David Fanning has been executive producer of FRONTLINE since its first season in 1983. In 2010, after 28 seasons and more than 530 films, FRONTLINE remains America's longest-running investigative documentary series on television. The series has won all of the major awards for broadcast journalism: 4...
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David Fanning has been executive producer of FRONTLINE since its first season in 1983. In 2010, after 28 seasons and more than 530 films, FRONTLINE remains America's longest-running investigative documentary series on television. The series has won all of the major awards for broadcast journalism: 45 Emmys, including a special Emmy Award for excellence in documentary filmmaking; 23 duPont-Columbia University Awards; 13 Peabody Awards; and 10 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards. In 1990 and in 1996, FRONTLINE was recognized with the Gold Baton -- the highest duPont-Columbia Award -- for its "total contribution to the world of exceptional television." In 2002, the series was honored with an unprecedented third Gold Baton for its post-Sept. 11 coverage, a series of seven hour-long documentaries on the origins and impact of terrorism. In 2003, A Dangerous Business, a FRONTLINE/New York Times joint investigation of the cast-iron pipe-making industry was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for public service.

Fanning -- recently awarded the 2010 Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism -- began his filmmaking career as a young journalist in South Africa. His first films, Amabandla AmaAfrika (1970) and The Church and Apartheid (1972), produced for BBC-TV, dealt with race and religion in his troubled homeland. He came to the U.S. in 1973 and began producing and directing local and national documentaries for KOCE, a public television station in California. His film Deep South, Deep North (1973) was a PBS/BBC co-production and the first in a long succession of collaborations between U.S. and European television. In 1977, Fanning came to WGBH Boston to start the international documentary series WORLD. As executive producer, he produced and presented more than 50 films for PBS in five years. With director Antony Thomas, Fanning produced and co-wrote Death of a Princess (1980). Then in 1982, again with Thomas, he produced Frank Terpil: Confessions of a Dangerous Man, which won the Emmy Award for best investigative documentary.

In 1982, Fanning began the development of FRONTLINE. The series has worked with well over 200 producers and as many journalists, covering a wide range of domestic and foreign stories. Its signature has been to combine good reporting with good filmmaking. Reviewers and critics have been lavish in their praise, calling it "the most consistently important weekly hour on television" (Cleveland Plain Dealer) and "one of the most distinguished in television history" (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

With Fanning's enthusiastic encouragement, one of FRONTLINE's singular achievements has been its embrace of the Internet. In 1995, FRONTLINE developed one of the first deep-content Web sites in history. By putting interviews, documents and additional editorial materials on the Web, the series made its journalism transparent and changed the nature and content of broadcast journalism. Rather than an ephemeral one-time transmission, the documentaries and all their ancillary materials are now preserved on the series Web site. And, as of 2009, there are more than 85 hours of full-length documentaries streamed on the series' Web site, one of the largest sites of its kind. "This is the great promise of public media," says Fanning. "This is where we hold our work for the future, our public library, our contribution to the intellectual commons."

In 1987, Fanning created the PBS series Adventure, which ran for five seasons and aired 50 programs. With adventurers Lorne and Lawrence Blair, Fanning produced Ring of Fire, an epic four-part travel series that explored the Indonesian archipelago. The series produced films with travelers and writers from Peter Mathiessen to Gerald Durrell.

In 2001, Fanning's determination to bring more foreign stories to American audiences led to the creation of FRONTLINE/World, a television magazine-style series of programs designed to encourage a new, younger generation of producers and reporters. The emphasis has been on bringing a largely unreported world to viewers through a series of journeys and encounters. Like its counterpart series, FRONTLINE/World has made a deep commitment to its Web site (www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/), offering original Web-exclusive video and reporting by graduate journalism students and an international network of correspondents. Fanning sees it as a prototype for the future, and a place to build a community of enterprising journalists.

In 2004, Fanning received the Columbia Journalism Award, the highest honor awarded by the faculty of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, recognizing "Singular journalistic performance in the public interest ... David Fanning and his signature program, FRONTLINE, have turned a commitment to probing journalism and public service into an enduring national conversation, without which far too many important issues would remain veiled or hidden altogether."

Fanning and his wife, the television writer and producer Renata Simone, live in Marblehead, Mass. [ Minimize ]

Spencer Baim is the Chief Strategic Officer of Vice Media and founder of VIRTUE, VICE's in-house creative agency. Since 2007 he has helped expand VICE into a leading international global youth brand with offices in over 27 countries.

Spencer steers the direction of VICE's core entiti...
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Spencer Baim is the Chief Strategic Officer of Vice Media and founder of VIRTUE, VICE's in-house creative agency. Since 2007 he has helped expand VICE into a leading international global youth brand with offices in over 27 countries.

Spencer steers the direction of VICE's core entities including Motherboard, The Creators Project, and VICE's online television network, VBS.TV. VBS.TV has become an industry leader in creating and distributing high-quality original content, and in 2010 launched a content sharing partnership with CNN.

As the founder of VIRTUE, Spencer assists brands in creating award-winning content to reach their target demographic. Key clients include Dell, Intel, NIke, Palladium Boots and Smirnoff. Spencer is an English transplant, enjoys sitting by the fire with a good book and swilling some good scotch. [ Minimize ]

Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University, long time writer and broadcaster for BBC television and Contributing Editor at the Financial Times. His books have won the Wolfson Award for History, the W.H Smith Prize for Literature; the National Academy of Ar...
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Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University, long time writer and broadcaster for BBC television and Contributing Editor at the Financial Times. His books have won the Wolfson Award for History, the W.H Smith Prize for Literature; the National Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature and most recently for ROUGH CROSSINGS the National Book Critics' Circle Award for Non-Fiction (2007). His latest book, THE AMERICA FUTURE: A HISTORY, was published in the spring of 2009.

He has been an essayist and critic for The New Yorker since 1994, his art criticism winning the National Magazine Award in 1996. His art essays have also been collected and published as HANG UPS, ESSAYS ON PAINTING (MOSTLY).

His television work for the BBC and PBS as writer-presenter includes two films on Rembrandt; a five part series based on Landscape and Memory, the award-winning, Emmy-nominated A HISTORY OF BRITAIN; a film on Tolstoy; a ninety minute adaptation of ROUGH CROSSINGS, and the eight part POWER OF ART. "Bernini" from that series won the 2007 International Emmy for Best Arts Programme. A stage version of ROUGH CROSSINGS for Headlong Theatre, written by Caryl Phillips and directed by Rupert Goold played in Birmingham, London, Liverpool and Leeds in the autumn of 2007.

His four part series for BBC2 and The History Channel, THE AMERICAN FUTURE: A HISTORY, aired in Britain before the presidential election of 2008, and in the United State in the spring of 2009. [ Minimize ]

During his long career in journalism Bill Moyers has been recognized as one of the unique voices of his generation. Beginning as a cub reporter for the Marshall News Messenger at the age of 16, he went on to serve as a founding organizer of the Peace Corps, a Special Assistant to President Lyndon B...
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During his long career in journalism Bill Moyers has been recognized as one of the unique voices of his generation. Beginning as a cub reporter for the Marshall News Messenger at the age of 16, he went on to serve as a founding organizer of the Peace Corps, a Special Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson, publisher of Newsday, senior correspondent for the distinguished documentary series CBS Reports, and senior news analyst for the CBS Evening News. Together with his wife and creative partner Judith Davidson Moyers, he formed Public Affairs Television, which produced such groundbreaking series as Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth, Healing and the Mind, The Language of Life, The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith, Genesis, On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying, Close to Home: Addiction and Recovery, America's First River, Becoming American: The Chinese Experience, NOW with Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers on Faith & Reason, and Moyers on America. Among their acclaimed documentaries are Earth on Edge, Trade Secrets, Trading Democracy, High Crimes and Misdemeanors, All Our Children, Free Speech for Sale, and Surviving the Good Times. His most recent weekly public affairs series Bill Moyers Journal concluded in April 2010 on PBS.

Bill Moyers has received more than 35 Emmys from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and two prestigious Gold Baton awards from the Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award, nine Peabody awards, and three George Polk Awards, including the Career Achievement Award. In the first year it was awarded, he received the prestigious Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts by the American Film Institute. He recently received the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Lifetime Achievement Award.

His books include such bestsellers as: Listening to America, The Power of Myth, Healing and the Mind, The Language of Life, and Moyers on America: A Journalist and His Times. His latest book Moyers on Democracy was published in 2008. [ Minimize ]

Julia Harrington is Commissioning Editor for History at Channel 4, where she is responsible for a diverse and innovative range of programmes. She joined Channel 4 in 2008, following a stint as factual commissioner at channel five. Previously she was a freelance film maker, known for making some of C...
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Julia Harrington is Commissioning Editor for History at Channel 4, where she is responsible for a diverse and innovative range of programmes. She joined Channel 4 in 2008, following a stint as factual commissioner at channel five. Previously she was a freelance film maker, known for making some of Channel 4's highest rating specialist factual programmes. [ Minimize ]

David McKillop was appointed Senior Vice President, Development and Programming, for HISTORY in April 2007. In this role, McKillop oversees the network's programming team, and is responsible for the development, creation and execution of all programming for HISTORY. He is also charged with imagi...
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David McKillop was appointed Senior Vice President, Development and Programming, for HISTORY in April 2007. In this role, McKillop oversees the network's programming team, and is responsible for the development, creation and execution of all programming for HISTORY. He is also charged with imaginatively integrating new programming with on-line initiatives, and developing new ways to expand the brand across multiple platforms. He reports directly to Nancy Dubuc, President and General Manager of HISTORY. During his tenure, HISTORY has experienced its best ratings performance in the history of the network and has launched the network's top 10 series and top six specials of all time. To date, History is having its best year ever, and for the first time in its history the network ranks in the top 5 among all four key demos out of all cable networks. History is #5 in Adults 25-54, A18-49 and M18-49 and #3 in M25-54. It is the #1 non-fiction cable network among each of these demo graphics. History is the fastest-growing major cable network with huge double-digit increases versus the comparable 2009 period. McKillop also serves as the Executive Producer of HISTORY's top series including, Pawn Stars, Ice Road Truckers, American Pickers, Ax Men and Top Gear. He also is an Executive Producer of numerous acclaimed and top-rated HISTORY specials including the Emmy® award winning 102 Minutes that Changed America, World War II in HD, Life After People, JFK: 3 Shots that Changed America and the award-winning, critically-acclaimed, highly rated America the Story of Us. Since 2005, McKillop served as the Vice President, Factual Programming Discovery Networks U.S. Production. McKillop was responsible for strategic planning, management and execution of factual program production across Discovery Communications, Inc.'s U.S. networks. Under his leadership, Discovery's flagship network, Discovery Channel, earned critical and ratings success for the original series Futureweapons, Man vs. Wild and Stunt Junkies. Previously, McKillop was the vice president of production for Discovery Channel. In that role, he was responsible for the management of the production team, budgets and the creative process. In addition, he supervised many of the network's top specials and series including Dirty Jobs and Mythbusters. He also oversaw live events and current affairs documentaries. During his tenure at Discovery Channel, McKillop served as senior executive producer, working with the programming and development groups to create many of Discovery Channel's groundbreaking programming projects. He joined Discovery Channel as the executive producer responsible for the production of series that included Monster Garage and Deadliest Catch. Earlier in his career, McKillop ran his own production company, Big Rock Productions, based in Washington, D.C. During that time, he produced several projects for Discovery Networks, among them the Emmy® Award nominated Discover Magazine, and the ratings blockbuster special The Future is Wild. Prior to that, he served in various production positions at National Geographic Television and its Explorer Series and National Geographic Specials. [ Minimize ]

Mark Starowicz's has career has spanned newspapers, radio and television, working as a reporter, producer, director, writer and network executive.

