Zero Gravity

PENKA KOUNEVA
MUSIC COMPOSER

Penka Kouneva has composed on iconic video games  such as League of Legends, Prince of Persia, The Mummy, a NASA theme park at the Kennedy Space Center, and numerous feature films, including the Oscar contender Aga, Sony Pictures releases,  Encounter and Devil’s Whisper, and Zero Gravity: The Film.. Her music has received national press as “fantastic, luminous and breath-taking” (Billboard, NPR and Forbes). As one of the industry’s most accomplished women composers, in 2019 she was invited by showrunner Mark A. Altman and composer Joe Kraemer to co-compose the CW primetime TV show, Pandora. 

Penka is a Sundance Fellow, Duke University Distinguished Alumna and has received the Game Audio Network Guild Recognition Award. Two-time Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat called her music “stunning.” In 2019 Penka was commissioned and performed by Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl in front of an audience of 18,000 (“America in Space”). 

DAVID WORTHEN BROOKS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Brooks began his career as an award-winning editor and screenwriter. whose early work was with directors  Tony Kaye, Ridley Scott, Spike Jonze, Paul Hunter, Leslie Dektor and Baz Luhrmann. Brooks has been recognized for his creative work by entities including D&AD, Sundance Film Festival, London International Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, One Show, and the Clios. 

Most recently, Brooks received the 2018 Creative Media Award for branded entertainment with advertiser Mars, for his work as an Executive Producer on Bite Size Horror, a series of short form content for broadcast. Other previous highlights include Phenoms, Parrallels, Suit Up, and Small Shots.

Now, Brooks oversees 20th Digital Studio as the EVP and Senior Executive Creative Director. 20th Digital Studio is a division of Walt Disney Television, dedicated to developing, producing, and distributing content, both original and derivative.

STACEY PARKS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER