Dina Perlasca is a Mexican-American artist and NMSU alumna. Perlasca teaches ceramics at The University of Texas at El Paso, she is part of the board of Artaxis and exhibits her work, nationally, and internationally. Her most recent solo exhibitions were at the Roswell Museum and at the Juarez Museum of Art. Bill Moore, artist and NMSU graduate student, also worked on the film as the videographer. Sandra Salaices is credited as the Assistant to Director and local Casas Grandes liaison. Oscar Ortega, potter and son-in-law to Quezada served as Assistant to Juan Quezada. “Juan Quezada: Pioneer Potter of Mata Ortiz '' was made with support from the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts and the New Mexico State University Department of Art.

Scott Petersen studied at the University of Michigan and began his career on the feature film “Zebrahead”. Along with working in John Hughes’ office, his résumé includes work on “Antiques Roadshow,” “Rescue 911,” “Unsolved Mysteries,” Fox News, BBC, VH1, the Food Network, MGM Home Entertainment and several feature films and commercials. Petersen is known for producing and directing “Out Of The Loop” (1997), “Scrabylon” (2003), “The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz” (2020),  and “Hitchhiking to the Edge of Sanity” (2016).  He currently edits projects for the Recording Academy and Latin Recording Academy, who present the annual Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, respectively.