John S. Fisher is a Colombian-American documentary editor whose work includes the Academy Award-shortlisted and Emmy-nominated film Stamped From the Beginning (Netflix), directed by Roger Ross Williams; the Academy Award-shortlisted and Emmy Award-winning documentary The Apollo (HBO); the documentary series The Supermodels (Apple TV+); and the Peabody Award-winning series High on the Hog (Netflix).
Nesa is a director, producer, and editor living in New York City. She started at The Maysles Documentary Center and has been on staff for Rain Media, PBS Frontline, Fault Lines, Al Jazeera, National Geographic, and the Ciné Institute. She has been a fellow with Sundance, NYFA, Firelight, and Points North. Driver, which premiered at […]
Kreshnik is an Albanian/American filmmaker who is based in New York City. He began his filmmaking career at NFL Films, where he worked on numerous sports documentaries that aired on HBO & ESPN. He has directed and produced three feature documentaries that have screened at festivals around the world, including Thessaloniki, Warsaw, Dokufest, Nordisk Panorama, […]
Michael Rowley is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has been characterized as defiant, visceral, and deeply human. Depicting stories from The West Bank (Hurdle, 2019), the Halls of Congress and tent revivals (Praying for Armageddon, 2023), and alongside a terminally ill motorcycle racer (Racing Mister Fahrenheit, 2024), his films have been broadcast internationally by BBC, […]
Li was born in Suzhou, China and raised in Sugar Land, TX. As a director, her award-winning narrative feature/TV and documentary work can be streamed on Hulu, Amazon, and Netflix. A Town Called Victoria, a docuseries about an arson of a Texas mosque, premiered on PBS in November 2023. She strives to create bold, fearless […]
Kiana Jackson is an award-winning and Oscar-shortlisted producer with projects on Netflix, HBO, and Hulu. She believes that film does not give a voice to people but has the capacity to amplify and center their stories in the way they want them to be told. Recent projects: Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games, […]
Scott is a director and cinematographer. His film Pay or Die, about the insulin affordability crisis, premiered at SXSW 2023, was acquired by MTV Documentary Films, and streams on Paramount+. It won a SIMA award and a Cinema for Peace Dove on Global Health. His work features on Netflix, HBO/MAX, Hulu, BBC, and PBS, and […]
Sofia Bohdanowicz is an award-winning Toronto filmmaker. Her films have been showcased at BFI, NYFF, Viennale, Berlinale, Locarno, The Harvard Film Archive, and TIFF. Named one of the 22 Most Influential People in Canadian Film, her latest film, Measures for a Funeral, will premiere in TIFF’s Centrepiece program. Her work is available on the Criterion […]
Paige Bethmann is a Haudenosaunee director and producer. Her credits include Candace Parker: Unapologetic and Native America: Women Rule. Her forthcoming feature film and directorial debut Remaining Native has been supported by IDA, Points North Institute, Sundance Edit and Story Lab, Perspective Fund, and Doc Society. Paige is a 4th World Media Lab Fellow and […]
Francesca Sharper (she/her) is an emerging Brooklyn-based editor. After starting her career in ads and reality TV, she has spent the last six years focusing on documentary storytelling. Her credits include the 2021 Peabody winner High on the Hog, the 2022 SXSW Grand Jury winner Master of Light, and the 2024 Emmy-nominated film Stamped From […]