Isabel Freeman is a New York-based editor specializing in documentary film. Her work has screened at festivals around the world including BFI London, Sheffield DocFest, Sundance, New York Film Festival and the Berlinale. She recently cut Rebeca Huntt’s debut feature, Beba, which had its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival in 2021. The film […]
Alan Hicks is a Grammy Award-Winning filmmaker based in Sydney and Los Angeles. After working as a musician in and around New York, Hicks transitioned to filmmaking, directing his first feature documentary Keep On Keepin’ On, winning both the Audience Award and Best New Director honors at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival. The film also […]
Nate Halverson is an Emmy Award-winning senior reporter and producer at The Center for Investigative Reporting, covering business and finance with an emphasis on the global food system. He has reported across the world, from Asia and Europe to Africa and the Americas, and on investigative topics ranging from financial fraud and organized crime to […]
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 […]