Team

Leadership

Ralph O’Connor

President, Casting

Since 2005, Ralph has worked at Canopy Stories Film, helping to turn the trusted publication into a modern digital brand featuring a wide variety of innovative casting tools reaching a greatly expanded worldwide audience. Previously, Ralph studied filmmaking and worked as a writer, editor, teacher, and digital consultant.

Director of Recruiting

Vanessa Jones

After attending college in NYC and spending a decade in Los Angeles, Vanessa again resides in her native state of Georgia. She is a proud member of Canopy Stories Film, and delights in working for a company that supports actors! When she’s not sourcing the next awesome team member for Canopy Stories Film, she’s walking the Atlanta Beltline, thrifting, or obsessing over UGA football (Go Dawgs!).

Assistant Controller

Lucia Smith

Lucia started his career in public accounting and spent over a year in the sports and entertainment industry before joining Canopy Stories Film in March 2015. She enjoys watching and playing sports, finding new recipes to cook, and tries to stay up to date on the latest movies and tv shows.