Oscar nominated director Lucy Walker has deftly used observational cinema throughout her work, exemplified by her latest film Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa that tells a multi-layered story of personal struggle against an epic backdrop. Walker’s previous documentaries include Bring Your Own Brigade on forest fires; The Crash Reel on extreme sports and […]
Emmy Award-nominated filmmaker Marcia Smith is president and co-founder of Firelight Media, a nonprofit organization that supports, resources, and advocates on behalf of documentary filmmakers of color. Over the past 25 years, Firelight Media’s artist programs have supported more than 250 filmmakers, who have premiered their films at esteemed festivals and gone on to earn […]
Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Alan Berliner is a virtuoso of essayistic documentary. His films are characterized by a first person perspective, playful use of archive materials, and inventive editing and sound design. His works include Letter to the Editor, an eclectic meditation on newspaper photography that played at DOC NYC; First Cousin, Once Removed, on a […]
In addition to her artist programs work at DOC NYC, Kate Lemberg is the Associate Manager, Industry Relations & Artist Programs at Points North; a staff programmer at RiverRun and Nashville; the Film Nominations Associate for the Independent Spirit Awards; the Creators Market Producer and an assistant programmer at Tribeca; and has screened for many […]
Rosie Walunas is a documentary editor whose passion for documentary sprouted as a teenager in the mid-2000s. Her most recent work on the four-part series The Sing Sing Chronicles will make its world premiere at a major film festival in fall 2024 and will broadcast on MSNBC in 2025. Additional work includes: Bad Axe, AKA […]
Hannes Hosp’s editing work focuses on social justice, government accountability, and human rights. Recent editing credits include Gumbo Coalition (HBO Max, IDFA), directed by Barbara Kopple; America and the Taliban (Peabody Award for Public Service); and The Crown Prince (duPont-Columbia Award finalist). Outside the editing room, Hannes also produces, works as a cinematographer, and is […]
John “Hunter” Nolan (Unearth, The Game Changers, Paper & Glue, Before The Flood, TIME: Guns in America) is an award-winning documentary film cinematographer and director specializing in impact filmmaking. Active as a filmmaker in addressing environmental conservation, endangered species protections, and humanitarian systems, Hunter sees film as a powerful catalyst for raising awareness and driving […]
Natalie Rae is a filmmaker from Vancouver, Canada. Making her first feature documentary over an eight-year journey, she debuted Daughters at the Sundance Film Festival, where she won the Audience Award and Festival Favorite. Daughters was picked up by Netflix and will be released in August 2024.
Katie Mathews is a filmmaker working across documentary and fiction. Her collaborative approach is focused on creating spaces for truth and transformation. Recent projects include feature documentary Roleplay (SXSW 2024) and narrative short Dark Moon (Vimeo Staff Pick 2022). She is a Princess Grace Award winner, and her work can be found on Teen Vogue, […]
A self-proclaimed black lesbian myth, Sophia Nahli Allison is an Academy Award-nominated filmmaker, self-portrait photographer, and artist. She explores themes of identity, flight, and memory to document the space between reality and dreams. She is a 2020 USA Fellowship awardee in film and has been an artist-in-residence at Black Rock Senegal, MacDowell, and The Camargo […]