Matthew Heineman is an Academy Award®-nominated and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker. The Sundance Film Festival called Heineman “one of the most talented and exciting documentary filmmakers working today”, while Anne Thompson of Indiewire wrote that Heineman is a “respected and gifted filmmaker who combines gonzo fearlessness with empathetic sensitivity.” He most recently directed, produced, shot and edited The […]
Jim Hu is the Executive Vice President of Audience at Participant, a company dedicated to creating entertainment that inspires social activism. In this role, Jim oversees digital content production, programming, and audience engagement across Participant’s social media, email newsletters, and website. Jim joined Participant in 2018 as Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. […]
Adriana Banta is a Director at 30WEST, an investment and advisory company with offices in Los Angeles and New York that provides capital and strategic guidance for high caliber creative projects and forward-thinking companies operating throughout popular culture. The company’s corporate investment portfolio includes pre-eminent independent film distributor NEON, as well as the acclaimed UK […]
Graham Booth’s varied career as a filmmaker is unique – spanning everything from commercials to pop promos to drama. But he has specialized in ambitious, ground-breaking factual shows that blend and transcend form. His films cover almost every genre: science, sport, anthropology, adventure, arts, culture, cosmology, archaeology, history and natural history – but all refuse […]
EMMETT ADLER (emmettadler.com) is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker who has taught art in Shenzhen, China, was once a chess champion in the state of Illinois, and can juggle pins while walking on stilts. Emmett long specialized as a freelance editor before making his directorial debut with the feature documentary END OF THE LINE, a character-driven […]
Lance is a Washington, DC-based filmmaker and co-founder of Meridian Hill Pictures with his brother Brandon Kramer. Lance produced Lance produced The First Step (Tribeca, AFI DOCS), City of Trees (Full Frame), and the Webby Award-winning series The Messy Truth. Lance was selected to the 2017 Impact Partners Producers Fellowship, 2018 Sundance Creative Producers Summit, […]
From the remote bat caves of Lebanon to the Senatorial elections in the Philippines, Jeffrey’s camera work has taken him around the world to show engaging perspectives on some of the most challenging stories. His cinematography has appeared in a multitude of award winning films and series seen across festival circuits, theatrical releases, and streaming […]
Joyce Mishaan is a director and Executive Producer of mostly unscripted content for major TV networks, including TLC, Discovery+, Food Network and more. She’s the Executive Producer of two new Food Network series – Ciao House and Me or the Menu – and a video producer for the 2022 MAKERS conference. She is the producer and […]
Jessamyn Ansary is a writer/producer for major networks and streaming services, including: Hulu, HBO, National Geographic, Travel Channel, Food Network, and many others. She was part of the producing team on the Emmy-nominated 2014 documentary Escape Fire, and the 2012 HBO documentary, Americans in Bed. She’s currently a script writer for the long-running Oxygen true […]
…my babysitter scored beta tapes of jaws, empire strikes back and clash of the titans. after seeing those, I wanted to work in post production.