 Our Producers
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Ohio Filmmakers LLC
Matthew Kraus
Producer / Director
Email: matthew@ohiofilmmakers.com
Web: www.howohiopulleditoff.com |
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BUSINESS PROFILE:
Established in 2005 by Charla Barker, Matthew Kraus, and Mariana Quiroga, Ohio Filmmakers LLC is dedicated to creating provocative documentary cinema for a worldwide audience. With producers in Los Angeles, New York, and Caracas, Ohio Filmmakers strives to explore issues of global importance and provide a credible counterpoint to corporate media. Their first feature-length production, How Ohio Pulled It Off, was recently selected for the International Human Rights Film Festival of Paris.
RECEN PROJECTS:
How Ohio Pulled it | |
Film Europa
Christian Gierke
Producer / Director
Email: christian.gierke@film-europa.de
Web: www.film-europa.de |
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Film Europa is an independent production company based in Hamburg, Germany. Film Europa's documentaries focus on genuine German themes with global significance. Their feature length productions "Freedom's Frontier - Traces of the Inner-German Border" and "Stasi - East Germany's Secret Police" are also used as educational programmes in schools, museums and German history memorials.
RECEN PROJECTS:
Stasi: East Germany's Secret | |
Simongo! Productions
Francois de Smet
Producer / Director
Email: francois@simongo.be
Web: www.clefecossaise.com |
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François De Smet was born in 1977. He studied Philosophy, before working for several years in the political sphere, and conducting research in political philosophy at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He has also been active in several associations dealing with cultural diversity or equal rights . He is the author of Les Droits de l’homme: origines et aléas d’une idéologie moderne [2001] and numerous articles on racism, cultural diversity or citizenship. La Clé Ecossaise is his first film.
RECENT PROJECTS:
The Scottish Key | |
Thought Films
Robert Newell
Producer / Director
Head Office
Sydney
PO Box 958
Spit Junction
NSW 2088
Tel: 0061 299 081 091
Email:info@thoughtfilms.com Web: www.thoughtfilms.com |
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BUSINESS PROFILE:
Thought Films was formed in 1993. The founders are Robert Newell and Keith Stevenson and they remain as company directors today. Since the foundation of the company it has shot material for its TV productions in some 40 countries. The company's films have been broadcast in over 100 countries and translated into many languages. The directors are particular proud that much of its documentary work is used globally by schools and universities as an educational resource.
RECENT PROJECTS:
African Solutions | |
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Robert Kane Pappas was born in New York City and educated at Georgetown University and NYU Graduate Film School. An award-winning filmmaker, he has written and directed feature films including, "Now I Know" (Lifetime Television) and the critically acclaimed "Some Fish Can Fly" (Artistic License-99). Mr. Pappas has also written and directed non-fiction "The Computer Moment" (featuring William H. Macy) and has received a Parents Choice Award for his children's videos.
RECENT PROJECTS:
9/11 Mysteries: Demolitions | |
Vine Street Pictures
Susan Smiley
Director
4156 Neosho Avenue
Los Angeles
CA 90066
USA
Tel: 001 310 636 0116
Fax: 001 310 356 3204 |
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Email: vinestreetpictures@mac.com
Web: www.promotion.opb.org/programs/shadow.html
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Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Susan Smiley is the producer, director and writer of Out of the Shadow, her first independently produced feature documentary. Prior to making this film, Susan produced and directed documentaries for Discovery Channel, History Channel, Sci Fi Channel, MTV and the Frontline series on PBS. Her films tend to explore the lives of everyday heros and risk takers from the ice road truck drivers who drive their big rigs over frozen lakes in the Arctic (Ice Road Truckers, THC) to de-miners seeking to find and destroy land mines across Bosnia (Minesweepers, THC). After making films about other people for many years, Susan decided it was time to seek out the most dangerous territory of all - her own family's secret struggle in dealing with her mother's schizophrenia. Out of the Shadow has had a tremendous impact on mental health communities nationwide. Susan is currently in production on her next film, a documentary about mentally ill teenagers caught up in Los Angeles County’s criminal justice system.