He is currently Executive Director of Documentary Programming for CBC Television, where he is in charge independent production, in-house p...
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Mark Starowicz's has career has spanned newspapers, radio and television, working as a reporter, producer, director, writer and network executive.

He is currently Executive Director of Documentary Programming for CBC Television, where he is in charge independent production, in-house production, and the Science and Natural History departments. The major networks documentary strands are Doc Zone and The Nature of Things.

He created the six-part CBC/BBC co-production Dawn of the Eye, on the birth of newsreels and documentary for the centenary of the cinematograph, wrote and directed The Year of the Hunter, which recounts the making of the first documentary by Robert Flaherty, The Third Angel, set in the rainforest of Borneo, the epic Canadian series Canada: A People's History, which broke new ground in historical narrative television. In the world of integration partnerships, he co-produced series like China Rises and India Reborn with co-production partners such as France 5, ZDF, S4C, the New York Times and Discovery/Times.

He has written for several publications, among them Time and The New York Times, wrote a book on television production, Making History, and has lectured on the history and future of media.

He was named an officer of the Order of Canada in 2004.
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Evan Silverman is Senior Vice President, Digital Media, A&E Television Networks (AETN). In this position, Silverman oversees content, production and design for AETV.com, History.com, myLifetime.com, and Biography.com. Based in New York, he reports to Dan Suratt, Executive Vice President, Digit...
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Evan Silverman is Senior Vice President, Digital Media, A&E Television Networks (AETN). In this position, Silverman oversees content, production and design for AETV.com, History.com, myLifetime.com, and Biography.com. Based in New York, he reports to Dan Suratt, Executive Vice President, Digital Media and Business Development. Silverman was named to that position in September, 2009, after serving in a similar role for Lifetime Networks. Before joining Lifetime in 2006, Silverman served as executive producer of NBCOlympics.com for the 2006 Torino Games and the 2004 Athens Games. Prior to that, he served as Director, Internet Services, at NBA.com, and worked in Media Relations for the NBA and the Utah Jazz. Silverman graduated from Bates College in Maine. He currently lives with his wife and daughter on the Upper West Side in New York City. [ Minimize ]

In 1997, Michel founded Distraction Formats, the first-ever independent company to specialize in format distribution. Widely viewed as the driving force behind the establishment of the now recognized format industry, he continues to play a key role in its development. Instigator of the first ever Te...
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In 1997, Michel founded Distraction Formats, the first-ever independent company to specialize in format distribution. Widely viewed as the driving force behind the establishment of the now recognized format industry, he continues to play a key role in its development. Instigator of the first ever Television Format Market at the Monte Carlo Television Festival in 1999, Michel was deemed by the press as 'The Father of Formats' for his in-depth knowledge of the format business.

In the early 70's he started his television career as a writer, cameraman and director. He worked as a producer of variety programming and in 1984 was appointed Vice-President of Programming and Production at Télé-Capitale Inc.(now,TVA).
Michel is an active member of the International Television community. He was a member of the International Emmys. Founding board member of the Entertainment Master Class (EMC) and is an attendee at the major international television markets in addition to being a regular conference speaker and founding Vice Chairman of FRAPA, the Format Recognition and Protection Association.

Now pursuing his career as a Los Angeles based IP Consultant. [ Minimize ]

Prior to Starling, Kevin Slavin co-founded Area/Code Entertainment in 2005, which continues to pioneer new forms of cross-media entertainment with clients including MTV, CBS, FremantleMedia, A&E, EA, Nokia, Nike and the Discovery Channel. Area/Code's projects for A&E ("The Sopranos Conn...
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Prior to Starling, Kevin Slavin co-founded Area/Code Entertainment in 2005, which continues to pioneer new forms of cross-media entertainment with clients including MTV, CBS, FremantleMedia, A&E, EA, Nokia, Nike and the Discovery Channel. Area/Code's projects for A&E ("The Sopranos Connection") and MTV ("Backchannel") are credited with being some of the earliest TV co-viewing work in the industry. Kevin's background includes 10 years in advertising and digital brand communications, leading and managing digital groups at DDB, TBWAChiatDay, and SS+K.Together with Frank Lantz, he was named to the Creativity 50 in 2007, and his work has gathered recognition from the Clios, the One Show, MoMA, the London International Awards, the AIGA and Brandweek, and has been extensively featured, most recently in the Thames & Hudson book "Sixty: Innovators Shaping our Creative Future". [ Minimize ]

Jane has been channel controller on both sides of the Atlantic: from 2004-2007 she was President at Discovery Channel US responsible for shows including Planet Earth, Man vs. Wild, Deadliest Catch, Dirty Jobs, Grizzly Man and Man On A Wire. At the BBC2 in the UK, between 1998-2004, her hits include...
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Jane has been channel controller on both sides of the Atlantic: from 2004-2007 she was President at Discovery Channel US responsible for shows including Planet Earth, Man vs. Wild, Deadliest Catch, Dirty Jobs, Grizzly Man and Man On A Wire. At the BBC2 in the UK, between 1998-2004, her hits included The Office, Top Gear, Great Britons, Restoration, The Apprentice and Coast. Prior to this Jane was a founding member of Wall to Wall Television probably best known in the UK for Who Do You Think You Are and in the US for PBS's Texas Ranger House series. At Nutopia she focuses on creating and delivering ambitious groundbreaking factually inspired shows such as the Emmy Award winning America The Story of US, 9/11: State of Emergency and The House That Made Me. [ Minimize ]

As senior producer for PBS' flagship public affairs documentary series FRONTLINE, Raney Aronson-Rath guides the editorial development and execution of the series' primetime television broadcasts. With Executive Producer David Fanning, she oversees all phases of film production, from stor...
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As senior producer for PBS' flagship public affairs documentary series FRONTLINE, Raney Aronson-Rath guides the editorial development and execution of the series' primetime television broadcasts. With Executive Producer David Fanning, she oversees all phases of film production, from story development and assignment through final edit and post-production. Aronson-Rath is also instrumental in the daily editorial management of the series' nonbroadcast initiatives, including new media projects, audience engagement, educational outreach and promotion. Since joining FRONTLINE's staff in 2007, Aronson-Rath has supervised a number of FRONTLINE productions, including Rules of Engagement, which was nominated for an Emmy, and films on domestic health care reform, America's debt crisis and international bribery. Her commitment to exploring how the Web and user-generated content can be used in the creation of public media led to the development of Digital Nation, a year-long multiplatform initiative that aired in February 2010. Prior to joining the series as senior producer, Aronson-Rath produced, directed and wrote six FRONTLINE films -- News War: Secrets, Sources & Spin; The Last Abortion Clinic; The Soldier's Heart; The Jesus Factor; and The Alternative Fix -- as well as three FRONTLINE/World stories based in India and Hong Kong. Her FRONTLINE/World story on AIDS among India's sex workers won an Overseas Press Club Award. Before her work with FRONTLINE, Aronson-Rath worked on a number of award-winning series at ABC News, including Hopkins 24/7, which won the duPont-Columbia Silver Baton. She was coordinating producer on the award-winning ABC primetime series Boston 24/7 and a field producer on several award-winning specials from the Peter Jennings Reporting unit. Aronson-Rath also lived and worked as a newspaper reporter for The China Post in Taipei, Taiwan, for two years. Aronson-Rath was the 2005 inaugural recipient of the Peter S. McGhee Fellowship from WGBH. She has also been awarded the Kaiser Family Foundation's Media Fellowship, a Sundance Documentary Fund grant, a New York State Council on the Arts grant and an International Reporting Project Fellowship. Aronson-Rath has a bachelor's degree in South Asian studies and history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and spent her junior year living in Benaras, India. She received her master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. [ Minimize ]

Bill Locke specialises in history projects and also the developing world and observational series. Recent productions include Ape to Man, a special film for the History Channel telling the story of the discovery of human evolution (winner of an Emmy for best documentary script and the US Academy of ...
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Bill Locke specialises in history projects and also the developing world and observational series. Recent productions include Ape to Man, a special film for the History Channel telling the story of the discovery of human evolution (winner of an Emmy for best documentary script and the US Academy of Science's best television programme award), African School, a series following life in the Ugandan town of Masindi for the BBC's Africa Lives season (the series won 2 One World Awards), The Queen's Cavalry, a behind-the-scenes series about the Household Cavalry for BBC1, The First Emperor, for Discovery and Channel 4 about Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor and Prince Eddy, The King We Never Had, a high rating programme revealing the truth about Queen Victoria's oldest grandson. For Five he recently made The Secret Life of Queen Elizabeth. Bill also directed Helen of Troy, presented by Bettany Hughes, for Channel 4/PBS.
In recent years, Bill has worked on The Four Minute Mile for the BBC, Weapons That Made Britain for Channel 4. Bill has also overseen two series of Britain's Finest, a highly successful heritage series for Five. Bill was the series producer of Royal Deaths and Diseases for Channel 4, The Tower, the very successful eight part series about the history of the Tower of London also for Channel 4 and Hitler's Britain for Five which won a Cine Golden Eagle. In an earlier spell with Lion, Bill series produced LAX, a three part series behind the scenes at Los Angeles International Airport for A&E / Five, and directed Naked Eurovision, a light-hearted portrait of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Prior to joining Lion, Bill spent a season as series producer of Meet The Ancestors, BBC2's high rating archaeology series.
From 1995-97 Bill lived in Ethiopia, making films for the BBC World Service and a variety of Non-Governmental Organisations, including the United Nations.
Before living in Africa, Bill worked in BBC children's television, working for four years as a studio and location director on Blue Peter. [ Minimize ]

Stephen Segaller is Vice President of Content for WNET.ORG, heading up the creation of all national and local programming from the company's producing subsidiaries - Thirteen, WLIW21 and Creative News Group. Among these acclaimed productions are: Nature, Great Performances, American Masters, Secrets...
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Stephen Segaller is Vice President of Content for WNET.ORG, heading up the creation of all national and local programming from the company's producing subsidiaries - Thirteen, WLIW21 and Creative News Group. Among these acclaimed productions are: Nature, Great Performances, American Masters, Secrets of the Dead, Wide Angle, Worldfocus, Exposé , Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, Cyberchase, SundayArts, Reel 13 and many documentary films and series.

