Calia Brencsons-Van Dyk

Calia Brencsons Van Dyk is an Emmy and multiple James Beard Award-winning producer, coach, and creative partner. She is the founder of Caliativity Productions and the forthcoming author of The Actor Branding Book. A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she began her career at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and with Jacques d'Amboise at the National Dance Institute before spending over a decade in production and production management at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. She serves on the Board of Advisors for Exit12 Dance Company and CayFilm - Cayman International Film Festival, and her contributions to the arts have been recognized with a Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Award from Mills College and Northeastern University's 2025 Women Who Empower Innovator Award. She is also a member of the Producers Guild of America, New York Women in Film & Television, SAG-AFTRA, and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.