RECENT PROJECTS:
Out of the Shadow | |
In the Wake Productions
Sofia Smallstorm
Producer/Director/Narrator |
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Email: smallstorm@earthlink.net
Web: www.911mysteries.com
BUSINESS PROFILE:
Sofia Smallstorm is a former magazine editor, book doctor and fiction writer whose first contribution to the 9/11 movement was a 3-minute Internet Flash moviein 2004 that traveled the globe. This gave birth to a live presentation of video evidence entitled "911 Mysteries," performed with Brad Waddell at the Met Theatre in Hollywood, California. Nationwide requests for a DVD of the show resulted in the creation of "911 Mysteries Part 1: Demolitions," released in September 2006, a 90-minute film setting the facts of science against the official story of the 'Twin Towers' collapse. The first 9/11 documentary written, directed and narrated by a woman, "911 Mysteries" is fast gaining ground as one of the movement's strongest tools, with well over a million Internet downloads in its first few months. It will be followed by "Part 2: Hijackers and Planes" and "Part 3: Who Benefits."
RECENT PROJECTS:
9/11 Mysteries: Demolitions | |
Saltire Film and Television Productions
Peter Barber-Fleming
Managing Director
5 Queens Crescent
Glasgow
G4 9BW
Email: peter@saltirefilms.co.uk
Web: www.saltirefilms.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 141 332 3326
Fax: +44 (0) 141 332 3327 |
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Established in 2000, Saltire Films was set up by experienced Producer/Director, Peter Barber-Fleming to produce quality documentaries and drama in the UK and abroad. 2006 has seen a Saltire production, ‘Asylum: Place of Refuge, be both nominated for an Amnesty International Media Award and be a winner in the Broadcast category at Refugee Week Scottish Media Awards. Saltire also won a Scottish Bafta in 2005 for its documentary ‘The Fighting McIlroys, the story of a father who set up a boxing gym for the community. The documentary is a story of personal endeavour and offers a broader social picture of the world the individuals inhabit.
RECENT PROJECTS:
King of Scots
The Three Lives of William Wallace | |
San Andreas Films
James Dalessandro
President
717 Estancia Way
San Rafael
California 94903
USA
Email: Rimbaud40@aol.com
Web: www.1906earthquake.com
Tel: 001 415-537-4253
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James Dalessandro was the founder of the now-legendary Santa Cruz Poetry Festival, with Ken Kesey, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Charles Bukowski, which, for four years was the nation's largest literary festival. He is the author of four books: Canary In A Coal Mine (poetry), Bohemian Heart (mystery novel) Citizen Jane (true crime) and the best selling 1906: A Novel. The latter captures the last week of the great city of San Francisco during the 1906 earthquake and fire, and is schedule for a production as a major Warner Brothers Film in 2007, based on Mr. Dalessandro's book and screenplay. James Dalessandro is the founder and owner of San Andreas Films,Inc., and is writer/director/producer of THE DAMNEDEST, FINEST RUINS. He will soon direct his original screenplay, SAN JOAQUIN, for Shoreline Entertainment.
RECENT PROJECTS:
The Damnedest Finest Ruins | |
Technostorks LLC
Andrei Kirilenko
4606 Harding Lane
Bethesda
Maryland 20814
USA
Email: technostorks@yahoo.com
Web: www.technostorks.com
Tel: 001 301 951 7058
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Andrei Kirilenko has been making films since 1995. He has produced and directed six short narrative films. Technostorks is his first feature-length documentary. Andrei’s directorial experience includes preparing shooting scripts and day schedules, casting actors and hiring crew for multiple-day productions of up to 20 people working in several locations, working with production managers and producers, as well as editors, composers, and other post-production staff. His producer experience includes negotiating contracts, hiring and supervising production and post personnel, preparing schedules, budgets and monitoring cash flow. Andrei lives and works in Bethesda, MD. He is currently in pre-production on a feature film and working on a screenplay for another feature.
Recent Projects
Technostorks | |
Coal River Pictures
Lynn Lane
Producer/Director
515 Madison Avenue
21st Floor
NY, NY 10022 |
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Email: lynnlane@coalriverpictures.com
Web: www.CoalRiverPictures.com
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Coal River Pictures, based in New York City, is an independent production company specializing in thought-provoking documentaries founded by Lynn Lane. Coal River has been consistently producing many hours of programming for television, internet and screen. Lynn has recently written for “International Documentary Magazine” as well as being featured in various publications for his work. He also was invited to be a guest curator at the Anthology Film Archives in NYC.
