Director and Producer
Dawn Sinclair Shapiro: directed, produced and wrote the feature length documentary "Inside the Handy Writers’ Colony," which aired nationally on PBS in 2008. She began her journalism career working for the award-winning news magazine program CBS News Sunday Morning. Dawn has worked as a Producer, Writer, and Online Editor for Tribune Broadcasting, CNBC, MSNBC, Dateline NBC, and Chicago Public Radio. Her new film, "The Edge of Joy," about maternal mortality in Nigeria was called “eye-opening” by Global Health magazine:
Narrator
Eliza Griswold received a 2010 Rome Prize from The American Academy in Rome. Having won awards for both her non-fiction and her poems, she is currently a fellow at the New America Foundation. A former Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, she reports on religion, conflict and human rights.
Executive Producer
Tod Lending is an Academy Award nominated and national Emmy winning producer/director/writer/editor/cinematographer whose work has aired nationally on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, HBO; has been screened and awarded at national and international festivals; and has been televised internationally in Europe and Asia. He is the president and founder of Nomadic Pictures, a documentary film production company that is based in Chicago.
Editor's
Melissa Sterne is a documentary film editor based in Chicago, IL. Her work has been broadcast on PBS, The History Channel, CNN and at many film festivals both nationally and internationally. She most recently edited "Radical Disciple: The story of Father Plfeger" (Bob Hercules, 2009), which won Best Documentary at the Big Muddy Film Festival and aired on PBS. Melissa also edited "Senator Obama goes to Africa" (Bob Hercules, 2007) which has had extensive international and domestic screenings.
Michael S. O'Brien has been editing documentary films for more than 30 years. He has worked with award winning directors and producers including Richard Cusack, Scott Craig and Bill Kurtis. O’Brien’s work includes one-off historical and contemporary films and multi-part documentary series such as PBS’s “On the Waterways with Jason Robards” and the Peabody Award winning PBS series “The New Explorers.” In April 2009, “Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita” a documentary he edited for director Maria Finitzo won a Peabody Award. Michael currently lives and works in Chicago.
Director of Photography
Nicola Marsh grew up in London, England. She first moved to the United States to work as a news camerawoman for NBC. She holds a MFA in cinematography from The University of Southern California. While there, she won a $40,000 scholarship from the David Lean Foundation for promising film makers. In 2009 two out of three Oscar nominated student shorts were shot by her. Last Year she shot in Peru, Chile and Argentina. 2010 projects include shooting numerous documentaries with Grammy Nominated director Morgan Neville and Oscar Award winning director Cameron Crowe. Nicola is represented by INNOVATIVE ARTISTS.
Field Director
Bhagyashree RaoRane has worked as a Producer, Field Director, Associate Producer, and writer for the History Channel, CNBC and on several feature length documentaries at locations around the world, including - Tanzania, South Africa, Nigeria, El Salvador, Hong Kong and Japan. Current projects include production on All the Difference and post-production on “Happy” a feature length documentary.
Animation Director
Yoni Goodman began his career as an illustrator and designer for two major Israeli newspapers, Maariv and Haaretz. After graduation from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, he worked as a freelance illustrator and animator, creating numerous animated shorts for commercials, films and music videos. In 2004 Yoni began collaborating with award winning Israeli film director, Ari Folman. The 2009 Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Film, “Waltz with Bashir “, is among their many projects. Yoni currently lives in Israel with his wife Gaya and his children Anat, Itamar and Noa.
Original Music
Mark Bandy has been an audio and music producer for more than twenty five years.His documentary credits include: “Radical Disciple: The Story of Father Pfleger”,“Do No Harm”,“Forgiving Dr. Mengele”and “Billy Sunday”.Mark’s mixes have contributed to numerous award winning radio pieces including two Edward R. Murrow awards (2009), three New York Festivals Gold Medal awards (2005-2007), four Gracie Allen Awards (2006-2009), three Gabriel Awards (2006-2008) and two Clarion Awards.