For nine years to January 2008 he was WNET's Director of News and Public Affairs Programming. He has been a journalist, producer, director, writer and author whose work has been broadcast and published on both sides of the Atlantic and all over the world. [ Minimize ]

Jo is Commissioning Editor, Education at Channel 4. She joined the channel in 2010 from the BBC, where she was Multiplatform Commissioner for Entertainment & Switch responsible for digital formats and online products. Before that, she was BBC Three Multiplatform Channel Editor and led the online...
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Jo is Commissioning Editor, Education at Channel 4. She joined the channel in 2010 from the BBC, where she was Multiplatform Commissioner for Entertainment & Switch responsible for digital formats and online products. Before that, she was BBC Three Multiplatform Channel Editor and led the online strategy for the channel's rebrand. She re-joined the BBC in 2007 after heading up Digital Society & Media research at the ippr. Her earlier career was as a journalist for Newsround then BBC News online, commentating across digital print, radio and TV. She holds a Ph.D. which looked at online communities, digital inclusion and youth identity. [ Minimize ]

Louise Rosen is a media executive with over 25 years experience in all areas of the international television and film business. She has been honored to have among her projects Oscar, Emmy, Sundance, Prix Italia and International Emmy-winning films.


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Louise Rosen is a media executive with over 25 years experience in all areas of the international television and film business. She has been honored to have among her projects Oscar, Emmy, Sundance, Prix Italia and International Emmy-winning films.


Work she is currently representing includes SUMMER PASTURE (nominated for both an Independent Spirit and Gotham Award and winner of Inspiration Award/Honorable Mention at Full Frame), A SMALL ACT from Jennifer Arnold and Patti Lee (world premiere at Sundance 2010, television premiere on HBO), OCTOBER COUNTRY from Mike Palmieri and Donal Mosher (awards include 2 Cinema Eye honors and the Silverdocs Sterling Grand Jury Prize), as well as soon-to-be released RAISING RENEE from Oscar nominees Jeanne Jordan and Steve Ascher, CRAZY WISDOM from Lisa Leeman and Johanna Demetrakas and JOE FRAZIER: WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS from Mike Todd and Geseth Garcia. Louise is also a credited co-producer on many projects, including PRODIGAL SONS (premiered at Telluride, followed by AFI/Los Angeles, Sheffield, Thessaloniki and over 15 others), JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON (now screened at over 30 festivals), SIR! NO SIR! and THE ENDURANCE.


Highlights from projects currently in production include PLAY THAT, TEO, a profile of the life and work of the legendary music producer Teo Macero, ELEPHANTS NEVER FORGET on the powerful relationships between man and pachyderm and THE BROTHERS HYPNOTIC, a hip-hop jazz street band of eight brothers - all sons of jazz great Phil Cohran - who struggle to balance their ideals with their fast approaching stardom.


Louise is a Tutor and lecturer each year at Documentary Campus Master School and has been a featured speaker at many conferences and film festivals, including Real Screen and Hot Docs.

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Mary Donahue is Vice President Development and Programming for HISTORY, a position she assumed in September 2010.

A veteran cable television executive, Mary Donahue joined HISTORY in October 2008 and was part of the team that developed and launched the break out hit series, Pawn Stars...
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Mary Donahue is Vice President Development and Programming for HISTORY, a position she assumed in September 2010.

A veteran cable television executive, Mary Donahue joined HISTORY in October 2008 and was part of the team that developed and launched the break out hit series, Pawn Stars, and she serves as its executive producer. She currently develops and supervises both specials and series for the network, including the new hit series Swamp People.

Prior to joining HISTORY, Donahue worked from 2004-2008 at Discovery Channel, serving as Executive Producer, Senior Executive Producer and Vice President, Creative Content. Specializing in talent and character driven series, she developed and launched a broad array of programs during that time, including Man Vs Wild, Storm Chasers, Cash Cab, Alaska Experiment and Future Weapons, as well as the Emmy nominated 'Expedition' series with the BBC Natural History Unit. Donahue also oversaw Mythbusters and Dirty Jobs, spearheading ratings growth on both series. She also supervised stunts, including the highest rated years of Shark Week.

Donahue has produced for a wide range of organizations and programs, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, where she was a producer/field director for six years. Donahue also has worked for ABC News, NBC News, USA Today and CNN. She also served as a show runner on TLC's A Wedding Story, guiding that long running series to its first ever live event and its first Emmy nomination and win.

She is a cum laude graduate of Williams College and holds MA degrees in American Studies with a specialty in film studies from both Boston University and The University of Sussex in Brighton, England, where she was a Rotary scholar.

Donahue has been nominated for six Emmys and has won three times. In 2008, she was nominated as Executive Producer in all three Emmy competitions: Daytime, (Cash Cab: winner, Outstanding Game show), News and Documentary (Expedition Borneo: Outstanding Science, Nature or Technology program) and Primetime (Dirty Jobs: Outstanding Reality Program). [ Minimize ]

Viki Psihoyos is communications strategist for OPS (Oceanic Preservation Society), an environmental non profit using film and social media to affect change. Their first film, The Cove, won an Oscar. Her social media strategies during film production, award seasons and ongoing have created multiple a...
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Viki Psihoyos is communications strategist for OPS (Oceanic Preservation Society), an environmental non profit using film and social media to affect change. Their first film, The Cove, won an Oscar. Her social media strategies during film production, award seasons and ongoing have created multiple active communities. Following a circuitous route from Balanchine dancer to journalist, Psihoyos now continues to explore emerging tools to share "news you can use." [ Minimize ]

Award-winning producer and documentary filmmaker Michael Kirk has produced more than 200 national television programs. A former Nieman Fellow in Journalism at Harvard University, Kirk was the senior producer of FRONTLINE from the series' inception in 1983 until the fall of 1987.

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Award-winning producer and documentary filmmaker Michael Kirk has produced more than 200 national television programs. A former Nieman Fellow in Journalism at Harvard University, Kirk was the senior producer of FRONTLINE from the series' inception in 1983 until the fall of 1987.

His most recent FRONTLINE productions are: Obama's Deal, The Warning (Emmy Award, 2009), Breaking the Bank, Inside the Meltdown, The Choice 2008 and the two-part special Bush's War (Emmy Award, 2008). Other films include: Cheney's Law (Peabody Award, 2007), Endgame (2007), The Lost Year in Iraq (Emmy Award, 2006), Rumsfeld's War (2004), The Torture Question (Emmy Award, 2005) and The Dark Side (2006), which provide an in-depth assessment of the war on terror and the state of the nation's military establishment; The Way the Music Died (2004), a behind-the-scenes report on the recording industry; From China with Love (2004), the story of a Chinese double agent who had a 20-year affair with her FBI handler; The War Behind Closed Doors (2003), an analysis of the political infighting that led to the war with Iraq; and The Man Who Knew (2002), the extraordinary saga of FBI Agent John O'Neill. Other past productions include: Target America (2001), Gunning for Saddam (2001), and American Porn (2002). Mr. Kirk's long relationship with FRONTLINE has also produced the Emmy Award-winning The Kevorkian File (1994), an in-depth examination of Jack Kevorkian's controversial record and cases; the Peabody Award-winning Waco -- The Inside Story (1995), a behind-the-scenes look at the FBI siege of the Branch Davidian compound; and the Emmy Award-winning The Navy Blues

(1996), an investigation into the clash between the warrior culture and political correctness in the post-Tailhook Navy.

Kirk has won every major award in journalism, including the Peabody Award,

duPont-Columbia Award, 10 Emmys and six Writers Guild of America Awards. He also owns a production company, the Kirk Documentary Group. [ Minimize ]

Kati London designs, develops and builds opportunities for interacting with others - people and plants, residents of Gaza City and Tel-Aviv, or gamers playing tag with tiger sharks. Her work has been featured in the Design Museum of London, and the Museum of Science & Industry, among others. Kat...
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Kati London designs, develops and builds opportunities for interacting with others - people and plants, residents of Gaza City and Tel-Aviv, or gamers playing tag with tiger sharks. Her work has been featured in the Design Museum of London, and the Museum of Science & Industry, among others. Kati is currently the Vice President and Senior Producer at Area/Code, where she works with clients that include: the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Foursquare, the United Kingdom's Department for Transport, Discovery Channel, CBS, and MTV. In 2010, London was named by MIT's Technology Review Magazine as a Top 35 Innovator Under 35. [ Minimize ]

Building on prior experience in art, technology and digital media, Eric Mortensen joined blip.tv in 2006 as the Director of Content Development, where he oversees discovery of and interaction with new media content creators. As a founder of the pioneering social bookmarking site, linkfilter.net, a p...
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Building on prior experience in art, technology and digital media, Eric Mortensen joined blip.tv in 2006 as the Director of Content Development, where he oversees discovery of and interaction with new media content creators. As a founder of the pioneering social bookmarking site, linkfilter.net, a prolific blogger and the co-founder of Digital Dissonance - a digital music collaboration created in 1994 and pre-dating the commercial Internet - Mortensen has spent more than fourteen years as a social media innovator and expert. After studying Music Synthesis at Berklee College of Music, Mortensen held various positions in both old and new media as musician, web designer, data analyst and technology consultant. He is married and lives in Brooklyn, NY. [ Minimize ]

Steve Audette has been a documentary editor for nearly 25 years. He is currently working as Senior Editor on the PBS science series NOVA, where his editing helped win The American Association for the Advancement of Science major journalism award. In addition, he works as a relief editor, under the s...
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Steve Audette has been a documentary editor for nearly 25 years. He is currently working as Senior Editor on the PBS science series NOVA, where his editing helped win The American Association for the Advancement of Science major journalism award. In addition, he works as a relief editor, under the supervision of NOVA senior executive producer, Paula Apsell, fine-cutting documentaries produced by other teams to prepare them for broadcast. Prior to working at NOVA, Steve was Senor Editor on over 40 PBS FRONTLINE programs, and received a 2009 nomination for an Eddie Award from American Cinema Editors (ACE), in the category of Best Documentary Editor for his work on FRONTLINE: BUSH'S WAR. Steve Audette's work has contributed to many Emmy Award-winning documentaries, as well as Peabody and DuPont Columbia Award-winning programs. In 2009, he produced, directed and edited Nico's Challenge, which was awarded Best Short Documentary during the American Pavilion's Emerging Filmmakers Showcase at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. [ Minimize ]

Nicole Rittenmeyer is the producer of 102 Minutes That Changed America, winner of the 2009 History Makers Most Innovative Award and three Primetime Emmy awards, including Outstanding Nonfiction Special. Over the last decade, Nicole has developed, written, produced or supervised hundreds of hours of...
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Nicole Rittenmeyer is the producer of 102 Minutes That Changed America, winner of the 2009 History Makers Most Innovative Award and three Primetime Emmy awards, including Outstanding Nonfiction Special. Over the last decade, Nicole has developed, written, produced or supervised hundreds of hours of documentary programs for History, A&E, Discovery and National Geographic, including the Emmy-nominated miniseries Inside 9/11. Nicole and her husband, editor Seth Skundrick, are Executive Producers at New Animal Productions, which recently produced two 4-hour miniseries for History - JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America (2009) and Third Reich: The Rise and Fall (2010). [ Minimize ]

