the team

Ariel Sultan

Founder / Lead Creative Producer

After graduating from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in Film & TV production, Ariel moved back to San Francisco to immerse herself in the food scene to produce hundreds of videos, photography, and marketing initiatives for a variety of food brands around the Bay Area including Lotus Foods, Kraut Source, LAFAZA, Marin French Cheese, Purple Wines & Spirits, and Spirit Works. Her love for the outdoors inspired her to work at the travel-outdoor apparel brand called Royal Robbins. At Royal Robbins, she spearheaded a robust content marketing program, which included managing shoots in featured travel destinations: Banff National Park, Kauai, the Alps, and SE Asia. Ariel returned to her roots in Content and Video Production as a Producer at ChefsFeed (which was recently acquired by Tastemade) for large-scaled branded series and content projects for companies like Planet Oat, Anolon, Fage, and Makers Mark.

Ariel founded Guru Productions on the principal belief that exceptional work starts with passionate, genuine people. She is honored to collaborate with Meera and Eric from Darling Street Pictures, and Hannah, Michael, and JP of Outpost Digital Cinema. Our mission is to bring creativity, high production value, and a reliable client relationships to purpose-driven brands in the food, fitness, outdoor, and travel industries.

Meera Joshi

Director / Producer / Filmmaker

Meera Joshi is an international filmmaker and documentarian who graduated from New York University with a BFA in Film and TV Production. She is an experienced editor and producer and loves to work with clients large and small. She enjoys the creative problem-solving that comes with filmmaking and has had the pleasure to work with fortune 500 companies such as Google and Bloomberg, as well as small businesses and restaurants such as the beloved Bunna Cafe in Brooklyn, LAFAZA based in Oakland, and the i-float sensations float center in Ogden, Utah. She has also created content for the Rec and Park department of San Francisco and NGOs such as Mrida in India. She loves to connect and explore the mysteries of the world through her work.

Hannah Park

Photographer

Hannah is a Los Angeles based photographer, but her reach doesn't stop there. She's ready to travel to wherever your brand takes you. Hannah enjoys getting her hands dirty, climbing that extra 2,000 ft to the summit, and going the extra 5 miles to get the shot. Hannah has been doing photography for the last 6 years in various industries, including, but not limited to outdoor sports, product, food, editorial, and portraiture. She's inspired by the people around her whether it be her family, friends, or clients she works alongside with and they are the key elements that keep her going.

Michael Alfuso

Director / Cinematographer

Michael is a documentary storyteller, specializes in gimbal operation, and is motivated by type-two fun as it pertains to outdoor adventure. His work covers everything from animal / social rights, to environmental conservation and action sports, so long as there’s a meaningful story to be told. He is passionate about documenting the rapid industrialization of America’s public lands, and works closely with wildlife organization A.W.H.C. to bring this to the public eye through video/photo journalism.

Eric Mann

Director / Cinematographer / Filmmaker

Eric Mann graduated from New York University with a BFA in Film and TV Production and has gone on to work in a multitude of filmmaking disciplines, including being an editor for Bloomberg TV in New York and a producer for Google in San Francisco. He loves to throw himself into his projects, having filmed on 5 continents from the Amazon in Peru to the highlands of Ethiopia. His production company Darling Street Pictures, is a full service video agency that has produced content for clients such as San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department, solar energy company Mrida in India, and vanilla company LAFAZA based in Oakland, California. He’s currently in production on a feature documentary. 

jonathan park (JP)

Director / Cinematographer

JP is a commercial and documentary filmmaker. Since the age of 14, shooting and making movies was all he wanted to do. Fast forward to today, that same insatiable appetite for storytelling and adventure still lives on. His curiosity always gets the best of him and you’ll usually find him tinkering with the latest tech or with the lights on set. Outside of work, JP loves exploring new rock climbing areas and enjoying new coffee shops with his wife, Hannah. JP’s work covers a wide range of industries from corporate, commercial, documentary, food, and action sports.