meet the team
Meet the team that brought No Part Too Small to life! From director to narrator, each was vital to making the documentary come to fruition.
Stanley Lin
Director, Producer,
& Director of Photography
As a dedicated advocate for environmental conservation and animal protection, director Stanley Lin is always pondering, "How can I help the Earth with my skill set?" Attending the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California and working on student sets inspired him to put his artistic skills to use for his belief in environmentalism and animal protection. Stanley decided to make No Part Too Small, a documentary which focuses on the relatively unknown country of Vanuatu, the detriments that climate change has brought upon it, and what the country has been doing to survive the ceaseless onslaught of global warming. He hopes that No Part Too Small will move audiences to be a little greener by showing how a country with such limited resources is rallying to combat the degradation of the environment around them.
Spencer is currently studying computer science at USC. Having grown up both in a city and close to nature, Spencer is an environmental advocate that strongly believes in the potential of greener, smarter technology in protecting the environment. In his free time, he enjoys building drones, 3D printing, and making outrageous environmental contraptions and gizmos. In the future, he would really love to continue creating media to help spread awareness of environmental issues to the world, as well as how technology is helping!
Spencer Lin
Assistant Director
Lead editor on No Part Too Small, Aidan Bates is a current senior at USC. He focuses primarily on editing documentaries, but loves working with all forms of narrative. He is a huge sci-fi and fantasy nerd and is really excited for the upcoming Dune film. He has also edited numerous other short films including Sissy, HLYW BB, and has animated the opening title for Unschooled and Sugerland. This year, he is currently doing an internship at Vision Tree.
Aiden Bates
Editor
Maxwell Tong
Screenwriter
Maxwell Tong is the screenwriter for No Part Too Small. After previously studying at UC Santa Barbara, he is now a second year student at Vanderbilt University majoring in Cinema and Media Arts and Political Science. Maxwell first became interested in working in the entertainment industry in his senior year of high school. After working on student-led film projects (Udhaare Supne, Felix’s Elixirs, Closure), he is hoping to continue to pursue his passion while in college, as well as expand his interest in international politics. Outside of school, Maxwell enjoys traveling, trying new food, and exploring LA and Nashville.
Andrew Oropeza is a composer and filmmaker from South Central Los Angeles, CA. Being a self-taught composer since 2016, he has strived to use music as a storytelling method and a way to connect with audiences. He has composed for various Film2Future student short films as well as wrote, directed, and composed music for the mental health PSA #RealTalk in 2019. In 2020, he joined the Planet Save team as a composer for No Part Too Small to help raise awareness of the extreme impacts of climate change on countries like Vanuatu. He aspires to compose music for film, television, and interactive media. Andrew is currently studying at the University of Southern California in the Narrative Studies and Game Audio programs.
Andrew Oropeza
Composer
Kaitlin Webster-Zuber
Composer
Kaitlin Webster-Zuber is a Classical pianist/composer and a native of Los Angeles. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Piano Performance at Mount Saint Mary’s University. During her K-12 home-school education, she attended the Colburn School of Performing Arts, where she studied piano (under Jee Sung Kang) for nine years, as well as chamber music, tap dancing, music theory, voice, and ballet. She also served as the Los Angeles Branch Board for Junior Chamber Music Student Service Alliance (JCMSSA, 2014-15) and has been awarded numerous scholarships from JCM, including: the Costa Rica Chamber Music Festival, the Idyllwild Arts Summer Piano Intensive, the John Perry Academy Summer Piano Festival, the Montecito International Music Festival, and the Warsaw Piano Intensive. In July 2018, she was invited to the Concerto Fest Europa in Bratislava, Slovakia, where she performed solo repertoire and the Mozart Double Piano Concerto No. 10 with her sister Emily. She has been an avid participant in Salastina’s Sounds Promising programs as both a pianist and composer (2018-20), and studies composition with Professor Ian Krouse (UCLA). Kaitlin co-founded Musical Traces with her sister Emily, and is passionate about film scoring, drawing, baking, and spending time with friends and family.
Quenton Xavier Blache
Composer
Quenton Xavier Blache (b. 2001) is a composer and cellist based in Los Angeles. He has performed at Carnegie Hall and toured Europe and Asia with the National Youth Orchestra USA. Quenton was selected for the competitive Boston Conservatory High School Composition Intensive during the summer of 2016. In the spring of 2019, his composition for string quartet, Hunted, was performed in a masterclass with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw. Quenton is especially passionate about composition for visual media and has scored for the Vanuatu documentary, No Part Too Small. In his spare time, he enjoys watching space documentaries, playing chess, and participating in multiple sports. He is double majoring in cello performance and music composition at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music where he studies cello under Andrew Shulman and composition under Ted Hearne. He has also studied under Veronika Krausas and Grammy Award winner Andrew Norman.