Michael Cascio supervises documentary series and specials for the National Geographic Channel (NGC), which he joined in 2004 as senior vice president of production. Cascio has an award-winning background in documentary programming, including several Emmys, Peabodys and an Oscar nomination. At ...
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Michael Cascio supervises documentary series and specials for the National Geographic Channel (NGC), which he joined in 2004 as senior vice president of production. Cascio has an award-winning background in documentary programming, including several Emmys, Peabodys and an Oscar nomination. At NGC, Cascio has supervised many noteworthy programs, including the Emmy-nominated Inside 9/11, a four-hour documentary on the events leading up to attacks, which received major media attention, critical acclaim and record-setting ratings for NGC. He also supervised the Peabody-winning specials Iran and the West and Galapagos, the environmental project Human Footprint, as well as landmark programs such as In the Womb, Inside the Vietnam War, Inside the Koran, and the Emmy-nominated series Dog Whisperer. Before NGC, Cascio headed Animal Planet, where he brought record ratings and unprecedented national attention with programs ranging from Crocodile Hunter to Pet Star to made-for-TV movies and the revival of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. Before that, he was lauded for his work at A&E, where he supervised the landmark Biography series, as well as Investigative Reports and a wide range of documentary and entertainment programs as senior vice president of programming, garnering record ratings, three Emmys and an Oscar nomination for the documentary The Farm. He was also Vice President, Cable Programming, for NBC News, creating a documentary strategy for MSNBC. Among his accolades, Cascio was cited in Entertainment Weekly's 'It List,' as one of the most creative people in the entertainment media. In his early career, Cascio was an award-winning writer, producer, news director and executive producer in local television in Philadelphia and Delaware. In college, he worked as a courier for NBC News in Washington, where he carried important items, such as breakfast and lunch, to crews and correspondents on Capitol Hill. His diverse work experience also includes being a CIA clerk and backstage janitor at Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts. [ Minimize ]

Bill Nemtin a Canadian, began his career at the National Film Board of Canada over 40 years ago. He worked within the US Public Television system for over 22 years specializing in the setting up of foreign co-productions and acquisitions, first from Canada, and subsequently from London, UK, where he...
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Bill Nemtin a Canadian, began his career at the National Film Board of Canada over 40 years ago. He worked within the US Public Television system for over 22 years specializing in the setting up of foreign co-productions and acquisitions, first from Canada, and subsequently from London, UK, where he headed for 12 years the operations of Lark International, a consortium of PBS stations. In 2007 he became Executive Producer of History Makers, the International Summit of History and Current Affairs producers, an annual event of Achilles Media held annually in New York. He has executive produced three History Makers. [ Minimize ]

Jeff Pulver has been called "a habitual entrepreneur who likes to start Internet communications companies." He is known globally as someone who helped popularize the use of Voice over IP (voip) and as the co-founder of Vonage. In 2009 he created the global #140 Characters Conferences, whic...
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Jeff Pulver has been called "a habitual entrepreneur who likes to start Internet communications companies." He is known globally as someone who helped popularize the use of Voice over IP (voip) and as the co-founder of Vonage. In 2009 he created the global #140 Characters Conferences, which explores the emerging real-time Internet. On February 12, 2004, Mr. Pulver's petition for clarification declaring Free World Dialup as an unregulated information service was granted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). This landmark decision by the FCC was the first decision it made on IP communications. [ Minimize ]

Nick is co-founder and Managing Director of Lion Television and President of the company's American subsidiary Lion Inc. He is currently co-EP of the major PBS series America Revealed which will air in late 2011. His recent EP credits include: The Battle of Britain a 90 minute special with Ewan ...
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Nick is co-founder and Managing Director of Lion Television and President of the company's American subsidiary Lion Inc. He is currently co-EP of the major PBS series America Revealed which will air in late 2011. His recent EP credits include: The Battle of Britain a 90 minute special with Ewan McGregor for BBC1 and Britain From Above a major multi-platform project for the BBC presented by Andrew Marr. As President of Lion Inc Nick takes overall responsibility for the company's US-based productions. These include Cash Cab for Discovery, History Detectives now in its 10th season on PBS, Megadrive for MTV and Wasted for Planet Green. Nick also manages Lion's interactive department which makes websites and games for broadcasters including PBS, C4 and BBC recently winning a Digital Emmy for "Britain from Above." [ Minimize ]

Ralf-Peter Piechowiak is Writer, Executive Producer and Commissioning Editor for ZDF German Television Network, Europe's largest public TV company. Ralf has had a distinguished 25-year career at ZDF's Department of Contemporary History. He has co-developed, written, produced, launched or supervised ...
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Ralf-Peter Piechowiak is Writer, Executive Producer and Commissioning Editor for ZDF German Television Network, Europe's largest public TV company. Ralf has had a distinguished 25-year career at ZDF's Department of Contemporary History. He has co-developed, written, produced, launched or supervised the production of many highly acclaimed multiple-part, award-winning documentary series over the past few years including The Unification of Germany, Scandals, Our Century, Hitler - A Profile, Hitler's Henchmen, Holokaust, The Century War, 100 Years, Stalin, German POW's, Dictators, Power Couples, Monarchies, Conspiracy Files. Ralf contributes articles for historical publications and books. He helped launch the World Congress of History Producers and currently serves on the Advisory Board of History Makers 2010: International Summit of History and Current Affairs Producers. More information on ZDF can be found on the company's website www.zdf.de [ Minimize ]

Georgina is responsible for bringing all 3rd party content into Off The Fence from their wide-raging producer clients. Before joining Off The Fence she was at Target Entertainment, where she was Acquisitions Manager for Factual and Entertainment programming. Prior to this she worked for rights cons...
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Georgina is responsible for bringing all 3rd party content into Off The Fence from their wide-raging producer clients. Before joining Off The Fence she was at Target Entertainment, where she was Acquisitions Manager for Factual and Entertainment programming. Prior to this she worked for rights consultancy business TVIP (set up to help indies retain their programming rights after the change in terms of trade) she brokered a variety of production, co-production, distribution and EU funding deals. Georgina has also worked for the BBC Natural History Unit and The BBC Commercial Agency. [ Minimize ]

Mark Greenspan is COO for Achilles Media, a new media producer and educator with a decade's worth of experience in the field. During this time he has taught and designed new media curriculum in Singapore, Philippines and India. He worked for Razorfish Inc in London, England and Milan, Italy. He prod...
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Mark Greenspan is COO for Achilles Media, a new media producer and educator with a decade's worth of experience in the field. During this time he has taught and designed new media curriculum in Singapore, Philippines and India. He worked for Razorfish Inc in London, England and Milan, Italy. He produced MTV Asia's first web cast, set up a boutique design and branding firm called methodgroup and produced a 12-series alternative travel show entitled Above the Clouds. Mark was also Training Programs Manager at the CFC 's Habitat New Media Lab where he oversaw the quality of the curriculum design and delivery of the TELUS Interactive Art and Entertainment Program. [ Minimize ]

Before joining Cineflix in August 2009, Emmy-award winning Executive Producer Charles Tremayne was in charge of RDF's east coast production base which produced Wife Swap for ABC, The Detonators and Arctic Roughnecks for Discovery, All Worked Up for truTV, and co-produced Fugitive Chronicles for A&am...
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Before joining Cineflix in August 2009, Emmy-award winning Executive Producer Charles Tremayne was in charge of RDF's east coast production base which produced Wife Swap for ABC, The Detonators and Arctic Roughnecks for Discovery, All Worked Up for truTV, and co-produced Fugitive Chronicles for A&E. Prior to that, he was at Granada where he spearheaded a joint venture with The New York Times, started Airline on A&E, created Room Raiders for MTV, co-created the long-running First 48 for A&E, and was Executive Producer of numerous other series for Discovery, TLC, HGTV, truTV, and PBS. Before 2000, Charles lived in Britain where he worked at the BBC and Granada, and where he was Executive Producer of the long-running current affairs series, World in Action, among other shows. He also oversaw the Savage Planet series for PBS, launched Britain's first news magazine Tonight with Trevor McDonald, worked on the celebrated 7 UP series, and several award-winning documentaries. Reporting to CEO, Cineflix Programming, Simon Lloyd, Charles currently spearheads all factual programming in the UK and USA, and is managing the operations of the company's New York City office. Charles is currently overseeing American Pickers, Campus PD, William Shatner's Weird or What?, Python Hunters, Mayday and Cold Blood. [ Minimize ]

William Spencer Reilly is the Executive Vice President, Creative Strategies, Production & Partnerships at Odyssey Networks. Reilly joined the company (formerly Faith & Values Media) in 1999 as Executive Producer and was later promoted to Vice President of Production and Programming. In thos...
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William Spencer Reilly is the Executive Vice President, Creative Strategies, Production & Partnerships at Odyssey Networks. Reilly joined the company (formerly Faith & Values Media) in 1999 as Executive Producer and was later promoted to Vice President of Production and Programming. In those positions, Mr. Reilly oversaw all of the organization's regular weekly productions and programming on Hallmark Channel as well as its primetime holiday specials and movies.

Bill Reilly's contributions as Executive Producer resulted in two of the highest rated movies in Hallmark Channel's history: 'Love Comes Softly' and 'Love's Enduring Promise,' each of which have sold over a million DVDs, as well as Hallmark Channel's highest rated non-fiction special, 'Reluctant Saint: Francis of Assisi.' He has won over 30 national awards including several CINE Golden Eagles ('C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia,' 'Joan of Arc,' 'Patrick' and 'Reluctant Saint'), and others for various series, specials and made-for-television movies including the BBC's highest rated drama single of the year in 2008, 'Florence Nightingale.'

Reilly temporarily left Odyssey Networks in 2007 when he was promoted to President & CEO of the newly created Lightworks Pictures, a new motion picture subsidiary of Odyssey. Under Reilly's direction, its first film, 'The Note,' was Hallmark Channel's highest rated movie of the year in 2007. The sequel, 'Taking a Chance on Love,' premiered on the Hallmark Channel in January, 2009, earning the honor of cable's highest rated primetime telecast of the day. Reilly rejoined Odyssey Networks in July 2009 at the request of its new CEO, Nick Stuart.

For over 25 years, Reilly has worked for various television and theatrical production companies serving as President & CEO of Sea Lion Productions, Executive Director of Fordham University's Sesquicentennial Celebration, Executive Director of the Tribeca Center for the Performing Arts, and Director of the American Theatre Wing, founders of The Antoinette Perry 'TONY' Awards. Before he began his career in television, Reilly worked on Broadway as an actor and producer of shows and special event fundraisers, among them several productions of, 'WAITIN' IN THE WINGS: The Night the Understudies Take Center Stage®, 'Bob Hope and The Best of Broadway Salute Fordham Prep,' and the Broadway workshop production of Leon Uris' bestseller, 'TRINITY.'

