Director Biography - Victor H. Mancilla
Victor Mancilla is a native of Mexico City. He has had extensive experience as a journalist, publisher, screenwriter, director and associate producer. He is the founder of Eravision Films, a production and film research organization.
For over 12 years, Eravision has worked in the field on special assignments in the U.S., France, Cuba, Spain and The Philippines. Eravision has provided services to cultural and historical projects by HBO, Green Moon Productions, International Films, Latino Smithsonian, Transcended, Mosaico, Basic E. Inc, Travel and Space Museum and Project Uplift.
In addition to numerous commercial industrial films he has served as Director and or Producer of over a dozen film projects, including a new documentary co-written and produced by Jim Nikas The Needle and the Thread, about the life of the mystic Franciscan nun María de Jesús de Ágreda, Spain.
JIM NIKAS, Executive Producer, Screenwriter
Mr. Nikas is a San Francisco, California native. He is an educator, producer, paleontologist and screenwriter. He is the co-founder and Executive Director of the privately held Posada Art Foundation (containing over 7,000 works of art) which is dedicated to preserving and promoting the legacy Mexican artists José Guadalupe Posada and Manual Manilla.
In 2023, he co-produced the documentary, The Needle and the Thread, about the life of the mystic Franciscan nun María de Jesús de Ágreda, Spain. His most recent project is a work in progress in the form of a stage play entitled La Catrina and Posada or Grave Dancing. He is the author and co-author of a variety of academic and scientific papers.
Maryanne R. Brady, Executive Producer, Art Collector, Health Care Consultant
Maryanne Brady is co-founder Posada Art Foundation, and co-producer of the award- winning documentary short: Searching for Posada—ART and Revolutions.
Together with Jim Nikas they share joint ownership of the Brady Nikas Collection which is managed by the Posada Art Foundation. Fluent in Spanish, acquired during a year-long humanitarian project in Guatemala, she has since been a frequent traveler to Mexico where her deep love of Mexico and its rich culture inspired her and Jim Nikas to build the Brady Nikas Collection.
As a principle at Geoverde Corporation, Maryanne provides health care consulting nationally and internationally (US/Mexico/Central/South America). In addition to her interests in Mexican culture, she enjoys parttime acting, painting and flying.