Born in Laredo, Texas on the Texas/Mexico border, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon garnered two Emmy nominations for his work as director and co-executive producer on "American Horror Story: Coven", the the show's lauded third season; he had previously directed episodes on American Horror's first four seasons, in addition to the first four seasons glee. Gomez-Rejon began his career as a personal assistant to Martin Scorsese, Nora Ephron and Alejandro González Iñárritu, and later became a sought-after second unit director after his work on films like Babel.

Nigel M Smith is the Guardian's entertainment writer, based in Los Angeles. Formerly managing editor of Indiewire, he has also written about film and culture for USA Today, Bullet Magazine and MTV. He holds a Masters in Arts Journalism from Syracuse University.