RECENT PROJECTS:
Ring Days | |
The Documentary Institute
University of Florida
2096 Weimer Hall
PO Box 118400
Gainesville, FL 32611
Cara Pilson: Associate Director
Phone: 001 352 392-1501
E-mail: cpilson@jou.ufl.edu
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The four members of the Documentary Institute have been working together for over 15 years. Their films have aired nationally on PBS and include the critically acclaimed Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power, scheduled for broadcast on Independent Lens, February 7, 2006. Negroes with Guns also won the Audience Award at the 2004 Detroit Docs and Best Documentary Feature at the 2004 UrbanWorld Film Festival. Other films include: Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore, winner of the Erik Barnouw Award for Outstanding Historical Documentary, Giving Up the Canal, Campaign for Cuba and Last Days of the Revolution. The Documentary Institute is part of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications.
RECENT PROJECTS:
Negroes With Guns
The Angel of Ahlem | |
DCTV
87 Lafayette St.
New York
NY 10013
USA
Jon Alpert: Co-Founder / Director
jonny@dctv.com
Tel: 001 212 966.4510
Fax: 001 212 226.3053 |
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DCTV is the most honoured independent non-profit media centre in the USA. Its’ productions, reaching over 100 million viewers each year, have received 12 national Emmy Awards, 3 duPont-Columbia Awards, and every other major award in the television field. DCTV pursues an educational mission by introducing members of the community to the basics of electronic media through hundreds of free or low-cost production courses and access to broadcast-quality production equipment. In recognition of DCTV's artistic integrity and social commitment, the organization was awarded a highly competitive National Endowment for the Arts "Leadership Projects for the Millennium" grant.
RECENT PROJECTS:
The Last Cowboy
Bullets in the Hood
Venezuela: Revolution in Progress | |
Michael Hoff Productions
Kristen Fleming
Director of Business Affairs
Michael Hoff Productions, Inc.
5900 Hollis St
Suite 0
Emeryville
CA 94608
USA
Tel: 001 510 597-2060
Fax: 001 510 597-9640
info@mhptv.com
Web: www.mhptv.com
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Michael Hoff Productions is one of America’s premiere creators of factual television. Over the last ten years, MHP has developed and produced hundreds of programming hours, which have consistently delivered ratings results. MHP post produce their material at their own state of the art facilities and are constantly looking to push the boundaries of innovation in television.
RECENT PROJECTS:
Monster Truck Tech
I, Detective
Command Decisions | |
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Louder Than Words
Dylan Avery: Director
Korey Rowe: Producer
PO BOX 716
Oneonta, NY, 13820, USA
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Louder Than Words was set up by two young filmmakers, following the conclusion of their first film Loose Change. In the space of one year Dylan has gone from waiting tables to directing one of the most talked about 9/11 films in the world. Korey Rowe, the film’s producer, got involved in the project follwing four year’s service in the U.S. army where he completed tours of Afghanistan and Iraq. Both are patriotic and both are highly disturbed by the inconsistencies in the official versions of the 9/11 attacks, which led them to produce Loose Change 2.
RECENT PROJECTS:
Loose Change Final Cut (In Production)
Loose Change 2 | |
TeamWorks Media
954 West Washington Boulevard
Chicago
Illinois 60607
USA
Jay Sharman
Vice President of TV Programming and Production
info@teamworksmedia.com
www.teamworksmedia.com
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TeamWorks Media is a Chicago-based full service creative media company specializing in sports television programming. In February, 2005, TeamWorks Media produced The Team That Changed The World, a critically-acclaimed PBS documentary chronicling The Harlem Globetrotters’ racial and cultural impact on basketball and society. TeamWorks Media also produces sports-related VOD content for Cablevision, manages the 20th Anniversary of the 1985 Super Bowl Champion Chicago Bears, and has multiple sports and entertainment related properties and programs in development.
RECENT PROJECTS:
The Team That Changed the World
Disco Demolition: 25th Anniversary | |
Les Films Grain de Sable
Jill Emery – Producer
j.emery@libertysurf.fr
Jean-Michel Carre - Director
206 Rue de Charenton
75012
Paris France
Tel: 0033 143 441672
Fax: 0033 140 190 756
www.films-graindesable.com
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Created in 1975, Les Films Grain De Sable has produced over 100 full-length and short films, documentaries and fiction films. The company co-produces most of their films with French television channels, which address the fundamental concerns and questions of society, giving a voice to those who are not always heard - men, women and children who are a part of its fabric and its future. Its documentaries have a social purpose and its’ films are committed to showing the different human, political and cultural realities of the world we live in.
