Meet Our Team

ELENA WEINBERG

Co-Creator/Executive Producer, Layla

Elena Weinberg is co-owner/CEO of TurtleDove Films. She has been acting for 26 years and directing for 12 years. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts from St. Edward’s University. She produces, production manages, directs, acts and crowdfund manages in Austin, TX. She is the co-creator and executive producer of the critically acclaimed Austin, TX based webseries, #ATown (Best Webseries, Austin Chronicle Best of 2015). She has helped filmmakers raise over $70k through crowdfunding and freelances in the AD Department in Austin on Print Ads, Independent Films and National Commercials. Recent Crew credits include: Time Trap (2nd AD) and Fear The Walking Dead (Second Team). Recent Acting credits include: Carmela (supporting) in Vials streaming on Amazon and Maggie (supporting) in Good Feels On Wheels produced by SPI Productions. When she's not taking on the world one tweet at time, you can find her watching basketball and drinking wine with her cats. Go Spurs Go!

MALLORY CASEY

Co-Creator, Melanie

Mallory hails from Chicago where she received her BFA training at The Theatre School at Depaul University. Originally from Seattle, Mallory wasted no time moving to Austin to join the up-beat, artistic, and athletic culture. From sports training and Cross-Fitting, to paddle boarding and hiking, Mallory does it all. Her spunky energy is infectious, and she strives to bring all of her skills in athletics and acting to her adventurous life. Her favorite roles include Osama Bin Laden in 1001, Lady Teazel in School for Scandal, and Louise Maske in Steve Martin’s adaptation of The Underpants.

DUNCAN COE

Executive Producer, Director

Duncan Coe is a writer, director and actor based in Austin, Texas. His theatre roots run deep - he started acting in high school, earning a state championship in competitive theatre through the Texas University Interscholastic League. He went on to go to St. Edward’s University in Austin, where he graduated with a BA in Theatre Performance and English Writing and Rhetoric. He is the co-owner of TurtleDove Films and works as a ghostwriter and in production when he's not making his own movies. In 2014 he was a finalist for Trigger Street Productions’ Jameson First Shot competition starring Uma Thurman. He co-starred in National Geographic's The Long Road Home.

IVY MEEHAN

Writer, Whitney

Ivy admits to taking gummy vitamins daily, talking with a British accent at shopping malls, making to-do lists for her to-do lists, winning a ping-pong tournament (that was your warning!), never being able to pass up a pair of Converse, knowing The Sandlot….verbatim, and teaches herself the art of policy debate spreading thanks to her favorite movie, Rocket Science.

ASH NUNLEY

​Writer, Avery

From Austin. Totally Awesome.

ERIC CALBAT

Travis, Art Director

Eric is an actor based in Austin, Texas who has been a core member of the TurtleDove Films family since The 12 Month Project in 2014. One of his favorite roles includes playing Laertes in a local production of Hamlet, where he met Elena (Ophelia) which started it all. With TurtleDove, he has produced, ACed, been props master and acted. When he's not playing Jack of All Trades with TurtleDove, you can find him hangin' with his little dude, Leo, and cheering on the Mavericks. It's an enternal TD conflict. 

DEREK BABB

Sex God/Thomas

Derek Babb is an actor and producer, known for Jen Kirkman: I'm Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine) (2015), Red Clover (2012) and DisAssociationVille (2015).

BRYAN EVANS

Sound, Season 1

Bryan Evans is a Texas native and resident of Lockhart, Texas. His TurtleDove roots run deep, having participated in several shorts during the 12 Month Project and ran sound & produced #ATown. An avid movie aficionado, when he’s not working on set, he’s catching up on the latest in cinema and entertainment. He likes BBQ. Duh.

TAYLOR JUAREZ

Sound, 1st AD, Social Media

Taylor is a wedding videographer and freelance social media manager. She currently works as a videographer and the Studio Manager for Ladybird Studios. She is also an aspiring filmmaker who loves to act, direct, write and produce. She has been a core member of the TurtleDove Films team since 2015 and has produced, ran sound, assistant directed and production assisted on various TurtleDove projects. When she's not shooting weddings or rockin' it on set, you can find her drinking coffee, doing yoga and endlessly binging Grey's Anatomy.

CHAZ HARPMAN

Production Designer

Chaz Harpman, born August 11th, 1988 in Charlottesville VA. Chaz was originally a professional equestrian, competing up and down the east coast and Europe. He left his long time career to move to Austin, Texas for a change of pace. After just a short time in Austin he got his first job in film working on a full length feature. Since that film (where he coincidentally met Duncan and Elena) he has worked on multiple national commercials and production designed/art directed many shorts. Aside from being a production designer, he has also started creative directing and developing advertisement consulting for local companies around Austin. Leading to many promotional videos, and commercials for the local Austin community.

JOSHUA SCOTT

Director of Photography

Joshua Scott is a videographer and photographer working in Central Texas. He also worked with some of the #ATown crew on local webseries, Server Life, short film, Adam (48hr Horror Film Festival winner) and local pilot, Vials. He shoots weddings as well as tv, commercials and films.

RACE THOMAS

Set Photographer

JOE RAY RAMIREZ

Sound, Season 2

MIKE CARREON

Creative Consultant, Script Supervisor

ALYSSA JOHNSON

Wardrobe, Hair, Make-up

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