Mr. Reilly received his BA in theatre from Fordham University and served his apprenticeship as an actor with the Yale Repertory Company. He lives in Somers, New York with his wife Diane and has two daughters, Maeve and Erin. [ Minimize ]

Laura Fleury is Vice President of Non-Fiction and Alternative Programming at A&E Network. In this position, she plays a senior role in the development and production of nonfiction series and specials for A&E, BIO Channel and The Crime & Investigation Network. She has developed, launched ...
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Laura Fleury is Vice President of Non-Fiction and Alternative Programming at A&E Network. In this position, she plays a senior role in the development and production of nonfiction series and specials for A&E, BIO Channel and The Crime & Investigation Network. She has developed, launched and currently serves as Executive Producer for many of A&E's most critically-acclaimed and top-rated series including THE FIRST 48, MANHUNTERS: FUGITIVE TASK FORCE^TM, PARKING WARS, BEYOND SCARED STRAIGHT and THE SQUAD: PRISON POLICE. She is currently developing and overseeing several new projects for launch in 2010 and beyond.. She also has developed and executive-produced new series for The BIO Channel, including I SURVIVED...^TM which launched as the #1 series in the history of the BIO Channel, as well as THE INTERROGATORS^TM. She has also developed and produced numerous other series and specials for AETN including RUNAWAY SQUAD and CRIME 360^TM. In her previous roles as Senior Director, and prior to that, Director, Documentary Programming at A&E Network, she developed, launched and executive-produced several documentary series and specials to ratings and critical acclaim including 2-time Emmy-nominated Cold Case Files^TM, SWAT, Minute-by-Minute, American Justice, Parole Board, Investigative Reports, Makeover Mamas, The Real Story, The Point and The Hunt. Awards include the Thurgood Marshall Journalism Award in 2002, and numerous Emmy nominations. Prior to that, Ms. Fleury served as a Supervising Producer for a number of A&E's documentary specials and series, including A&E's very first 'real-life series', LA Detectives, as well as Biography®, The New Explorers, Sea Tales, Treasure!, The Unexplained, Inside Story, The Planets and One-on-One with David Frost among others. Prior to joining A&E, Ms. Fleury worked in independent film production on scripted and unscripted films, including the award-winning documentaries BROTHER'S KEEPER and PARADISE LOST. She is a 2008-2009 graduate of WICT's (Women in Cable and Telecommunications) prestigious Betsy Magness Leadership Institute Class 18. [ Minimize ]

James Hayes is a Commissioning Executive Producer for Factual Programmes at the BBC. Working in London and Belfast, he is responsible for network programmes from the independent sector in Northern Ireland.

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James Hayes is a Commissioning Executive Producer for Factual Programmes at the BBC. Working in London and Belfast, he is responsible for network programmes from the independent sector in Northern Ireland.

Previously James was Executive Producer of the BBC's flagship history series Timewatch, where he delivered in-house, independent and international co-productions. He has been at the BBC for 22 years and has broad experience across the factual genre. He lives in London. [ Minimize ]

Erik Nelson is the President of Creative Differences. Recent projects produced and directed by Nelson include the Discovery Channel's upcoming animated mini-series "Reign Of The Dinosaurs", "9-11: Science And Conspiracy" and the National Geographic Channel's "Scrapbooks From...
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Erik Nelson is the President of Creative Differences. Recent projects produced and directed by Nelson include the Discovery Channel's upcoming animated mini-series "Reign Of The Dinosaurs", "9-11: Science And Conspiracy" and the National Geographic Channel's "Scrapbooks From Hell". His "Engineering Evil", a two hour Holocaust documentary, is scheduled for broadcast later this year on HISTORY. Nelson is also producing and directing the feature documentary "Kubrick/Napoleon", a collaboration between Creative Differences and the estate of Stanley Kubrick. Nelson also produced Werner Herzog's 2005 feature "Grizzly Man", the Oscar nominated "Encounters At The End Of The World", and Herzog's most recent film, the 3D "Cave Of Forgotten Dreams", which opens theatrically this April. [ Minimize ]

Katie McKenna has more than a decade of experience producing and directing non-fiction content for film, television, and the web. Specializing in 2.0. tools and open distribution strategies, she's produced web sites and campaigns from the corporate trenches of JumpTV to the non-profit frontlines o...
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Katie McKenna has more than a decade of experience producing and directing non-fiction content for film, television, and the web. Specializing in 2.0. tools and open distribution strategies, she's produced web sites and campaigns from the corporate trenches of JumpTV to the non-profit frontlines of the NDP, FreePress, and the Documentary Organization of Canada. Katie is also credited on over a dozen documentary productions, including co-producing The Take (2004) with Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein, and directing The Year Before for the NFB (2007). In 2009, she completed her MSc with Distinction from the London School of Economics. Her thesis focused on how new information-exchange structures in global organizations can improve both efficiency and stakeholder accountability. Katie has worked as Web and Interactive Director for PTV Productions since 2009. Over the past year, Katie has led the production of Inside Disaster interactive, the HaitiFixers website, the PTV corporate website, and Star Portraits Online. [ Minimize ]

Since 1998, Melanie Wallace has been the Senior Series Producer for NOVA, the longest running, most successful science series on American television, now in its 36th season. She is connected to all aspects of production: Searching for new talent, innovative program ideas, and co-production opportun...
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Since 1998, Melanie Wallace has been the Senior Series Producer for NOVA, the longest running, most successful science series on American television, now in its 36th season. She is connected to all aspects of production: Searching for new talent, innovative program ideas, and co-production opportunities. Melanie is the driving force behind all the deals brokered between NOVA and NOVA's numerous international partners and has also served on numerous boards in both science and the arts. [ Minimize ]

Brett Gaylor is the project lead for Mozilla's Web Made Movies project, an open video laboratory researching the intersection of video and the World Wide Web. Before working with Mozilla, Brett directed the award wining documentary Rip! A Remix Manifesto, created Open Source Cinema.org, helped foun...
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Brett Gaylor is the project lead for Mozilla's Web Made Movies project, an open video laboratory researching the intersection of video and the World Wide Web. Before working with Mozilla, Brett directed the award wining documentary Rip! A Remix Manifesto, created Open Source Cinema.org, helped found homelessnation.org, and was a key creative at the Montreal-based production house EyeSteelFilm. Brett lives on an island with his family. [ Minimize ]

Koch is Vice President of PBS Distribution (PBSd), the world-wide broadcast co-production, acquisition and distribution and new media business development company jointly owned by PBS and WGBH-Boston. PBS Distribution seeks out and manages co-production partnerships with producers and broadcasters a...
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Koch is Vice President of PBS Distribution (PBSd), the world-wide broadcast co-production, acquisition and distribution and new media business development company jointly owned by PBS and WGBH-Boston. PBS Distribution seeks out and manages co-production partnerships with producers and broadcasters and directs the sale of PBS, WGBH programs and programs of independent producers to media companies globally. Koch's primary role is to oversee all international activities of PBSd.

PBSd represents such acclaimed television series such as Wide Angle, Frontline, NOVA, American Experience, This Old House, New Yankee Workshop, as well as select award winning independent producers such as Ken Burns, Alex Gibney, Eugene Jurecki, David Grubin, Jon Else, David Sutherland, among others.

Koch, a 20 year veteran of public broadcasting and WGBH-Boston launched, along with the Banff Television Festival, History Makers in October, 2001, where he served as chairman for six years. Koch is also a Board member of the International Emmy Committee, a founding partner of the European Television and Media Academy, a member of the Discovery Campus advisory board .

Previously at WGBH Koch was Director of WGBH International and earlier, Director of Licensing for WGBH where he oversaw the launch of This Old House Magazine, among other things. He has also worked in WGBH's budget and strategy departments. [ Minimize ]

Susan Werbe is Executive Producer, Programming for History®. Since joining the network in 1997 as the Director of Historical Programming, Ms. Werbe has played a key role in the development and supervision of numerous series and specials on History. She is Executive Producer of the successful n...
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Susan Werbe is Executive Producer, Programming for History®. Since joining the network in 1997 as the Director of Historical Programming, Ms. Werbe has played a key role in the development and supervision of numerous series and specials on History. She is Executive Producer of the successful new series American Pickers, which is now in its second season and averages 4.5 million total viewers. She was also the Executive Producer of two of the highest-rated specials on the network: Life After People and 102 Minutes That Changed America.

She has received two Primetime Emmy Awards: 2008-2009 Outstanding Non-Fiction Special for 102 Minutes That Changed America and 2005-2006 Outstanding Non-Fiction Series for 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America. She also won a Peabody Award in 2005 for Voices of Civil Right. She was Executive Producer of Moonshot, a co-production that was nominated for a 2010 Primetime Emmy in the Outstanding Made-for-Television Movie category.

Other specials include Manson, Einstein, Exodus Decoded, How William Shatner Changed the World, The Crusades: Crescent & The Cross, FDR: A Presidency Revealed, JFK: A Presidency Revealed, Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked, and April 1865. Recent series include How the Earth Was Made and Battles BC. Past series include The Presidents, The States, American Eats, and History's Mysteries.

Prior to joining History, Ms. Werbe worked at CBS Eye on People where she was Senior Producer for I Remember with Charles Kuralt. Ms. Werbe began her television career at CBS News working on CBS Reports and was a producer on Eye to Eye with Connie Chung, Walter Cronkite's Universe, CBS Magazine and CBS Morning News. She was a Vice President and Executive Producer at Whittle Communications. From 1984-1991, Ms. Werbe ran her own company, specializing in fund-raising and educational videotapes for not-for-profit clients. She also wrote, produced and directed two documentaries for PBS: one called Learning in America: Schools That Work; the other on breast cancer.

Ms. Werbe is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. She is married and has two sons. [ Minimize ]

Ed Hersh is the Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning for Investigation Discovery, part of the Discovery Emerging Networks group. In this position, Hersh is responsible for developing ID's long-term content, production, acquisition, and brand strategy.

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Ed Hersh is the Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning for Investigation Discovery, part of the Discovery Emerging Networks group. In this position, Hersh is responsible for developing ID's long-term content, production, acquisition, and brand strategy.

Prior to joining Discovery Communications, Hersh was Founder and Chief Creative Officer of StoryCentric LLC, a New York‐based company that provided strategy and solutions to both media networks and content creators, including WNET in New York where he developed Blueprint America, a year-long PBS initiative on the nation's crumbling infrastructure.

He spent seven years at Court TV (now truTV), most recently as Executive Vice‐President, Current Programming and Specials, where he was the executive in charge of the network's primetime original non‐fiction series and specials.

He is a graduate of Syracuse University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and has served on the adjunct faculty of both institutions. He also is an advisor to ETMA, the European Television and Media Management Academy in Strasbourg, France. [ Minimize ]

Alberta Nokes is responsible for Apartment 11's development slate. Her responsibilities include cultivating existing development projects, seeking out and evaluating pitches and developing new properties in the children's and adult factual programming genres.

Nokes brings extensive e...
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Alberta Nokes is responsible for Apartment 11's development slate. Her responsibilities include cultivating existing development projects, seeking out and evaluating pitches and developing new properties in the children's and adult factual programming genres.

Nokes brings extensive experience in both broadcast and production to Apartment 11. She has created, written, developed, financed, executive produced and commissioned more than 500 hours of television programming including several international co-productions. Her many roles have included Vice President of Development for Frantic Films, Executive Producer and Head of Development for Associated Producers Limited, Executive in Charge of Production for History Television, and Director of Independent Production for S-Vox/Vision TV & ONE.

Throughout her career, Nokes also has worked with Oscar, Emmy, BAFTA, Peabody, Juno and Gemini award winning directors and producers including James Cameron, Ric Esther Bienstock, and Antony Thomas.

