We are an independent development and production company based in New York City. With more than four decades of experience, we partner with fiction and nonfiction creators to bring under-told stories to life.
Collaborating with teams spanning four continents, our mission is to create thought-provoking content that sheds light on underrepresented groups and global injustices.
About the Founder
Born in Shanghai and raised in Indiana, J. Faye Yuan is a New York-based bilingual producer and editor. With support from Tribeca Creators Market, Doha Film Institute, and Women Make Movies, Faye edited her first feature-length documentary about a maverick Chinese animal activist. In 2019, she directed and edited a game-show-inspired docuseries, which won a New York State Council on the Arts Film & Media Award. In addition to filmmaking, she is a curator for the Queens Memory Project – a community archiving program supported by Queens Public Library and Queens College with the aim of raising awareness and a sense of ownership in the production of shared historic records.
Recent Clients & Partners
Collaborating with teams spanning four continents, our mission is to create thought-provoking content that sheds light on underrepresented groups and global injustices.
About the Co-Founders
J. Faye Yuan
Born in China and raised in the Midwest, J. Faye Yuan is a New York-based bilingual writer, producer, and editor. With support from Tribeca Creators Market, Doha Film Institute, and Women Make Movies, Faye produced, and edited her first feature-length documentary about a maverick Chinese animal activist. In 2019, she made her directorial debut on a hybrid documentary, which received funding from the New York State Council on the Arts Film & Media Award. Her next docuseries about economic development in rural China will premiere on National Geographic’s Asia, Europe, and Middle East channels in Fall 2021. Faye graduated cum laude from Wellesley College and earned her Master’s from Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
Mario Ducoudray
Born to a revolutionary family from the Dominican Republic, Mario Ducoudray, co-founder of New Circle Films, uses artistic means to address the ills of the world in lieu of guns. Following NYU Film School, he made his directorial debut on a one-act play, STRIPPING IN PUBLIC, which caused a stir at City Hall in a battle over freedom of expression. Since the early 2000s, his film development company has supported emerging filmmakers, most notably Rodrigo Bellott’s Locarno Critics Prize winner DEPENDENCIA SEXUAL, Bernard Attal’s award-winning short film, A BIKE RIDE, and Mijie Li’s Karlovy Vary-winning CONFUCIAN DREAM. A longtime resident of Brooklyn Heights, Mario served as President of his tenant association, where he secured a landmark victory for senior residents after a two-year battle for tenant rights.