RECENT PROJECTS:
The Kursk: A Submarine in Troubled Waters - 1 x 52’ or 1 x 70’
Two Arms Two Legs - 1 x 55’
The Children of the Big Bang – 1 x 52’
Amanda, the Prince and the Baby - 1 x 52’
Phillipine Esquisses - 1 x 52' | |
Globalvision
GLOBALVISION INC.
575 8th Ave 2200
New York
NY l0018
USA
Director Danny Schechter
Tel: 212 246-0202 ext 3006
Email: danny@mediachannel.org
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Globalvision is a New York based television and film production company now in its 13th year. One of the co-founders and the driving force behind the company is Danny Schechter. He is an independent filmmaker and producer who also writes and speaks about media issues and is the executive editor and blogger in chief of mediachannel.org, the world’s largest on-line media issues network. Globalvision are involved with Human Rights Television and are committed to ethical film making, which tackles media issues and international injustices.
RECENT PROJECTS:
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception 1 x 58 or 1 x 90
Globalisation and Human Rights 1 x 60 | |
CTVC
9-10 Copper Row
Tower Bridge Piazza
London
SE1 2LH
P: +44 (0) 20 7940 8480
F: +44 (0) 20 7940 8490
Ray Bruce
Head of Programmes
Email: ray.bruce@ctvc.co.uk
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CTVC is a major British television production company specialising in programmes that focus on social, religious, historical and ethical issues. During the last fifteen years, CTVC has made many programmes for BBC and ITV for broadcast across the UK, as well as programmes that have been broadcast across America on the Discovery, PBS, Faith and Values, and WNET / Channel 13.
RECENT PROJECTS:
Victim 0001 1 x 50’
Faultlines 6 x 30’
Sex and religion 4 x 30’ | |
O3 Productions
FZ-LLC
Dubai Media City
PO Box 72627
Dubai
UAE
Badih Fatou
Deputy General Manager
Tel: 00971 4 390 73 75
Fax: 00971 4 391 81 91
Email: badih@O3productions.com
Email: badih.fattouh@mbc.ae |
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O3 Productions is dedicated to the production and co-production of quality documentaries covering a wide range of topics including political, cultural, social and historical, relevant to the Arab World especially on the Middle East.
O3 provides Dubai-based MBC and al-Arabiya satellite TV channel with documentary films and programs. The company strives to produce quality documentaries that respond to the ever-changing political and social conditions of the Arab world. O3 has managed to position itself as one of the leading Arab documentary production companies, having its products distributed and broadcast worldwide. The company is seeking to promote Arab documentary production, create a pool of artistic Arab talent and seek opportunities of global co-productions.
RECENT PROJECTS:
The Family 2 x 50’
Ex-extremism 2 x 50’ | |
Riz Khan Productions
James Wright
Managing Director,
Riz Khan Productions
(+852) 2605 1018
(+852) 9188 0339 mobile
Email: jamesw@rizkhan.com |
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Riz Khan Productions is a leading independent producer of television programming for broadcast networks and distributors. The company was set up in 2000 and has offices in Atlanta, Hong Kong and Dubai. It specializes in developing programming that focuses on the issues and people from Asia and the Middle East. The team is headed by internationally renowned broadcaster and journalist, Riz Khan, who gained worldwide recognition as CNN International’s Senior Anchor and host of “Q&A with Riz Khan”, a show that reached 450 million households around the globe. Prior to joining CNN, Riz Khan worked for the BBC for eight years as a presenter and reporter, and was the first presenter on BBC World’s new service, when it launched in 1991.
RECENT PROJECTS:
Alwaleed: Businessman – Billionaire – Prince 1 x 50’
A Journey to Mecca with Riz Khan 1 x 50’ | |
Reporting the World
35 Junction Road
Oxford OX4 2NT
UK
Jake Lynch & Annabel McGoldrick
Editor@reportingtheworld.co.uk
www.reportingtheworld.org.uk
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Jake Lynch and Annabel McGoldrick are joint Directors of Reporting the World, which the Observer newspaper called, ‘the nearest thing we have to a journalism think-tank in the UK’. Their book, Peace Journalism, is about to be published by Hawthorn Press. Jake is a BBC television news anchor and reporter, a former Political Correspondent for Sky News and Sydney Correspondent for the Independent newspaper. Annabel is an experienced reporter and producer in radio and television, having covered conflicts in Indonesia, Thailand and Burma. She produced the BBC documentary, Against the War, with Harold Pinter, during the Nato bombing of Yugoslavia. Annabel chairs RtW seminars for senior journalists in London.
RECENT PROJECTS:
Against the Wall
News from the Holy Land | |
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