Prior to her work in television production, Nokes held the position of VP Marketing and Communications for Vision TV and was a consultant on communications and regulatory affairs to CBC Radio and Television. She has also written three factual television series. [ Minimize ]

Mark Mori is President of Single Spark Pictures and Producer/Director of the soon-to-be released feature documentary film, Bettie Page Reveals All. Mori is an Academy Award® nominated documentary filmmaker and Emmy® Award winning TV producer. For more than twenty years, Mori has produced har...
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Mark Mori is President of Single Spark Pictures and Producer/Director of the soon-to-be released feature documentary film, Bettie Page Reveals All. Mori is an Academy Award® nominated documentary filmmaker and Emmy® Award winning TV producer. For more than twenty years, Mori has produced hard-hitting and memorable documentaries and television series. His most notable projects include: Building Bombs, 1991 Academy Award nominee, Best Documentary Feature; Blood Ties, the Life and Work of Sally Mann, 1994 Academy Award nominee, Best Documentary Short; The Fire This Time, Sundance Film Festival, 1994 Grand Jury Prize nominee; The Atlanta Child Murders, 2000, an expose of the sensational serial murder case; and Kent State, the Day the War Came Home, 2001, Best News and Documentary Emmy Award. Mori created the social media strategy for Bettie Page Reveals All, successfully mobilizing fans from more than 100 countries to participate in making and promoting the film. [ Minimize ]

Marisela is an award-wining broadcast journalist with ten years of experience in financial news and a strong online presence. She has worked with Bloomberg, CNN, and industry-recognized independent producers. She founded Reverie Media in response to numerous requests from colleagues and entrepreneur...
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Marisela is an award-wining broadcast journalist with ten years of experience in financial news and a strong online presence. She has worked with Bloomberg, CNN, and industry-recognized independent producers. She founded Reverie Media in response to numerous requests from colleagues and entrepreneurs to help them understand how to build branding strategies using social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Digg, and blog sites. She is a social media strategist with an expertise in building communities and engaging audiences online. She specializes in designing online branding solutions that maximize return on investment and build brand equity for a variety of individual and business clients. Marisela holds a Bachelor's degree in Broadcasting and a Minor in Latin American and Latino Studies from Montclair State University. She is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Design and Technology at Parsons the New School for Design.
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Chris Pfaff is a leading new media and technology producer and strategist. His company, Chris Pfaff Tech/Media LLC, provides strategy and marketing services for leading technology service providers, technology firms, and new media companies worldwide. Since founding Chris Pfaff Tech/Media LLC in 2...
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Chris Pfaff is a leading new media and technology producer and strategist. His company, Chris Pfaff Tech/Media LLC, provides strategy and marketing services for leading technology service providers, technology firms, and new media companies worldwide. Since founding Chris Pfaff Tech/Media LLC in 2002, Chris has represented a wide range of clients, including strategic ventures from Eastman Kodak, PRIMEDIA, Cantor Telecom, and ASCAP, and firms ranging from mobile content distributor Thumbplay, video encoding firm On2 Technologies (sold to Google), and 3D face and body animation production studio face2face animation. Prior to launching Chris Pfaff Tech/Media, Chris was involved with the early-stage ventures GeoVideo Networks and MobileQ, and previously had helped launch more than 16 ventures with the Lucent New Ventures Group and Bell Labs, including Lucent Digital Radio (now iBiquity Digital), SyChip (sold to Murata), e-Ink, Flarion (sold to Qualcomm), and savaJe (sold to Sun Microsystems), among others. While at AT&T Corp., he helped launch AT&T WorldNet Service and the AT&T NetWare Connect Service, and also helped launch the AT&T Personal Online Services division. Prior to this, he represented such clients as Sony Electronics; Viacom New Media, and Sharp Electronics, among others. He began his career in the music industry, representing clients including Yamaha Corporation; Hal Leonard Publishing, and working with a wide range of musical artists and producers, including such notable figures as Walter Becker, Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis, and Phil Ramone. Chris is currently chairman of the Producers Guild of America (PGA) New Media Council East; a delegate on the national board of the Producers Guild of America, and a national board delegate of the Producers Guild of America New Media Council. [ Minimize ]

Thomas Allen Harris is the founder and President of Chimpanzee Productions, a company dedicated to producing unique audio-visual experiences that illuminate the Human Condition and the search for identity, family, and spirituality. Chimpanzee Productions is currently in production on Through A Lens ...
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Thomas Allen Harris is the founder and President of Chimpanzee Productions, a company dedicated to producing unique audio-visual experiences that illuminate the Human Condition and the search for identity, family, and spirituality. Chimpanzee Productions is currently in production on Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People, a feature-length documentary and multimedia project that explores the role of photography in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present. Its companion project, Digital Diaspora Family Reunion (DDFR) is a multimedia community engagement initiative where individuals are invited to explore the rich and revealing historical narratives found within their own family photograph collections. The highlight of the initiative includes a touring DDFR Roadshow, combining the best features of PBS' "Antiques Roadshow" and National Public Radio's "StoryCorps," that activates Black family photographic archives; and DDFR.TV, an online web portal that creates community across time and space through the dedicated DDFR SocialNet. DDFR brings to the forefront stories and histories suppressed and/or hidden that show the fullness of Who We Are. By uncovering the little known history of African Diasporic families and relatives, this important and timely project provides a gathering place where all these lost, neglected and discarded shards of history can once again be seen, shared and appreciated. DDFR.TV is the online web portal created with a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The site consists of curated content produced by the DDFR production team; and the DDFR SocialNet, a user-generated-content driven social community where users can upload and share their family photographs and stories, create groups and uncover new connections with family, friends, relatives and the world. Chimpanzee's slate of innovative and award-winning documentary feature films - VINTAGE - Families of Value, E Minha Cara/That's My Face, and Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela - have received critical acclaim at International film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, FESPACO, Outfest, Flaherty and Cape Town and have been broadcast on PBS, the Sundance Channel, ARTE, as well as CBC, Swedish broadcasting Network and New Zealand Television. In addition, Mr. Harris' video and installations have been featured at prestigious museums and galleries including the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Biennial, Corcoran Gallery, Reina Sophia and London Institute of the Arts. Mr. Harris is a recipient of numerous fellowships and awards including a United States Artist Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, Rockefeller Fellowship, as well as CPB/PBS and Sundance Directors Fellowships. A graduate of Harvard College, Mr. Harris has taught at the University of California, San Diego and Sarah Lawrence College. He lectures widely on the use of media as a tool for social change. [ Minimize ]

In addition to authoring all of the company's data-driven research, David leads media relations for TubeMogul. Prior to joining TubeMogul, David was a Content Manager at Delivery Agent, where he worked on digital strategy for dozens of top media companies, including ABC and NBC. David is frequently ...
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In addition to authoring all of the company's data-driven research, David leads media relations for TubeMogul. Prior to joining TubeMogul, David was a Content Manager at Delivery Agent, where he worked on digital strategy for dozens of top media companies, including ABC and NBC. David is frequently quoted as an expert in online video in leading outlets like AdAge, NPR's Marketplace and Wired. He received his BA in Political Economy from the University of California, Berkeley. [ Minimize ]

Since childhood, Amy has been passionate about social justice and environmental issues. For over 25 years, Amy has produced award-winning films, television programs and magazine articles in the field of health education. Amy's production credits include three seasons of Dr. T. Berry Brazelton's par...
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Since childhood, Amy has been passionate about social justice and environmental issues. For over 25 years, Amy has produced award-winning films, television programs and magazine articles in the field of health education. Amy's production credits include three seasons of Dr. T. Berry Brazelton's parenting show, "What Every Baby Knows", PBS specials, "Our Nation's Health: A Matter of Choice" and "Healthy Aging", as well as the Reiner Foundation's, "The First Years Last Forever". She has produced food and health segments for "Martha Stewart Living", has appeared as a guest chef on PBS's "Cultivating Life" and is a writer/producer for PBS's "Lidia's Italy". Amy holds a Lectureship at the Yale School of Medicine and Psychiatry for her work in the field of health communication, in recognition of a series she created for Court TV, "Inside the Criminal Mind". Amy has worked on numerous training films for Yale University and the US Department of Education. Amy is also a holistic health and nutrition counselor and a Lyme disease consultant. Her advocacy work extends to her personal life as well. She served a four-year term on the advisory board of the Weston / Westport Health District's CDC funded "Target Lyme" prevention initiative and she is a founding board member of the AIDS Treatment Data Network, a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher and an organic farmer. She and her husband Alex have two daughters who have always brought their lunch to school. [ Minimize ]

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As co-production producer for NHK, Sayumi Horie is in charge of developing, negotiating, and coordinating various international co-production projects. Since joining the co-production team in 1998, she has been responsible for the coordination of several large-scale HD projects.

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As co-production producer for NHK, Sayumi Horie is in charge of developing, negotiating, and coordinating various international co-production projects. Since joining the co-production team in 1998, she has been responsible for the coordination of several large-scale HD projects.

Horie joined NHK in 1986 and was first assigned to the Announcers Division where she worked for 6 years as a reporter and newscaster for news and information-related programs. From June 1992 to June 1993, she gained experience as an intern at Antelope Productions in London on NHK's overseas internship program. After her return to Japan, she served as director for NHK's Satellite Channel 2 (BS2 - cultural and entertainment programs) where she wrote and directed various programs, with a focus on cultural documentaries and was also responsible for the acquisition of various foreign programs for the channel. [ Minimize ]

Shin YASUDA joined NHK in 1997. He began his career at NHK Hiroshima Station where he directed documentaries about untold stories of Atomic Bomb survivors. In 2001, he was transferred to NHK Broadcasting Center in Tokyo where he found his vocation in art and cultural programs. He has since directed ...
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Shin YASUDA joined NHK in 1997. He began his career at NHK Hiroshima Station where he directed documentaries about untold stories of Atomic Bomb survivors. In 2001, he was transferred to NHK Broadcasting Center in Tokyo where he found his vocation in art and cultural programs. He has since directed a number of programs including 'Mark of Beauty: Enigma of a Noh Mask', 'The Art of Silence: Portrait of Marcel Marceau', 'Spreading Colors of Joy: Henri Matisse', and 'World's Best 100 Buddhist Art'. In 2003, Yasuda was an establishing member of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union initiative 'Voyage to the Future' which was jointly produced by broadcasters from seven Asian nations. Since 2006, Yasuda has been responsible for program development, directing and producing hit series such as 'New Anatomy Show' and 'Tokyo Kawaii TV'. Yasuda joined the international co-production team as a producer in 2009. [ Minimize ]

Diana Ingraham has broad experience in the media industry, working as both a producer and a marketing and distribution consultant to producers and funders of broadcast and multi-media projects with emphasis in particular on U.S. Public Broadcasting and its varied local and national constituencies. S...
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Diana Ingraham has broad experience in the media industry, working as both a producer and a marketing and distribution consultant to producers and funders of broadcast and multi-media projects with emphasis in particular on U.S. Public Broadcasting and its varied local and national constituencies. She is the co-founder and managing director of US Independents, a cooperative agency that works with independent producers worldwide to provide informed access to the international producing/broadcasting communities and marketplace.
Ms. Ingraham is the founding producer of the highly regarded SILVERDOCS International Documentary Conference, now entering its seventh year. Additional clients in her roster include Reuters Television International, The American Architectural Foundation, The Smithsonian Institution, The Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture and The American Film Institute's Digital Content Lab. She currently serves on the board of directors of API Arts and Outreach.
She is a former member of the advisory board of the International Documentary Association and has served on the boards of The Cavaliere Foundation and Women in Film and Video, and was a 2006 WIFV Woman of Vision Honoree. [ Minimize ]

