What We Find in the Sea was filmed on board an active purse seiner in the waters of South East Alaska during the 2019 commercial salmon fishing season. Our film team worked closely with the crew of the Haida Warrior to ensure we could capture what we needed without disrupting any normal fishing operations.

Anika Kan Grevstad is an Asian American director from Seattle who is now based in Los Angeles. Her short film, No One Ever Really Dies, premiered at the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Award for New Voices. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Colorado College with a B.A. in Asian Studies and Film Studies.

Sasha Faust is a writer, director, and avid journal keeper. She is a founding member of Broken Slate Productions and has written and produced multiple short films including Uprooted (2018) and Half (2019). Raised by the mountains of Santa Fe, New Mexico, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from Trinity University, where she was the recipient of the Baker Duncan Theater Scholarship.