Crew
Marisol Diaz, Creator
Marisol Diaz is an LA native and Chapman University graduate, where she received degrees in screenwriting and business. Marisol is deeply passionate about bringing diverse stories to life and promoting diversity on and off screen. Her short, “La Llorona”, screened in the Short Film Corner Program in the Cannes Film Festival (2016), and her short, “Ray de la Calle” screened in the International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival in New York (2016). Most recently, she wrote a freelance script for the Disney Channel multi-cam comedy Just Roll With It; her episode “Aliens Among Us” aired in the fall of 2020. She hopes to one day be a voice for other women and young Latina filmmakers.
Hadley Dion, Creator
Hadley Dion is a podcast producer and independent filmmaker from Los Angeles. Since birth, Hadley has prioritized imagination over reality. In childhood it was playing with her imaginary friends which transformed into writing poetry and short stories, then lending itself to filmmaking. She earned her BFA in Film Production (with a concentration in sound design) at Chapman University. It was in school that she was introduced to many of the creative forces who collaborated on I Would Have Kissed You. Hadley is currently a producer at The Mortified Podcast and her many loves outside of creating compelling film and audio pieces include kooky thrift shop finds, body positive art, and the esoteric.
Holland Rusk, Director of Photography
Holland (Holly) Rusk is an LA-based Director of Photography who swoons over natural light and camera technical specifications. Over the past eight years she has had the pleasure to serve as cinematographer on narrative, commercial, documentary and music productions. Holly also proudly works at Wooden Camera, a company that creates professional, innovative camera accessories for all types of filmmakers. She was absolutely thrilled to join the Kissed team and shoot this project with some of her favorite collaborators.
Farrah Su, Director of Photography
Farrah Su is a 1.5 generation Taiwanese American multimedia creator, raised in New York, and now making her way around Los Angeles. She believes that art is an empowering medium that gives people the agency to share their own stories and works to continue creating visual language for the communities she relates to. She is currently working on a video series highlighting the importance of the Census 2020 for various AANHPI communities, in collaboration with Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC), Visual Communications (VC), and API Equality LA. Farrah is excited to be on the IWHKY Team and to get to create alongside dear and talented peers to share this special story.
Grant Harling, Producer
Grant Harling was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, but is now an LA-based multi-hyphenate. He is currently producing the film “Little Evil Bookshop”, a dark comedy about a little occult bookshop and its hot mess owner. He recently completed the web series “I Would Have Kissed You”, and the feature “Reach”, which had its world premiere at the Dances With Films Festival in Hollywood. “Reach” was picked up by both Freestyle Digital, Voltaire Media, and Turn Key Films. You can see him in the upcoming film “Shithouse”, and the newfangled features “The Debt Collector”, and “Locating Silver Lake”. Grant has a BA in Film Production and Spanish from Pepperdine University, and has also studied with Craig Wallace, Anthony Meindl, and Ivana Chubbuck.
Emma Dobiash, Editor
Emma Dobiash is an editor based in Los Angeles. She‘s worked on a wide range of projects over the past 7 years - editing scripted, unscripted, music videos and everything in between. Emma also works as a VFX assistant editor on a variety of TV shows including Grey’s Anatomy, Silicon Valley, and Lovecraft Country, where she’s gained valuable technical experience. She has a BFA in film production from Chapman University and is delighted to be part of this project.
Deborah Maxwell Dion, Casting Director
Deborah Maxwell Dion has been working in casting for the past 25 years. Having worked on over 115 films, Deborah is known for the quality of the projects she chooses. She has had the honor of working with many notable directors such as Tim Burton (Dumbo, Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children, Alice in Wonderland, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory), Wes Anderson (The French Dispatch, The Grand Budaphest Hotel, Moonrise Kingdom), M. Night Shyamalan (Split, The Visit, The Last Airbender) as well as PJ Hogan (Peter Pan). Deborah is known for her work with young actors and is often sought out to do child searches. Passionate about independent projects, she was honored and thrilled to help Marisol Diaz and Hadley Dion find their special cast for I Would Have Kissed You. This delightful dramedy joins her list of other favorite independents she has cast such as The Scent of Rain and Lightning and Quest which traveled through the film festival route garnering awards.
Zoe Rose Palladino, Composer
Zoe Palladino is a singer-songwriter, puppeteer, voice over actor, and filmmaker in Los Angeles, CA.