Yoni Brook is a Peabody Award winning film director, producer, and cinematographer. As a director, his films have screened at Sundance, Berlinale, True/False, and the New York and Toronto Film Festivals. He co-created, shot and directed the docuseries Philly D.A. (PBS Independent Lens/Topic, Sundance, winner of Peabody, Gotham, & duPont Awards, NYTimes ‘Best TV’ of 2021). […]
Claudia Raschke was born in Hamburg, one of the largest European ports near the Baltic Sea in Northern Germany. Throughout her childhood the chain of movie theaters owned by her mother brought Claudia into the world of film. After college Claudia studied the art and technique of cinematography on the practical level while working with […]
Tara Nadolny is a producer, developer, and writer who brings her passion for nonfiction storytelling to her current role as Associate Director of Development at ESPN. She works across original content for ESPN+ and 30 for 30, the award winning documentary series encompassing feature documentaries, shorts and podcasts. Prior to joining ESPN, Tara led development […]
Curt Heiner is a media artist and professional working in the film production and exhibition industry as a projectionist, technical coordinator, location sound mixer, cinematographer, and editor. He is currently the Festival Director for Mimesis Documentary Festival in Boulder where he earned his BFA in Film Studies from the University of Colorado. His creative work […]
Orange Static is a boutique design and web development agency that helps bring ideas to life. Since 2010, this team has built a niche in the storytelling community by creating purpose driven solutions that help projects breakthrough, stand out, and be unique in every way.
Isabella Jackson is a filmmaker, writer and dancer from Pennsylvania. She moved to New York in 2010 to pursue dance at The New School where she received her BA with a double major in Dance Culture & Media studies. Out of undergrad she worked as an Assistant Editor for director Caveh Zahedi on his web series, The […]
Oregon born, but now a full fledged citizen of Greenpoint. Huge fan of both cats & dogs, why would anyone not be!? Drinks coffee anytime of the day or night, and still sleeps like a baby. And always there to give my controversial opinions on AI, and the future we all hope to see one […]
Philip Shane is a renowned documentary filmmaker with a thirty-year career steeped in technological innovation and exploration. He was co-director & editor of Being Elmo (Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival), and producer & editor of the two hour feature documentary, Einstein (2008, History editor of Dancing in Jaffa, […]
Stephanie is an organizer, writer, and film producer leading strategic campaigns that use documentary films to build movement power. For more than 20 years, she has worked with grassroots movements to challenge systemic inequities, and joined Peace is Loud in 2016, where she oversees their documentary film impact campaigns and Collective Lens impact trainings, and […]
Lisa Leeman believes that documentaries can change the world, one story at a time. Her films illuminate contemporary social issues through intimate character-driven stories that follow people at critical turning points. She is currently directing a follow-up to her groundbreaking first film, Metamorphosis (Sundance, Filmmakers Trophy; POV, 1990). Roger Ebert named Leeman’s One Lucky Elephant […]