For 10 years (yes, it’s our anniversary!!!) LUX’s mission has been to “meet people and make films” by fostering a community of creatives. The demand was high; UW students love filmmaking, but had no BA pathway to accommodate that passion. And thus, we were born!

Meet Our Team

Presidents

Bella Quilici (she/her)

Co-president
4rd year Cinema and Media Studies Major
Letterboxd Top 4: La La Land, Knives Out, Napoleon Dynamite, Cars

Cameron Smythe (he/him)

Co-president
4th year Communications Major
Letterboxd Top 4: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, La La Land, Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Productions

Ruby Martin (she/her)

Head of Productions
Cinema and Media Studies Major
Letterboxd Top 4: Shaun of the Dead, Star Trek, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Snatch

Kian Schmeer (he/him)

Productions Officer
4th year Cinema & Media Studies Major
Letterboxd Top 4: A Brighter Summer Day (1992), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Morvern Callar (2002), Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)

Rowan Tull (he/him)

Productions Officer

Kai Arun (he/him)

Productions Officer
Economics: Data Science and Cinema & Media Studies Major
Letterboxd Top 4: Past Lives, Lego Batman, Interstellar, Mulan

Operations

Anna Robbins (she/they)

Head of Operations
Creative Writing and Cinema Media Studies Major
Letterboxd Top 4: Mysterious Skin, Aftersun, But I’m a Cheerleader, La La Land

Sage Welch (they/them)

Operations Officer
Marketing and Human Resource Management Major
Letterboxd Top 4: La La Land, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Barbie, Waitress

Tess Payton (she/her)

Operations Officer
English Major
Letterboxd Top 4: “I keep deleting and changing it, but The Princess Bride usually finds its way on there.”

Allie Smith (they/them)

Operations Officer
Cinema and Media Studies and Creative Writing Major
Letterboxd Top 4: Scott Pilgrim vs The World (2010), Moonlight (2016), Step Up (2006), and Nope (2022)

Erin Gardner (she/her)

Operations Officer

Marketing

Ashley Kruse (she/her)

Head of Marketing
4th year Communications Major
Letterboxd Top 4: 10 Things I Hate About You, Kill Bill, Scream, and Deadpool & Wolverine

Ada Hogue (she/her)

Marketing officer
English and Drama: Performance Major
Letterboxd Top 4: Corpse Bride, Coraline, Cinderella (Live Action), Pride and Prejudice

Rose Staffieri (she/her)

Marketing officer
Cinema Media Studies Major
Letterboxd Top 4: Ratatouille, Gladiator,
Prince of Egypt, Coraline