Our Team
CO-FOUNDER
Jason Delane Lee
Jason Delane Lee (he/him) is the CO-CEO of the Lagralane Group. At Lagralane, Jason has Co-Executive Produced the 2018 Academy Award-winning documentary, Icarus. His producing credits also include the 2019 Berlinale world premiere and TIFF North American premiere The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open; the 2018 Sundance premieres Night Comes On and This is Home; the 2017 SXSW premieres Served Like a Girl, The Blood is at the Doorstep, and Lucky, starring the late Harry Dean Stanton, and the upcoming Lisa Cortes documentary The Empire of Ebony. On-screen he acted in and executive produced the indie film Givers of Death (G.O.D.), written and directed by Addison Henderson and distributed by Buffalo 8. As a filmmaker, Jason recently completed the short film Lifeline, which he wrote, co-directed, and starred in. Lifeline has screened in over 16 film festivals worldwide earning several accolades including Award of Excellence at Best Shorts Competition and Finalist Best Short at Roma Prism Awards. He is a founding member of Los Angeles-based Lower Depth Theatre; which produces intimate theater for LA's theater arts community and also serves on the board of directors of the Classical Theatre of Harlem in NYC. As an individual philanthropist, Jason has supported organizations like Habitat for Humanity and NCMEC. Jason and his wife, Yvonne, currently live in Studio City, CA with their three children.
CO-FOUNDER
Yvonne Huff Lee
Yvonne (she/hers) is an actor and producer of Black and Filipina descent. She is inspired by the female experience and seeks to elevate both female-driven narratives and women’s perspectives. Fearless in her pursuit of authentic and original works, she is passionate about storytelling’s power to entertain and foment social change. On stage, she starred in Safe Harbor written by Tira Palmquist with Lower Depth Theatre, where she is an artistic associate and founding member. She was also in Lower Depth's critically acclaimed Br’erCotton by Tearrance Arvelle Chisolm. She was nominated for the 2019 NAACP Best Actress (Intimate Theatre) for this role. She acted on screen and executive produced the indie film Givers of Death (G.O.D.), written and directed by Addison Henderson, and distributed by Buffalo 8. She also starred alongside Harry Dean Stanton in his career final film Lucky, distributed by Magnolia Pictures. Other executive producing credits include This is Home, Night Comes On, The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, Rebecca Hall’s Passing, The Big Payback with Color Farm Media, and the upcoming Lisa Cortes documentary The Empire of Ebony. Yvonne has supported nonprofits including NCMEC and Habitat for Humanity through her individual philanthropy. Yvonne also serves on the board of Array Alliance and Lower Depth Theatre and is co-founder of the Lagralane Group with her husband, Jason Delane Lee, and their three children.
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Matthew Soraci
Matthew Soraci is the COO of The Lagralane Group. Matthew directs the day-to-day operations involving business development, finance, marketing, and human resources. Along with acting as COO, Matthew has garnered individual credits on Lagralane titles, acting as executive producer on The Blood Is At The Doorstep; The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open; Givers Of Death (G.O.D.); Lifeline (short), producer on Ownership (short), co-producer on Bienvenidos a Los Angeles (2022 LA Shorts International Film Festival Premiere), and as associate producer on Harry Dean Stanton’s final film Lucky. Under the Lagralane company credit, Matthew co-executive produced the 2018 Academy Award winning documentary ICARUS. He is also a producer of the podcast Lagralane Spirits – exploring identity & culture with cocktails. Alongside his professional credits, his penchant for creative storytelling has led to a lifelong involvement in the arts. Matthew serves on the board of Los Angeles-based Lower Depth Theatre Ensemble.
Collaborators
PRODUCER / WRITER
Peppur Chambers-Soraci
PEPPUR CHAMBERS is an international writer/producer/educator. An alum of Circle X Emerging Playwrights Group, Moving Arts MADLab, and Antaeus Playwrights Lab, she uses her voice to amplify women’s issues, social justice and love. Find her radio plays End of the Line, The Fire In-Between and The Boll Weevil & Chester Higgensworth wherever you listen to podcasts. Her film DO SOMETHING can be found on Tubi, and her fiction novels, Harlem’s Awakening & Harlem’s Last Dance on Amazon or Spaceboybooks.com More: penandpeppur.com.
PROJECT COORDINATOR / PRODUCER
Courtney Oliphant
Courtney Oliphant is a writer/producer with the Lagralane Group. She worked in theatre management for over 8 years before starting her own grant consulting firm in 2023, Coastal Nonprofit Consulting. She is also an Executive Producer/Co-writer of the Lagralane Spirits Podcast. Courtney has her GPC (Grant Professional Certification) and has certificates in Nonprofit Management, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace. Courtney has been with the Lagralane Group since 2017 and graduated cum-laude from Pepperdine University.
PROJECT COORDINATOR
AJ Dinsmore
AJ Dinsmore is a writer, producer, and graphic designer. In 2023, AJ was selected as a writing mentee for the third annual Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab. Her script, “My Life as a Teenage Conspiracy Theorist” won the WeScreenplay Shorts Lab in 2021. AJ supported the development of new works from BIPOC and women-identifying writers as a Project Coordinator & Podcast Producer for Lower Depth Theatre. She is excited to continue promoting traditionally underrepresented narratives through her work as an Executive Assistant and Podcast Coordinator for The Lagralane Group.
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