COPA 71 is the first film co-directed by Rachel Ramsay and James Erskine, known for directing renowned streamer series and documentary films for several years, including the forthcoming Flight Of Bryan, the Indian box office topping Sachin: A Billion Dreams, the hit soccer documentary The End Of The Storm, and the Amazon Originals series Le Mans: Racing Is Everything and This Is Football (winner of the 2020 Humanitas Prize). Rachel started out in news journalism in London and Paris and, able to work in Spanish, French and Portuguese, went on to establish herself working across a wide range of unscripted series, each one with an international perspective. IDA-nominated for his film Billie, Emmy-nominated James has been working across scripted and unscripted and his other theatrical documentaries include The Ice King, The Battle of The Sexes, and Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist