Born in New York City, Jonathan spent much of his 20’s exploring the world during which time he took an interest to film. 

Jonathan Stack is an Emmy Award winning and two- time Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker. In 1991 he founded GABRIEL FILMS and has since gone on to produce over fifty films for dozens of cable channels in the US and many television partners abroad. He has released several films  theatrically and shown his work at many of the major festivals including Sundance where he won the Grand Jury Prize in 1998.

While working as an independent filmmaker Stack has earned a reputation for his unique ability to gain access into forbidden and even dangerous worlds. His exclusives include, President Charles Taylor’s farewell speech to the nation of Liberia and a rare interview with David Miscaivage, head of the Church of Scientology. He has filmed inside Angola Prison over 15 years, travelled with  militias in Guinea and Liberia and been to a last supper four times. He has filmed 10,000 feet below sea level and 20,000 feet above, told a few stories that took place thousands of years ago and even more stories that are happening today.

He founded World Vasectomy Day with Dr. Doug Stein to inspire men world wide to part of the most important decision of our lives.

Nicolás Cuellar has been been leading productions all over the world including TV commercials in LA, Colombia and Guatemala; Music videos in Haiti and Bogotá, Documentaries in Australia, and fashion shows in NY. 

Some of this work includes a series of 40 documentaries for the UN development program in Haiti, the cooking reality show DESAFIO CULINARIO aired in Guatemalan prime-time TV and the feature documentary CAST THE FIRST STONE, winner of the Bahamas Film Festival Spirit Of Freedom Documentary & Audience Award for Best Documentary in 2013. 

for more info visit: www.ncuellar.com 

Dedra Smith has been volunteering for World Vasectomy Day since its inception in 2013. Last year she produced the event in Kissimmee, Florida, and this year will produce the event in Bali, Indonesia, as well as oversee the planning for other events. She has a BA in Administration of Not-for-Profits, and had a successful consulting business for 25 years in magazine publishing. Prior to that, she worked in the non-profit sector, writing grants, managing a variety of programs, and working with volunteers.