20 Years of Teen Filmmaking

Reel Works matches teens 1:1 with professional filmmaker mentors
to tell their stories and have their voices heard. It’s a
powerful combination that changes young lives and creates films
that have been seen by tens of millions of viewers worldwide.
Head to REELWORKS.org, that's R E E L W O R K S . O R G and learn
more about how you can support a program that not only helps
young people prepare for a life and career off in the future, but
might also ensure - through the process of storytelling - that
those of us needed to solve the future's greatest challenges,
have the tools we need to survive and thrive what is.


John Williams (he/him)


Founder & Executive Director, is an
award-winning film and television writer, producer and director
whose credits include independent shorts, features,
documentaries, television programming and corporate
communications. Prior to founding Reel Works, John created
original television for WNET/Thirteen, Oxygen, WE: Women’s
Television and Metro Channels. John has produced numerous major
market television commercials and independent films. John holds
an MFA in Film & Television from New York University and a BA
in English from Boston University. 


Keisha Katz (she/her)


Keisha Katz, Director of Workforce and External Partnerships, is
a Queens native and a graduate of the Spring 2007 lab class at
Reel Works. Keisha leads their citywide workforce program,
MediaMKRS, which aims to bring together industry leaders,
educators, unions, and local government to provide access to
careers in the media industry to individuals from marginalized
communities. 


Keisha is particularly passionate about and uniquely qualified in
her efforts to create a more diverse and inclusive in the media
and entertainment industry, because of her background producing
documentary film and television. Her work has aired on leading
networks including NBC, Lifetime, TLC, Investigation Discovery,
Animal Planet, History Channel, National Geographic Channel, and
BET. Keisha holds B.A. from Temple University and is a member of
Sigma Lambda Upsilon/Señoritas Latinas Unidas Sorority, Inc.


Charles Reynoso (he/him)


Charles Reynoso, Manager of Education and Curriculum, has been an
educator, musician, and multimedia artist for over two decades.
As a teacher with the Department of Education, he and his history
students created short films with historical narratives in order
to connect modern day injustices and inequalities to American
history. As a media producer, he collaborated with several
non-profit organizations to bring awareness to social issues
surrounding the AfroLatino community. He has a Bachelors of
Science in Multimedia Journalism from CUNY Lehman College, and a
Masters of Science in Education with a concentration in Special
Education within Urban Settings from Long Island University. He
strives to be a vegetarian, but is often caught eating salmon.


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