Film & Well-Being Producer
Capella is a certified professional coach, consultant, and dynamic facilitator. For over twenty years, she has influenced the organizational culture of the film industry and is committed to the relational experiences of leaders and creators. She cultivates relationships to enhance collaborative environments in transient and permanent organizations. Her areas of strength include positive leadership, mattering, empathy, organizational and interpersonal trust, creativity, inclusion, engagement, and best practices with and around Generation Z.
Capella is an Assistant Instructor (Humanities and Human Flourishing) at the University of Pennsylvania and hosts the leadership podcast When Is Now—created to support positive leaders and features executives, academics, and creators. WIN gives space to write new narratives and open evolved leadership discussions that inspire people to inspire others.
Her films include Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey, a feature-length documentary about the 80s band Journey and their new lead singer, Arnel Pineda, whom the band members discovered on YouTube. Don’t Stop Believin’ premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and featured at the San Francisco International Film Festival and the Silver Docs Film Festival. It won audience awards at Traverse City Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival, and New Hampshire Film Festivals and made an international premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival. The film was selected to participate in the American Film Showcase, a joint program of the Department of State’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs and the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. The film was released in theaters and broadcast on PBS on POV/Independent Lens Indies Showcase. It also screened on Netflix and Amazon Prime and is currently in development for a scripted feature.
Other features and series include Lost In Woonsocket (SXSW, OWN’s Super Soul Sundays), Motherland (Sundance Special Jury Award, Spirit Award nominee, and 47th Berlinale Forum selection), Random 1 (A&E), Voices of the Sea (True/False, POV), I’M FINE (Thanks for Asking) (SXSW Special Jury Recognition, BETher), Abby’s Place (ESPN), A Bunch of Amateurs (Sheffield DocFest Audience Award, BFI), The Body Politic (Sheffield DocFest, PBS) and Balloon Man a film that documents the life of the first African-American master hot air balloon pilot (International Du Film Panafricain De Cannes, WorldFest Houston, and Film of the Year at the Rhode Island Black Film Festival).
Capella grew up in Detroit and attended Detroit Public Schools. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Psychology and has a double master’s from the University of Pennsylvania in Applied Positive Psychology and Organizational Dynamics. Capella is a consultant, executive coach, and member of the Producers Guild of America and the International Coaching Federation (PCC). She is certified to administer and evaluate psychometric assessments and predictive indexes. Through her work, she continues to leverage her training and experience to inspire growth, cultivate leadership, and create positive impact.
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Session: Working Title: Elevating Influence and Impact Through Storytelling