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Dawn Sinclair Shapiro: directed, produced and wrote the feature length documentary "Inside the Handy Writers’ Colony," which aired nationally on PBS in 2008. She began her journalism career working for the award-winning news magazine program CBS News Sunday Morning. Dawn has worked as a Producer, Writer, and Online Editor for Tribune Broadcasting, CNBC, MSNBC, Dateline NBC, and Chicago Public Radio. Her new film, "The Edge of Joy," about maternal mortality in Nigeria was called “eye-opening” by Global Health magazine:
Narrator
Eliza Griswold received a 2010 Rome Prize from The American Academy in Rome. Having won awards for both her non-fiction and her poems, she is currently a fellow at the New America Foundation. A former Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, she reports on religion, conflict and human rights.
Executive Producer
Tod Lending is an Academy Award nominated and national Emmy winning producer/director/writer/editor/cinematographer whose work has aired nationally on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, HBO; has been screened and awarded at national and international festivals; and has been televised internationally in Europe and Asia. He is the president and founder of Nomadic Pictures, a documentary film production company that is based in Chicago.
Editor's
Melissa Sterne is a documentary film editor based in Chicago, IL. Her work has been broadcast on PBS, The History Channel, CNN and at many film festivals both nationally and internationally. She most recently edited "Radical Disciple: The story of Father Plfeger" (Bob Hercules, 2009), which won Best Documentary at the Big Muddy Film Festival and aired on PBS. Melissa also edited "Senator Obama goes to Africa" (Bob Hercules, 2007) which has had extensive international and domestic screenings.
Michael S. O'Brien has been editing documentary films for more than 30 years. He has worked with award winning directors and producers including Richard Cusack, Scott Craig and Bill Kurtis. O’Brien’s work includes one-off historical and contemporary films and multi-part documentary series such as PBS’s “On the Waterways with Jason Robards” and the Peabody Award winning PBS series “The New Explorers.” In April 2009, “Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita” a documentary he edited for director Maria Finitzo won a Peabody Award. Michael currently lives and works in Chicago.
Director of Photography
Nicola Marsh grew up in London, England. She first moved to the United States to work as a news camerawoman for NBC. She holds a MFA in cinematography from The University of Southern California. While there, she won a $40,000 scholarship from the David Lean Foundation for promising film makers. In 2009 two out of three Oscar nominated student shorts were shot by her. Last Year she shot in Peru, Chile and Argentina. 2010 projects include shooting numerous documentaries with Grammy Nominated director Morgan Neville and Oscar Award winning director Cameron Crowe. Nicola is represented by INNOVATIVE ARTISTS.
Field Director
Bhagyashree RaoRane has worked as a Producer, Field Director, Associate Producer, and writer for the History Channel, CNBC and on several feature length documentaries at locations around the world, including - Tanzania, South Africa, Nigeria, El Salvador, Hong Kong and Japan. Current projects include production on All the Difference and post-production on “Happy” a feature length documentary.
Animation Director
Yoni Goodman began his career as an illustrator and designer for two major Israeli newspapers, Maariv and Haaretz. After graduation from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, he worked as a freelance illustrator and animator, creating numerous animated shorts for commercials, films and music videos. In 2004 Yoni began collaborating with award winning Israeli film director, Ari Folman. The 2009 Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Film, “Waltz with Bashir “, is among their many projects. Yoni currently lives in Israel with his wife Gaya and his children Anat, Itamar and Noa.
Original Music
Mark Bandy has been an audio and music producer for more than twenty five years.His documentary credits include: “Radical Disciple: The Story of Father Pfleger”,“Do No Harm”,“Forgiving Dr. Mengele”and “Billy Sunday”.Mark’s mixes have contributed to numerous award winning radio pieces including two Edward R. Murrow awards (2009), three New York Festivals Gold Medal awards (2005-2007), four Gracie Allen Awards (2006-2009), three Gabriel Awards (2006-2008) and two Clarion Awards.
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