Justin Ervin is an award-winning writer, director and cinematographer of both scripted and non-scripted work. His work has appeared on notable platforms including Netflix, PBS, HBO and Hulu, and was Cinematographer on the EMMY-nominated, Netflix Original Documentary Is That Black Enough For You?!? which was also nominated for two NAACP Image Awards in 2023. Justin […]
Zac Manuel is an Academy Award-nominated director and cinematographer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Zac’s work in documentary draws from complex legacies of Southern identity, with particular interest in the impacts of history and inheritance on Black communities. Zac uses his camera to create bridges of intimacy and transparency between himself and his films’ participants, with a […]
Nathan Small comes from a photography background and made the leap to wildlife 5 years ago. Nathan is a self shooting producer/director specialising in teeny tiny things and showing people their fascinating lives. Nathan has worked on Tiny World for Apple TV, Planet Insect for Curiosity Stream, A Real Bug’s Life for Disney / NATGEO, and […]
Justine Evans is a British cinematographer who’s career as an international wildlife film maker spans over 30 years. She has worked on major natural history productions for the BBC, Disney/National Geographic, Netflix to name a few. Her work has taken her all over the world from the tropical forest canopy to deep arctic crevasses, capturing […]
Tess Skadegård Thorsen, PhD (she/her/hers), is a researcher, educator, and consultant, specialized in representation and ethics in tech, media, and film practices. A former managing editor of the Danish journal for gender research, Tess was awarded the 2022 Kraka Award for gender research. Her research has been published internationally including in ‘Women in the International […]
Erika Dilday is the Executive Director of American Documentary Inc. and the Executive Producer of its award-winning documentary series POV on PBS and America ReFramed on WORLD Channel. Previously, she was the CEO of Futuro Media Group and the Executive Director of Maysles Documentary Center where she oversaw community cinema, filmmaking programs and produced the […]
Maite Alberdi won the Sundance World Cinema Documentary Award for her latest film, The Eternal Memory, a poignant look at the marriage of Chilean actress Paulina Urrutia and journalist Augusto Góngora that balances vibrant individual and collective remembrance with the longevity of an unbreakable human bond. Her previous works include The Mole Agent, which was […]
Deborah Shaffer began making social issue documentaries as a member of the Newsreel collective in the 1970s. Her first feature documentary, The Wobblies, was recently added to the National Film Registry. Her directing credits include Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements, which won the Academy Award for Short Documentary; as well as the features Fire […]
Michael Moore launched his documentary career with Roger & Me in 1989. He went on to break the documentary box office record with his 2002 Oscar-winning film Bowling for Columbine and the Palme d’Or-winning Fahrenheit 9/11, which remains the highest-grossing documentary of all time. His other notable films include the Oscar-nominated Sicko, Capitalism: A Love […]
Moses Bwayo is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker. Born and raised in Uganda, he was introduced to filmmaking by peeking through cracks in the walls of local bootleg movie theaters. Wrapped in the camerawork and storytelling of Hollywood’s martial arts films, Moses immediately fell in love with cinema. He graduated from Kampala University with a Bachelor […]