. She scored the animated festival favorite ‘Passage’ (dir. Asavari Kumar) as well as ‘Esther In Wonderland’ (dir. Stephanie Bollag) which premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. She co-composed the score to the Alicia Keys documentary ‘Uncharted’ (dir. Beth Aala) which premiered at Tribeca 2023. Over the last two years, Shruti collaborated with the Disney Imagineering team to arrange the music for their Haunted Mansion Experience. She begins composing on a major Amazon series this year. In songwriting and production, she has collaborated with artists including Alicia Keys, Garbage, Nas, No Doubt, and Fiona Apple. She prides herself on her ability to fuse genres from orchestral to experimental electronic to pop and hip-hop.