Mike Nicholson

Mike is an award-winning filmmaker and graphic artist who has produced pieces for clients such as Obama for America, Hillary for America, The Nature Conservancy and the Moontower Comedy Festival. He produced and co-directed the feature documentary Teaching Austin with partner Kevin Smith, and he produced the Emmy-nominated feature documentary Better This World (POV) named “Best Documentary” at the Gotham Independent Film Awards. Mike also produced, co-wrote and edited the short doc Eric & Anna for The Intercept’s Field of Vision series. Most recently, he produced and directed the documentary The Newspaperman with David Layton.

As a graphic designer, Mike has created titles and animated graphics for numerous clients, including IBM, Scott & White Healthcare, FWD.us, and the Wounded Warrior Project. His work has appeared in several feature documentary films including After Tiller (POV), A Fragile Trust (Independent Lens), By the River of Babylon (PBS), Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait of New Yorker Cartoonists (HBO), Richard Linklater: dream is destiny (American Masters), and Vegas Baby (Netflix).

J. Kevin Smith

An award winning producer, director, and editor with 20 years experience in the film and video industry, J. Kevin Smith has been a partner at Picturebox for over 15 years. He has produced projects for clients that include Dell, Apple, Obama for America, Advanced Micro Devices, Seton Hospitals, Alcon, and many others. Spots he created for Parkland Hospital and Kinsa Health won Telly Awards in 2016. Kevin has also co-produced and edited the feature films In Flagrante and One Eye Peeled, and was an associate producer on the award winning and Emmy nominated documentary Better This World. With partner Mike Nicholson, Kevin produced, wrote, and directed Teaching Austin, a feature documentary about the history of public education in Austin.

Leyna McCord

Austin-based Production Manager, Leyna McCord, brings her creativity, management skills and love for film to every project she is a part of. Her experience producing, coordinating, and assistant directing on productions with varying budgets and schedules attribute to her extensive knowledge of pre-production and on-set management. Some of her recent film projects include Austin Film Festival Winner Jack’s Apocalypse, award-winning short film Blind Date, Bug, Green Ghost, Into the Who Knows, and No Loss // No Gain. Leyna joined Picturebox in 2015 and has produced numerous commercial, political and documentary productions with the company since then.