An Adhocracy    
    of Anarchists

Lilly Wachowski

Executive Director

Lilly Wachowski (she/her) is a trans woman and lifelong Chicago resident. She holds a half-finished BA as well as an almost completed Post Baccalaureate certificate from SAIC. Lilly has worked as a Building Maintenance Technician’s Assistant, self-employed carpenter and Writer/Producer/Director for Warner Bros, Netflix and Showtime among others. She also paints; sometimes she paints ducks.

Sarah Marie Flores

Director of Programming

Sarah Marie Flores (she/her) holds an MFA degree from UCLA’s Producers Program. Prior to her transition to Hollywood, Sarah worked for over a decade in film exhibition and publicity, and film-based non-profits like The Roxie Theater, and Frameline Film Festival in the Bay Area. Sarah obtained her BA from UC Santa Cruz where she was an Integrated Critical Practice student in the Film and Digital Media department with an emphasis on exploring the importance of underrepresented voices in Science Fiction Film and Television.

Lawrence Mattis

Director of Strategy and Industry Relations

Lawrence Mattis (he/him) is the founding partner of Circle M+P, a premiere management and production company based in New York and Los Angeles. As a management company, Circle represents some of the most recognized voices in the genre space including Lawrence’s discoveries, Lilly and Lana Wachowski, Jon Spaihts, and Gary Whitta. On the production side, Lawrence produced MR. RIGHT starring Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick, MAYHEM starring Steve Yuen, and most recently CODE 3 starring Rainn Wilson and Lil Rel Howery. Together with Lilly Wachowski, he produced WORK IN PROGRESS for Showtime.