Mike is an award-winning producer, writer, educational consultant, and urban researcher. A sometime ethnographer, an always people observer, he pursues documentary as the union of art and journalism. Before living in Vietnam in 2017 with his wife, Mike worked in the distribution and marketing documentary space in Los Angeles as well as pioneered educational video and educational documentary in the architecture and urban design industry. His productions have been featured on BBC, Netflix, and WorldLink TV among other distributors and clients, and he has worked on the marketing and social impact side on a variety of independent, socially relevant documentaries such as collaborating with Oscar-winning director Charles Ferguson to Grammy-winning artist John Legend. Aquila Warrior is his directorial debut.

Mitchell has 15 years of photography experience, including professionally photographing concerts and live performances such as Bonaroo 2016 and Hangout Fest 2016. Mitchell runs a personal Youtube channel reviewing tech and video products, a three-year endeavor that has earned him 20,000 subscribers and over 6 million views. As an independent cinematographer, Mitchell has worked on various projects for LGBT event promoters in Hanoi, as well as commercial work for SoPa application.

Summer is an award winning director and Editor

Lam is currently an undergraduate pursuing Media Studies and Cognitive Science at Beloit College. With documentary and storytelling as his primary interests, Lam has worked on nearly ten short film projects. In 2020, upon an extended return to Vietnam, Lam began working in various production roles. Aquila Warrior is the first feature film he has worked on.

Hang is an award-winning producer and co-founder of ever rolling films​, an independent production house based in Hanoi. Hang has produced over 30 commercials and branded content for clients including PRO SPORTS, F.I.T Group, Sun Group and Vicostone. She has also collaborated with international brands such as Great Big Story and Business Insider. Hang has produced multiple short and feature-length films that have entered and been placed highly at international film festivals.

Projects: ROOMMATE (Jury Award at Project Market - Hanoi International Film Festival 2016), Trading Happiness (Audience Award at ​Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival 2020), Along The Sea (World premiere at 68th San Sebastian International Film Festival 2020).

With a degree in religious studies, Matthew brings his expertise in comparative religion to the project. The son of a Pentecostal minister, he previously worked as an events videographer successfully generating content for over 15 events and commercial shoots and as a freelance photographer, including professionally photographing several wedding and engagement ceremonies. Matthew brings a wealth of theological understanding to the film.

As a cinematographer, a camera operator, and an editor, Son has engaged in over 50 commercial and television productions since 2016. Son has worked as a cinematographer for multiple short and feature-length films as Director, Cinematographer and DP.

Projects as Director of Photography: THE CAT AND THE ORANGE SEEDS (Red Heart Award at Yxine International Film Festival 2014; Asian Talent Award at Mako Film Festival 2015), ROOMMATE (Best Young Director Award at Hanoi International Film Festival 2018).

Tim is a Los Angeles-based documentary cinematographer and video producer having shot on 6 continents in over 15 countries. Tim is a graduate of UC Berkeley where he studied media and pioneered video journalism at The San Francisco Chronicle. He took these experiences to Los Angeles, moving into editorial, promotional music and commercial video work for Conde Nast Entertainment, CNN, TIME Magazine, NBC, Gizmodo Media, and The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.  An accomplished vérité shooter, editor and documentarian, Tim specializes in telling cinematic stories in challenging and remote locations. His directing experiences include Boys Will Be Boys (20 million views) along with branded projects for clients such as Vanity Fair and Kendrick Lamar. Tim is a former organizing director and founding member of the LA chapter of the Video Consortium.

Kiet is currently a high school senior at British International School Hanoi. He has completed a news segment on Vietnamese Buddhism for BBC International, working as an assistant editor. In the summer of 2021, Kiet interned for Vietnam Television's English News Department, translating Vietnamese reports to English and narrated interviews for broadcast. He joined the Aquila Warrior project in May 2020 as an assistant editor, wanting to learn more about filmmaking and storytelling.