The Team

Dr. David Milch is a 1980 graduate of Harvard medical school. Upon finishing his clinical and research responsibilities in 1984, Dr. Milch moved to New York City to pursue his business career, soon branching into venture investments in technology and the life sciences. In the last decade Dr. Milch has broadened his entrepreneurial focus to include early-stage medical device and biomedical companies based in Israel.

Dr. Milch has a long history of supporting the arts. He has invested and participated in producing live theatrical shows including Avenue Q, In the Heights, West Side Story and Finian’s Rainbow, for which he received a “Best Musical Revival” Tony Award nomination as producer in 2009.

Tal Lazar is an Israeli-American filmmaker and educator. As a cinematographer, Lazar worked on over a dozen narrative feature films domestically and internationally. Following the recognition of his work as a filmmaker, he was invited to teach at prestigious academic institutions such as the American Film Institute Conservatory, of which he is an alumnus. Nowadays, Lazar teaches at Columbia University, the City University of New York and Berklee College of Music.

Lazar completed his military service at the IDF with a sign of excellence in service bestowed on him by the president of Israel. Upon earning a BFA degree at Tel Aviv University, he moved to Los Angeles in 2007 to pursue a graduate degree at AFI. He was both the cinematographer and producer of Every Time I Die and co-founded MiLa Media in 2017.

Phil Newsom is an Oscar-nominated, New York City film producer. Hailing from Denver, Colorado, Phil moved to NYC in 2006, where he led the creation of an international short film festival and founded ArtEffects, a forward-thinking arts organization dedicated to fostering artistic growth. Phil parlayed his past experiences into a successful, award-winning career in independent film, producing a dozen feature films and short films, for incredible filmmakers and actors. Phil produced Feeling Through, which starred the first deafblind actor to be in a lead role in a film, and it was nominated for an Academy Award for best Live-action short, in 2021. Phil’s films have premiered at AMC Theatres, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and many other outlets and theaters across the globe. His films have won national and international awards.