After more than 15 years in film and television, Jocelyn has acquired an expert knowledge of the broadcast and commercial industry. From international program producing, managing broadcast design campaigns, corporate videos and commercials, Jocelyn's experience covers the full production gauntlet. ...
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After more than 15 years in film and television, Jocelyn has acquired an expert knowledge of the broadcast and commercial industry. From international program producing, managing broadcast design campaigns, corporate videos and commercials, Jocelyn's experience covers the full production gauntlet. Her extensive list of program credits include work on the long running series 'Lonely Planet Six Degrees' with global travel brand Lonely Planet and the award winning 'China First Time Filmmakers' and 'Afterlife' for the Discovery Channel. Jocelyn has also worked with the National Geographic Channel on documentaries 'Glory - When East Meets West', 'Crime Scene Bangkok' and 'Bodysnatchers of Bangkok' (Best Documentary - ATV Awards & NGC/EDB Awards). On the corporate and commercial front, Jocelyn has worked with a list of distinguished government organizations, multinational companies and international brands. They include clients such as ING, Microsoft, NEC, Abu Dhabi Tourism Board, Sri Lankan Airlines, Pizza Hut, Brands, Sony, Brierley Investments, The National Arts Council, MediaCorp, Pepsi, Star TV, Getty Images, Disney and AXN. [ Minimize ]

Donovan's diverse experience as a Director for the past decade has seen him write and direct for a range of genres, from international documentaries and infotainment shows, to corporate films and commercials. His work can be seen in an array of award winning television shows including "Lone...
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Donovan's diverse experience as a Director for the past decade has seen him write and direct for a range of genres, from international documentaries and infotainment shows, to corporate films and commercials. His work can be seen in an array of award winning television shows including "Lonely Planet Six Degrees", as well as the engineering series "Man-Made Marvels" and "First Time Filmmakers - China 21" for the Discovery Channel. Other documentaries include "True Asian Horror", "Asian Enigma 2" and "Go Warrior". Donovan also series produced and co-wrote the highly rated interactive travel show "Bluelist - Best in Asia" for Lonely Planet and Mediacorp. When it comes to corporate clients, Donovan has worked with ministries, statutory boards, educational institutions and multinational companies. Clients include Microsoft, Singapore Police Coastguard, Singapore Tourism Board, DHL, Chivas Regal, Audi, Volvo, Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore Red Cross and The National Arts Council. [ Minimize ]

Margaret Majorack has been involved in film and video archives for over 30 years. At Reliance, Margaret is working with stock film archives and other film and video libraries, as well as broadcast collections, to partner in the digital transfer, enhancement and restoration of content. Her career b...
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Margaret Majorack has been involved in film and video archives for over 30 years. At Reliance, Margaret is working with stock film archives and other film and video libraries, as well as broadcast collections, to partner in the digital transfer, enhancement and restoration of content. Her career began in Toronto, Canada, as a news film archivist for CTV News. Over her nine year career with CTV, Margaret rose to supervise the Film and Video Library for CTV Network, heading up the cataloguing and film research area. During that time she was awarded the William Benton Fellowship in Journalism at the University of Chicago and took a year's sabbatical in Chicago. After the Fellowship, Margaret remained in Chicago, taking a position as the Archivist for the newly formed Museum of Broadcast Communications in that city. There she dealt with cataloguing and preservation of a variety of radio and television formats, including kinescopes and sound elements. Relocating to Washington, D.C., Margaret joined National Geographic for four years in the stock footage sales area. There she worked on content selection and cataloguing as well as serving as a footage sales representative for the National Geographic Film Library. Margaret joined Discovery Communications in 1998 as manager of the Discovery Images stock footage sales team. Over her twelve years at Discovery, Margaret managed metadata migrations; archival and sales content selection; implementation of new video databases, and stock footage research and sales in her role as Director of Discovery FootageSource. [ Minimize ]

Elizabeth Klinck has worked as producer, researcher and clearance specialist on numerous award-winning Canadian, American and British documentary films that have garnered Emmy, Gemini, Peabody and Academy awards. A graduate of Queen's University, Elizabeth has taught documentary research and develo...
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Elizabeth Klinck has worked as producer, researcher and clearance specialist on numerous award-winning Canadian, American and British documentary films that have garnered Emmy, Gemini, Peabody and Academy awards. A graduate of Queen's University, Elizabeth has taught documentary research and development at Ryerson University in Toronto and has led workshops at numerous international conferences and broadcasters. Elizabeth serves as a member of the board of History Makers, FOCAL International, the Audio Visual Trust of Canada, and the Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival. She is the founding chairperson of the Visual Researchers' Society of Canada and is a member of DOC and WIFT Toronto. Elizabeth has personally been nominated for the FOCAL International Researcher of the Year Award, a Canadian Gemini award, an Emmy award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft - Research and last year was presented with the FOCAL International Lifetime Achievement Award [ Minimize ]

John Farren has just launched his own indy production company, 360 Production, specialising in history and science for TV and across emerging platforms. John was Editor of the BBC's multi-award winning flagship history programme - Timewatch, for 6 years. He commissioned and executive produced 70 epi...
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John Farren has just launched his own indy production company, 360 Production, specialising in history and science for TV and across emerging platforms. John was Editor of the BBC's multi-award winning flagship history programme - Timewatch, for 6 years. He commissioned and executive produced 70 episodes of the strand, with average audiences of over two million. John also pioneered the brand's launch into online space with hits like Bloody Omaha and Stonehenge Live. Previously John was also an exec for Granada and Scottish/GingerTV. [ Minimize ]

Cathy Carapella has been working in the field of music and media licensing since the early 1980's. She began her career as the producer of the syndicated television program 'Today in Music History'. In 1990 Cathy opened the New York office of Diamond Time, Ltd., a full-service rights clearance compa...
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Cathy Carapella has been working in the field of music and media licensing since the early 1980's. She began her career as the producer of the syndicated television program 'Today in Music History'. In 1990 Cathy opened the New York office of Diamond Time, Ltd., a full-service rights clearance company. For the next 20 years, Cathy cleared or supervised the clearance of several hundred licensing and rights clearance projects and trained dozens of clearance professionals.
Cathy is currently the VP of Global ImageWorks (GIW), a footage sales, research & rights clearance company. In addition to her day-to-day responsibilities at GIW which includes administering the Soul Train archive, Cathy also oversees the licensing of the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings catalogue whereby she is responsible for administering and licensing over 35,000 sound recordings.
Cathy's specialty is archival filmmaking and music performance footage. [ Minimize ]

Alison Stewart is co-anchor of PBS's TV and web newsmagazine Need to Know. She has reported and anchored for ABC News, CBS News, NPR, NBC News, MSNBC and MTV News, where she won a Peabody for her work covering the Presidential Elections in 1992.

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Alison Stewart is co-anchor of PBS's TV and web newsmagazine Need to Know. She has reported and anchored for ABC News, CBS News, NPR, NBC News, MSNBC and MTV News, where she won a Peabody for her work covering the Presidential Elections in 1992.

Prior to Joining Need to Know, Alison was the founding host of NPR's breakthrough multiplatform news program, "The Bryant Park Project," the first public radio news program to seamlessly incorporate audio, video and social media. She also guest hosted the network's flagship programs "Weekend Edition" and "Talk of the Nation."
While at MSNBC from 2003 to 2009 she created and hosted the show "The Most," a news program based on the most popular news on the web. She also anchored major news events from Hurricane Katrina to the Hezbollah/Israel conflict; reported live from the 2006 Olympics in Torino, Italy; and contributed to "NBC Nightly News," "The Today Show" and "Weekend Today." She was also the substitute host for "Countdown" and "The Rachel Maddow Show."

Stewart served as anchor for ABC News' "World News Now" from 2000 to 2002, reporting live from the World Trade Center on 9/11 and receiving an Emmy as part of ABC News' coverage of the terrorist attacks. She also served as a contributor to "20/20 Downtown" and "Good Morning America." Before working for ABC News, Stewart was a correspondent for CBS News' "Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours" where she reported from Cuba and Africa.

Over the years, Alison has reported from the floor of six presidential conventions. Interview highlights of her career include: Mick Jagger, Annette Benning, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, David Bowie, author Judy Blume, Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala, House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Steven Spielberg and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher.

In 2009, Stewart was named one of "The Root 100," recognizing emerging and established African-American leaders.

Stewart graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and American literature. She's been active in various charities, including Dress for Success and Lighthouse, which performs reading services for the visually impaired. She lives in New York City and Woodstock, N.Y., with her husband, Bill Wolff, and their son Isaac. [ Minimize ]

As Vice President, Marketing & Products, Dan is responsible for the company's marketing initiatives and product strategy. This includes online marketing, PR, social media, and overall company positioning, as well as developing new product offerings and revenues in alignment with the company's co...
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As Vice President, Marketing & Products, Dan is responsible for the company's marketing initiatives and product strategy. This includes online marketing, PR, social media, and overall company positioning, as well as developing new product offerings and revenues in alignment with the company's commercialization, technology and sales activities.

Most recently, Dan was Managing Director of the New York office for Red Bricks Media, a leading interactive agency specializing in Search & Performance Marketing. Prior to that, he was at Sony Music Entertainment as Vice President, Online Media Network, responsible for products and monetization across the company's hundreds of artist and label sites. There he launched a range of new offerings for content delivery, sponsorship integration, and community tools, including the industry-leading Musicbox (now MyPlay) broadband video network. Dan has also held product and marketing roles at Idealab, and Priceline.com. Prior to business school, Dan worked in Management Consulting and Strategic Planning. Dan holds an MBA from the Wharton School and a BA in Social Anthropology from Harvard University. [ Minimize ]

Neil Docherty is a senior editor/producer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's investigative program, The Fifth Estate. Since 1992, he has also produced and directed films for FRONTLINE.
He was awarded the 2004 Gordon Sinclair Gemini Award as Canada's best broadcast journalist. [ Extended Bio / Survey ]

Neil Docherty is a senior editor/producer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's investigative program, The Fifth Estate. Since 1992, he has also produced and directed films for FRONTLINE.
He was awarded the 2004 Gordon Sinclair Gemini Award as Canada's best broadcast journalist.
As a print journalist he worked for The Sunday Times, in London England.
His investigative co-productions with CBC and FRONTLINE include: A Dangerous Business (2003), a joint production with The New York Times, which won numerous awards, including, a Polk ; a Peabody and the Harvard Goldcrest Award for Investigative Journalism at Harvard University Al Qaeda's New Front,(2005) won a Silver Baton at the duPont-Columbia Awards, a Gold Medal in New York and the Canadian Association of Journalists award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism.
Docherty was "FRONTLINE Producer in residence" at the University of California's graduate school of Journalism at Berkeley in 1997-98. [ Minimize ]

Nick Penniman is the executive director of the Huffington Post Investigative Fund and the director of strategic initiatives at the Center for Public Integrity. Previous to starting the Fund with Arianna Huffington, he founded the American News Project, an online video muckraking operation. He has al...
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Nick Penniman is the executive director of the Huffington Post Investigative Fund and the director of strategic initiatives at the Center for Public Integrity. Previous to starting the Fund with Arianna Huffington, he founded the American News Project, an online video muckraking operation. He has also served as the Washington Director of the Schumann Center for Media and Democracy, where he worked closely with PBS broadcaster Bill Moyers, the publisher of The Washington Monthly magazine, the executive editor of TomPaine.com, the associate editor of the American Prospect magazine and the editor of the Lincoln Journal. [ Minimize ]

