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BraveMice
Meet Our Team
Founder & CEO
AVERY LOOSER is a writer, director, producer, and founder of BraveMouse with a focus on female-led narratives in front of and behind the camera. Her personal work has been recognized by the National Film Festival for the Talented Youth, SXSW, and HollyShorts, while her branded and documentary works have been featured on ABC and CBS. Her screenplays have been recognized by the Scriptation Showcase, Humanitas Prize, ScreenCraft, and Sundance Institute as a second-round finalist for the 2023 Development Track.
For Wes Anderson, Avery has worked on three sets in the AD Department and serves as his executive assistant at American Empirical Pictures. She also worked as an Impact Researcher on NYU Professor Susan Sandler’s award-winning documentary, Julia Scotti: Funny that Way. For Putman Pictures, Avery was a personal reader for Kerri Putnam.
Avery is a proud alumna of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Kanbar Institute of Film and Television, earning her BFA in Film and Television with a Minor in Producing as a University Scholar and Summa Cum Laude. During her time at NYU, Avery received the 2020 Josh Goldfaden Award for her contributions to the expository writing program.
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Creative Producer
LIZZY WALTHER is an Indiana-raised, New York-based producer, writer, and actor dedicated to telling female-driven, open and honest narratives. As the Creative Producer at BraveMouse, Lizzy is Avery Looser’s producing partner and oversees the visual and conceptual underpinnings of BraveMouse’s short and feature film slate through all stages of development, execution, and release.
As a multi-hyphenate artist, Lizzy’s work has been recognized by LA Women in Film Fest, Monmouth Film Festival, and LA Independent Shorts Awards.
Her most recent work includes her first of many collaborations with Avery and BraveMouse: Before We Die, winning Best Short Film at the 38th Annual Boston Film Festival, and Indigo, set to be released in fall 2024. Other work includes award-winning short A Farmer’s Daughter and feature 75.
Lizzy is a proud graduate of New York University Tisch School of the Arts and was the recipient of the Bevya Rosten Memorial Award.
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Co-Producer & Creative Coordinator
BROCK LOOSER is a film and stage actor, writer, and producer.
As an actor, Brock has worked in feature, proof-of concept, and short films recognized by HollyShorts, The National Film Festival for the Talented Youth, Portland Horror, and more, and in plays with The Chain Theatre in NYC, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Great River Shakespeare, and more.
Brock is earning her MFA in Acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, where she is developing two solo shows — Dear Men, Someone Has Lied to You, selected for the MishMash Festival for new work, and too much of water, her master’s thesis.
She has her BFA from NYU Tisch, studying at the New Studio on Broadway and Stonestreet Studios. She graduated a semester early as a University Scholar with Honors from Tisch and Honors in Theatre Studies because of her thesis on Shakespeare’s societal others.
Brock is eternally grateful to have Avery as her built-in-best-friend and collaborator and is honored to be a Co-Producer and the Creative Coordinator at BraveMouse, working on Indigo, Don’t Say Vagina!, Death Death, 1/1, and Dear Men, Someone Has Lied To You.
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Co-Producer
As a Co-Producer at BraveMouse, JULIA KRUGER oversees the development and production of BraveMouse’s short and feature film slate.
Julia currently works at United Talent Agency and her previous roles include interning at Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, MAX Originals, and American Empirical Pictures.
With Avery Looser and BraveMouse, Julia produced short film Indigo, se to be released in fall 2024.
She is a graduate of Northwestern University majoring in Radio/Television/Film with a minor in Creative Writing and a Certificate in Integrated Marketing Communications.
Julia could not be more excited to be part of the BraveMouse team and is looking forward to all of the incredible projects they have in store!
Co-Producer & Cinematographer
TRUMAN HANKS is a cinematographer, camera assistant, and film loader based in Brooklyn. As the Resident Cinematographer and a Co-Producer at BraveMouse, Truman oversees the development of BraveMouse’s short and feature film slate and helms the visual style throughout production and beyond.
As a cinematographer, Truman has worked with Avery and BraveMouse on short films Indigo (2023 HollyShorts Film Festival) and 1 Bed, 1 Bath (shot on Super 8) as well as AFI Directing Fellow, Ali Rosenthal, on short Retrograde (2022 New Wave Short Film Festival).
As a proud dues-paying member of the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600), he has worked in various positions in the camera department with acclaimed cinematographers such as Janusz Kamiński, Dariusz Wolski, Robert Yeoman, and Bruno Delbonnel.
With frequent collaborator, Avery Looser, he seeks to put what he has learned from these world-class DPs into practice and further develop his own style.
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