Kat is the CCO at Fork Films, where she works across departments to guide the development and release of new projects in all media, and alongside the COO oversees and supports project distribution and impact campaigns. Previously she served as Fork Films’ Director of Grantmaking.
A film executive and creative producer with more than twenty years experience, JULIE ANDERSON is an Emmy Award-winning, Academy Award nominated Showrunner, Independent Producer, Supervising Producer and Director. She has just wrapped the upcoming HBO documentary series “Black & Missing” and is in production on Imagine/Apple TV produced documentary “Black and Blues, the story of […]
Joshua L. Pearson is an editor based in New York. After graduating with a BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design in 1986, Pearson and friends formed the video art group Emergency Broadcast Network (EBN). EBN toured with the first Lollapalooza tour, signed to TVT Records and released one of the first “Enhanced” […]
Jessica Edwards has a broad background in the film industry as a director, producer, and publicist. She’s the founder of Film First, a production company that creates and distributes documentary features, shorts and new media projects including the award-winning Mavis! about soul and gospel pioneer Mavis Staples which won a Peabody in 2017. Edwards holds […]
Jessica Devaney (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based producer and the founder and president of Multitude Films. Her latest films include Netflix Original PRAY AWAY in partnership with Ryan Murphy and Blumhouse, Oscar-shortlisted CALL CENTER BLUES (TOPIC), and APART, an episode of the Sesame Workshop series THROUGH OUR EYES (HBO Max). She also produced Sundance award-winning and […]
Jenni Morello is a documentary cinematographer focused on creating films that contribute to deepening social justice conversations. She received critical acclaim for her work in Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s One of Us (Toronto International Film Festival, 2017), currently on Netflix. Most recently she shot Beth Aala’s Made In Boise, which aired on PBS in […]
Hoda Hawa is the Social Impact Sr. Manager and Impact Producer at Participant Media, the leading media company dedicated to entertainment that inspires audiences to engage in positive social change. At Participant, she focuses on building partnerships with key non-profit and NGO organizations to build campaigns around bringing global awareness and action to today’s most […]
Heidi Reinberg recently served as Consulting Producer on the documentary Born to Be, which premiered at 2019 NY Film Festival before being released theatrically by Kino-Lorber and being nominated for two Emmys. Prior to that, she produced 93Queen — a co-production with ITVS, arte SWR, and YesDocu. 93Queen had its broadcast premiere on POV before […]
Elise is Kickstarter’s Senior Director of Film. She works with filmmakers worldwide, providing tailored support and mentorship on fundraising and audience-building for films in development and production. She works to ensure the creative voices on Kickstarter come from all corners of the industry, producing work that explores the form to the fullest. Based in New […]