The Founders

Ameenah Kaplan

Ameenah is a director whose work combines elements of magic realism, dance, and music. She is a Live-Experience Director for Disney, an original cast member of Stomp! on broadway, and she was the Resident Director of The Lion King Broadway national tour. Actor: Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, The Office.

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Xavier Roe

Xavier is a classically trained actor with years of classical and contemporary stage, commercial, voice over and film credits, including The Goodman Theatre, The American Players Theatre, Nickelodeon and The Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. Now taking his experience on set and stage behind the camera, he aims to tell his own stories and cultivate his voice as a genre based writer-director.

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Connor Austin Jones

Connor is an emerging writer-director who studied at the Geffen School of Drama at Yale’s Director’s Lab and with the Gotham Film & Media Institute’s Narrative Series Fellowship. He’s just completed a year in Rideback Rise’s Y1 Circle and is focusing on telling YA/college-aged stories in the action-sports, drama and science fiction genres.

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Mission & Values

We lead with the art and drive towards consistent, innovative creativity – Bringing the next generation of creatives to the forefront

Culture

VISION leads with the artist. Fostering a culture of creativity, consistency, initiative and ceaseless development, we embrace the power and ambidexterity of art, at every stage of process, and are committed to artistic excellence, cultural vitality, and the collaboration of artists seasoned and new.

Entertainment

VISION commits to genre-blending storytelling and showcasing talent at all levels that captivates and inspires global audiences. With each work and within each medium, we aim to paint a beautiful tapestry that is ceaselessly moving – a reminder of the breadth of the human experience.

Innovation

VISION is a forward thinking, collective of singular artists, tested veterans and hungry newcomers fostering a breeding ground for cross discipline art. This multifaceted media ecosystem will invite audiences into the process of the creative masterminds behind the next generation of art.

Engagement

VISION will meet audiences where they are; on their phone, the sofa, the movie theater or the stage. Taking an audience-centric approach, Vision activates intimate connections between artist and audience through innovative programming and immersive storytelling.

Creative Board of Directors

Ameenah Kaplan

Chair of the Board &
Co-Founder
Live / Immersive Experience Director at DISNEY (current)
Ilyssa Goodman

Board Member
(former) Director at Warner Brothers, Universal, Bonneville Worldwide Group
Three Gingers Productions, LLC
Robin Humbert

Board Member
Award-Winning Producer (Vanderpump Rules, ABDC, The Bachelor, Discovery)
Connor Austin Jones

Co-CEO
Co-Founder
Gotham Narrative Series Fellow;
Geffen School of Drama at Yale’s Director’s Lab
Rideback Rise Y1 Circle
Xavier J. Roe

Co-CEO
Co-Founder
Reps: Daniel Hoff Agency
Classically-trained actor with BFA from University of Illinois - Champaign
Former Company, American Player’s Theatre