Rendering Failed

Every time I try to render some edited clips from After Effects CC 2018 to Media Encoder 2018, I get the error message:

 - Encoding Time: 00:02:49

02/24/2021 06:52:07 AM : Encoding Failed

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Export Error

Error compiling movie.

Render Error

Render returned error.

Writing with exporter: H.264

Writing to file: \\?\C:\Users\Lorelei & Marissa\Downloads\videos\edits\it to joker pt.mp4

Writing file type: H264

Around timecode: 00;00;12;19 - 00;00;12;27

Rendering at offset: 12.646 seconds

Component: H.264 of type Exporter

Selector: 9

Error code: - 1609629695

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 - Encoding Time: 00:03:54

02/24/2021 07:05:44 AM : Encoding Failed

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Export Error

Error compiling movie.

Render Error

Render returned error.

Writing with exporter: H.264

Writing to file: \\?\C:\Users\Lorelei & Marissa\Downloads\videos\edits\it to joker pt.mp4

Writing file type: H264

Around timecode: 00;00;12;19 - 00;00;12;27

Rendering at offset: 12.646 seconds

Component: H.264 of type Exporter

Selector: 9

Error code: - 1609629695

Does anyone know what the issue could be? I looked at the time codes on my clips and it doesn't look like it'd be an issue but I don't know.

Thank you 🙂