October 8, 2021

Talleah Bridges McMahon

Talleah Bridges McMahon is an award-winning director/producer who has worked on documentaries for CNN, ABC and PBS. Most recently, she directed an episode of Through Our Eyes for HBO Max. Previously, she directed the Emmy-nominated series America Since MLK: And Still I Rise. Prior to that, she co-produced two episodes of the six-hour series The […]

October 8, 2021

Ross Kauffman

Ross Kauffman is the Academy Award®-winning director of the feature documentary BORN INTO BROTHELS. In 2014, Ross directed E-TEAM (co-directing with Katy Chevigny), a documentary about four intrepid human rights investigators. The film debuted at The Sundance Film Festival and garnered Kauffman the Best Cinematography Award for a Documentary Feature. His feature TIGERLAND debuted at […]

October 8, 2021

Melissa Georges

Melissa Georges is Chair of the Content and Clearance group at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz. She advises award-winning film, television and documentary producers, directors, writers, podcasters, comedians and animators on complex legal issues, such as defamation, fair use, copyrights and trademarks, rights of publicity and privacy, and parody and satire, in order to get […]

October 8, 2021

Julia Bodner

Julia Bodner is an agent in WME’s Non-Fiction TV Group based out of New York. She represents talent, production companies and filmmakers, primarily packaging and selling premium documentary series, feature documentaries and reality television shows. Julia specializes in working with strong female voices both in front and behind the camera, and is passionate about telling […]

October 8, 2021

Cinque Northern

Cinque Northern is an Emmy nominated, Peabody award-winning filmmaker and editor who’s passionate about the intersection of creative cinema, social impact, and the empowerment of artists. Recent works include The One and Only Dick Gregory (Showtime) for which Cinque was field director and editor. He also co-wrote and edited My Name is Pauli Murray (AmazonStudios) […]

October 7, 2021

Yael Melamede

Yael Melamede – Filmmaker. Yael Melamede is the co-founder of SALTY Features – an independent production company based in New York City whose goal is to create media that is thought-provoking, vital, and enhances the world. Melamede’s documentary credits include the Jigsaw Productions/Amblin Entertainment six-part series WHY WE HATE (2019), STRAIGHT/CURVE (2017), WHEN I WALK […]

October 7, 2021

Alisa Payne

Alisa Payne’s producing career spans over 20 years. Her credits include the acclaimed HBO film special Between the World and Me, the reprisal of the successful NY Times Op Doc series The Conversation (PBS), the historic 2016 Democratic National Convention, and a host of short films, television series and specials. Her work has won a […]

October 7, 2021

Kathryn Everett

Kathryn Everett is an award-winning filmmaker who works at the intersection of politics, philanthropy and film. Kathryn is Head of Film at the premium nonfiction studio XTR and a co-founder of nonfiction streaming platform DOCUMENTARY+. In her tenure at XTR, Kathryn has executive produced Oscar-nominated, Emmy and Peabody award-winning documentary feature and short films. Previously, […]

October 7, 2021

Neha Shastry

Neha Shastry is an award winning documentary filmmaker. She has produced and directed films across 5 continents for clients like CNN, Amazon Studios, National Geographic, Netflix and Vice News. Because of her background in journalism, she is known for taking nuanced and balanced approaches in her storytelling, letting the truth reveal itself in her films. She […]

October 7, 2021

Xan Parker

Xan Parker is a documentary producer based in New York City. She executive produced the upcoming series “Mind/Trip” directed by the award-winning team of Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, Lana Wilson and Steve Maing. She was the creative producer of Ron Howard’s 2020 film “Rebuilding Paradise” (National Geographic) and of Ross Kauffman’s “Tigerland” (Discovery 2019). Xan […]