Duane Hansen Fernandez is a writer and director. Born from a Danish mother and Filipino father, Fernandez's background towed him from his birthplace in Los Angeles to numerous corners and countries of the world throughout the years. It was this time spent traveling that taught him to use his art to reflect an influence from his many cultural environments.

Once dreaming of becoming an archaeologist, that passion never really went away, although it did evolve. Fernandez found himself becoming his own archetype of an anthropologist, seeking to understand how people live and interact with one another. Why do people do what they do? What are their untold stories? Most importantly, how can we make the world a better place by telling them?