As SVP of development and production at National Geographic, Janet Han Vissering oversees the natural history slate and animal content across the channel and Nat Geo on Disney+. She is responsible for hundreds of hours of programming commissioned each year across platforms worldwide, including the Emmy-Award winning Secrets of the Whales. Vissering manages the development […]
Kimberly Jeffries, a Hawaii-based cinematographer and technical dive instructor, specializes in underwater cinematography with a focus on charismatic megafauna. Her recent credits include Emmy award-winning productions like Chasing Coral, World’s Biggest Great Whites, and Amazing Animal Adventures, where she tells compelling stories about our connection to nature.
Jim Jolliffe started his career in film working his way through the ranks of the camera department, working on films and TV commercials. After learning composition and storytelling from many years as a Camera Operator he progressed to become a Cinematographer. Jim quickly established his own look shooting hundreds of TV commercials. His cinematic documentary […]
Born and raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains of West Virginia, I fell in love with cameras and filming early on. I found the passion through the action sport of skateboarding. I loved the deconstructed aspect of finding the perfect angle to tell the best story. While attending Shepherd University I started my first production […]
With more than 23 years of lived experience, incarcerated for a crime he did not commit, Jon-Adrian Velazquez has worked tirelessly to redefine the humanity of men who are or have been incarcerated. Mr. Velazquez has seized every opportunity to learn, lead, support, and give, which earned him an early release in 2021 via executive […]
Lester Holt is an award-winning journalist at NBC News. He is the anchor and managing editor of the network’s flagship broadcast “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt,” which recently won an Edward R. Murrow Award, as well as the anchor of “Dateline NBC.” Named the “most-trusted television news personality in America” by The Hollywood Reporter/Morning […]
Christopher Poindexter is the co-creator, writer, and producer of BRIC TV’s Brooklynification; a Digital series The New York Times described as a “ sharper than most…well-acted and well-written…understated satire.” After graduating Columbia Law School, Chris has been practicing as a transactional media attorney in New York City while also investing, producing and providing legal advice […]
Richard Stengel is the former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy in the Obama administration and the former Editor of Time. He is an on-air analyst for MSNBC.
Eric Kohn is the New York–based Executive Editor and VP, Editorial Strategy at IndieWire, where he has worked since 2007. Kohn travels to film festivals around the globe, interviews filmmakers, and managed IndieWire’s network for professional film critics, the Criticwire Network. Prior to joining IndieWire, Eric contributed to the New York Times and other outlets.
Just before landing at NBC News Studios, Molly O’Brien was the Executive Producer Special Projects & COO of Fork Films in New York City, and a founding producer of Sundance Institute’s Catalyst Initiative in Los Angeles. She is an Academy Award shortlisted and prime-time Emmy award-winning producer with over two decades of experience producing documentary […]