Staff
Editor-in-Chief, Co-Founder
Zanda is the Editor-in-Chief of Feature First and oversees the publishing of the outlet and content of the social media pages. He is based in Queensland, Australia and may or may not have a life like cardboard cut-out of Ryan Gosling in his room. Zanda has been actively turning Feature First into a reliable and high quality entertainment outlet since 2023.
Senior Managing Editor, Co-Founder
Based in Sydney, Australia. Sameer created Feature First with friends out of a passion for films in June 2023. He currently manages the news reporting, maintains the website frontend and creates graphics for Facebook and Instagram. You can find Sameer re-watching his favourite film trailers.
Managing Editor, Co-Founder
Based in Chicago, Illinois. An aspiring singer and director, Bhargav is currently pursuing his undergrad in Marketing, Information & Decision Sciences, and Film in Chicago. Since co-founding Feature First, Bhargav focuses on industry analyses, box office reports, quality movie reviews, and helping maintain consumer engagement across all social platforms.
Managing Editor, Co-Founder
Co-Owner of Feature First, Ethan is an aspiring filmmaker & actor based in California. He currently serves as Managing Editor for Feature First.
Social Media Manager, Writer
Mohaned is an Egyptian aspiring filmmaker who writes articles about movies he’s enthusiastic about. He currently helps coordinate the Twitter / X content for Feature First.
Social Media Coordinator, Writer
Nick is a writer at Feature First and helps manage the Twitter / X content. He’s based in Trinidad & Tobago and enjoys catching up on all things film, tv and gaming.
Senior Film Critic
Jack is an aspiring filmmaker based in Chicago who writes about films at Feature First.
Senior Film & TV Critic
Hailing from India and trying to detach himself from the rat race, Chaitanya with his bubbling zeal for filmmaking is an avid cinephile with an equal adoration for physics, television, music and novels. When he’s not busy, you can find him cooking pasta while listening to podcasts. Chaitanya writes about television, movies and music at Feature First.
Senior Film & TV Critic
Artist by nature, music maker by choice, film enjoyer by force. You can always find Vincent stuck in gridlocked LA traffic.
Film Critic, Awards Correspondent
Lewis is based in the UK and writes about films and awards at Feature First.
Editorial Writer
An aspiring screenwriter based in California obsessed with the inner and outer workings of Film and TV. Vishu serves as an editorial writer for Film, Music and TV.
Film & TV Critic
Ansh is an aspiring filmmaker based in Texas. He’s obsessed with all things film and can and will yap at length about any and every movie and TV show he watches, which comes in handy for writing articles and reviews at Feature First.
Film Critic
Carlos is a ‘born to be cinephile, but forced to be an engineer’ from the Philippines. He is a film critic at Feature First and likes to go to theaters for the cinema experience. Now, if you’ll excuse him, he’s going to go home and have a heart attack.