Pamela Jones has managed the business and legal affairs departments for global television networks including BBC Worldwide Americas, MTV Networks and CBS Entertainment. Ms. Jones specializes in the development, production and distribution of content and is a leading expert in maximizing revenues fr...
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Pamela Jones has managed the business and legal affairs departments for global television networks including BBC Worldwide Americas, MTV Networks and CBS Entertainment. Ms. Jones specializes in the development, production and distribution of content and is a leading expert in maximizing revenues from television music publishing and secondary rights exploitation.
Pamela serves as outside counsel to A&E Television Networks and is responsible for the launch of A&E's worldwide music publishing business and the creation of its cutting-edge digital production music library with Extreme Music.
Ms. Jones is co-editor and co-author of 'Counseling Content Providers In The Digital Age: A Handbook For Lawyers' published in June 2010 by the New York State Bar Association.
Jones is co-chair of the Television & Radio Committee of the Entertainment Arts & Sports Law section of the New York State Bar Association. She has served as an Adjunct Professor of Entertainment Law at New York Law School. [ Minimize ]

Piero A. Corsini (Series Producer, La Storia siamo noi, Rai Educational) was born in Rome. He graduated in Film History and Criticism at the State University in Rome. He joined RAI in 1986: two years later, he became a producer for Mixer in 1988, producing, directing and appearing on camera in dozen...
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Piero A. Corsini (Series Producer, La Storia siamo noi, Rai Educational) was born in Rome. He graduated in Film History and Criticism at the State University in Rome. He joined RAI in 1986: two years later, he became a producer for Mixer in 1988, producing, directing and appearing on camera in dozens of segments (5' to 1h), on such different topics as Italian terrorism, US politics, domestic and international affairs, among many others. In 1994, he was the co-creator of the award-winning talk show Mixer Giovani, and later became the production supervisor (editorial and contractual) of the first 1,500 episodes of Un posto al sole. Under Mr Minoli's direction, he was also responsible for international co-productions and acquisitions of documentaries for Format and Raitre (with partners like Discovery, Turner Original Productions, Teleimages, Set Productions). In 2002, again with Mr Minoli, he moved to Rai Educational, where he is currently the executive in charge of La Storia siamo noi, also with editorial responsibilities. [ Minimize ]

Mark Marabella is an Emmy® nominated writer / producer and founder of Marabella Productions. He has nearly 20 years of experience developing, writing, producing, or directing more than 100 hours of documentaries and series for Discovery, History, and National Geographic channels, as well as PBS....
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Mark Marabella is an Emmy® nominated writer / producer and founder of Marabella Productions. He has nearly 20 years of experience developing, writing, producing, or directing more than 100 hours of documentaries and series for Discovery, History, and National Geographic channels, as well as PBS. Mark is also a member of the Writers Guild and a long-time active member of the Producers Guild of America serving as its Vice Chairman in New York and Chairman of its Documentary Committee. Prior to founding Marabella Productions, Mark was the show-runner and writer of 60 hours of The Discovery Channel's top-rated prime-time forensics procedural series THE FBI FILES for three and half seasons. Through his storytelling, the award-winning series became number one on Discovery two years running, remaining among Discovery's top-rated shows of all time, most recently anchoring the launch of Discovery's new channel, INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY. Based on the series' success, Mark was then tapped to co-develop and launch production on CRITICAL RESCUE, a prime-time Discovery Channel series featuring stories of advanced rescue teams and emergency medicine premiering in the spring of 2003. Originally from Buffalo, New York, Mark began his television career two decades earlier at VH1 in New York City working on comedies, talk shows, and music documentaries many of which were nominated for Cable Ace Awards. He went on to become Director of Production and Development for the award winning, independent television and documentary company Globalvision, where he supervised many investigative human rights programs for PBS, the last titled GLOBALIZATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS hosted by award winning journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault. The one-hour documentary won top honors at the World Film Fest in Houston. His work has been broadcast internationally in over 100 countries. Mark has also written for numerous independent newspapers and magazines, and worked closely with top literary and talent agents in New York City. He is married and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York with his wife and daughter. [ Minimize ]

As Senior Executive Producer for NGCI, Stephen Hunter is responsible for executive producing some 100 hours of original programming per year - programming that goes across 164 countries worldwide. These hours run across the whole vista of National Geographic's core areas including natural history, a...
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As Senior Executive Producer for NGCI, Stephen Hunter is responsible for executive producing some 100 hours of original programming per year - programming that goes across 164 countries worldwide. These hours run across the whole vista of National Geographic's core areas including natural history, adventure, science and world cultures. Stephen has played an instrumental role executive producing series such as Air Crash Investigation and I Didn't Know That and the Python Attack episode of Dangerous Encounters with Brady Barr. In edition to these editorial duties, Hunter also takes the lead in developing key series and specials for the channels. Prior to joining NGCI, Hunter was Vice President of Production for Cineflix in Toronto, Canada. There he helped develop a number of hit series including Trapped, Mayday: Crash Scene Investigations, Final 24, True CSI, and developed and co-executive produced the award-winning, two-hour doc drama, Jonestown: Paradise Lost. Before that he was Vice President and Head of Development for CineNova Productions. He was also producer, director/writer on two Emmy-nominated documentaries: In the Wrong Body and Growing Up Old. Hunter began his TV career as a presenter and producer for Current Affairs at the CBC. Prior to that he put his degrees in Philosophy from Princeton and Cambridge Universities to excellent use by being a professional actor in New York City, Los Angeles and London. National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) invites viewers to re-think the way they see television - and the world - with smart, innovative programming. A business enterprise owned by National Geographic Television (NGT) and FOX Entertainment Group, NGCI contributes to the National Geographic Society's commitment to exploration, conservation and education. Globally, National Geographic Channel (including NGC U.S. which is a joint venture of NGT and Fox Cable Networks Group) is available in over 250 million homes (including day-part households) in 166 countries and 34 languages. [ Minimize ]

As VP of US Alternative Programming at Entertainment One, Tara Long brings a wealth of experience in developing factual programming. After working as an executive assistant at 51 Minds, Tara became the Manager of Development at Grosso Jacobson and helped the company enter into the world of reality T...
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As VP of US Alternative Programming at Entertainment One, Tara Long brings a wealth of experience in developing factual programming. After working as an executive assistant at 51 Minds, Tara became the Manager of Development at Grosso Jacobson and helped the company enter into the world of reality TV, selling two pilots, "Bullet" to TRU TV and "Make Me a Princess" to E!. After Grosso Jacobson, Tara was VP of Development for BCII, a full service production company specializing in cable reality TV programming. At BCII, Tara developed and sold "The Real 90210" to Bravo and "Yesi's World" to Style Network. Tara also co-created and Executive Produced "The Single Monica" for Turner Networks which brought record-breaking ratings for Peachtree TV. [ Minimize ]

Ocean MacAdams is a multi-award winning television producer with over 15 years in the media industry. He joined Current TV as Senior Vice President, Programming, in 2009, and is responsible for all areas of programming and production for the Network. Under his purview, he is charged with building ...
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Ocean MacAdams is a multi-award winning television producer with over 15 years in the media industry. He joined Current TV as Senior Vice President, Programming, in 2009, and is responsible for all areas of programming and production for the Network. Under his purview, he is charged with building out Current TV's development slate of news, information, and documentary programming, including the Emmy- nominated "Vanguard" investigative journalism series. Previously, MacAdams worked at MTV Networks, where he first began his career as an assignment editor at VH1 News. Over the course of 13 years, he worked his way up the MTV News division, and held a variety of positions which eventually lead to his role as Senior Vice President, MTV News. In that role, MacAdams oversaw all of MTV News' television and digital efforts. During his tenure, he helped produce groundbreaking programming from the Week In Rock to President Obama's Youth Inaugural Ball. He was part of the team that created MTV Overdrive, one of the first broadband channels, and created MTV's first original series for mobile phones. After leaving MTV, he was a freelance producer and consultant, most recently producing the annual White House Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. MacAdams' work has been recognized by a number of industry organizations including : a 2007 GLAAD nomination for "The Equality Ride", a 2006 Prism Award for "Jack Osbourne - Back from Rehab", a 2006 Emmy Nomination for "Diary of Gideon in Pakistan", and 2004 Beacon Award for "At War with Iraq." MacAdams holds a B.A. in Urban Studies from Columbia University and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York with his family. [ Minimize ]

Christopher Cassel is a Primetime Emmy Award winning director/writer/producer based in New York City. His productions have run the gamut from character driven series to historical epics to biographical profiles of Hollywood stars like John Travolta and Ron Howard.
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Christopher Cassel is a Primetime Emmy Award winning director/writer/producer based in New York City. His productions have run the gamut from character driven series to historical epics to biographical profiles of Hollywood stars like John Travolta and Ron Howard.
Chris has created programming for Bravo, A&E, Discovery, Discovery Health, The Travel Channel, Animal Planet and History, as well as DVD projects for retail distribution. Chris earned his first directing credit for Rome: Engineering an Empire, produced for History. When it premiered in September 2005, it drew one of the network's highest ratings ever and it also won two Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Nonfiction Special.
His follow up, Egypt:Engineering an Empire, premiered on The History Channel in 2006, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Art Direction. Since then, Chris has directed, written and produced three more specials for History. The Dark Ages (2007) traces Europe's lost centuries between the fall of Rome and first Crusade. Clash of the Cavemen (2008) follows two groups of humans Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals through an Ice Age winter. The White House:Behind Closed Doors (2008) features an exclusive all-access tour of the White House with Laura Bush, and Chris' own interviews with the President and First Lady. Also in 2008, Chris created, wrote and supervised Apocalypse How?, a two-hour special that explores the various ways our world might end. It was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Animation. In 2009, Chris completed production on Clash of the Gods, and ambitious ten part series on mythology he co-created for History. It was shot on location in
Morocco and Lithuania, and features visually groundbreaking accounts of the myths of Zeus, Hercules, Medusa and Thor, among others.
Chris' latest project is The Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero (2011) a character-driven six-part series for Discovery Channel that follows the reconstruction of the World Trade Center through the eyes of those who are making it happen. Steven Spielberg is an Executive Producer.
All of the above credits and more were made possible by KPI, Chris' creative and professional home since 1998, where he currently serves as VP, Creative.
Prior to joining KPI, he worked as a
production assistant at CBS News Productions, and as a beat reporter for The York Dispatch. He holds a B.A. in Communication from York College of Pennsylvania. [ Minimize ]

Amanda Michel is the Director of Engagement at ProPublica, a nonprofit investigative newsroom located in Manhattan. ProPublica's crowdsourcing projects were recently honored with a Knight-Batten Special Distinction Award. Michel also directed Huffington Post's OffTheBus, a ground-breaking citizen jo...
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Amanda Michel is the Director of Engagement at ProPublica, a nonprofit investigative newsroom located in Manhattan. ProPublica's crowdsourcing projects were recently honored with a Knight-Batten Special Distinction Award. Michel also directed Huffington Post's OffTheBus, a ground-breaking citizen journalism site. Michel got her start working on campaigns. She directed Howard Dean's youth organizing effort Generation Dean and belonged to John Kerry's Internet team. With colleagues she founded the New Organizing Institute in Washington, DC. Michel has been featured in the New York Times, and regularly presents at conferences. [ Minimize ]