Producers/Directors
FRANCINE CAVANAUGH and ADAMS WOOD
Francine and Adams co-directed and produced “Boom – The Sound of Eviction” (2002), a feature-length documentary about the social repercussions of San Francisco’s dot-com boom and bust which has screened at LA’s American Cinematheque, NYC’s Anthology Film Archives and at numerous film festivals worldwide. The LA Times called Boom “Witty, poignant, and impassioned.” In 2003, Francine and Adams co-directed and produced “Miami Model,” which has screened in well over 30 cities, including Mexico City, Quito, Ecuador, Seoul, and Dublin.

Producer
JILLIAN ELIZABETH, SOMA PRODUCTIONS
Jillian’s work as Co-producer and Director of Photography of “Whatever It Takes” (airing on PBS Independent Lens, 2010) brought her to the South Bronx to film the changing landscape of urban education in NYC.  “Whatever it Takes” received support from the Sundance Documentary Fund and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and won the audience award at the International Asian American Film Festival.  Jillian worked as Director of Photography and Editor of a narrative feature directed by actor J. Robert Spencer (Jersey Boys), as a Director for Roulette TV, as a camerawoman and field producer at Democracy Now!, and as a Director of Photography for Academy Award winning filmmaker, Alex Gibney, in collaboration with Human Rights Watch.

Collaborators

Consulting Editor
MARY LAMPSON
Mary was co-editor of Barbara Kopple’s Academy Award winning film “Harlan County, USA.”  She was the co-producer and editor with Emile de Antonio and Haskell Wexler of “Underground” and edited several more de Antonio films. She recently edited Anne Makepeace’s “Rain in a Dry Land” and Julia Reichart’s Emmy-nominated film “A Lion in the House.” She also served as additional editor for “Trouble the Water,” (Special Jury Prize Winner, Sundance 2008.)  Mary began her editing career with Ricky Leacock and D.A. Pennebaker as an associate editor on “Monterey Pop” and “One P.M.,” a film by Jean-Luc Godard.

Sound Editor/Mixer/Designer
ADAM PARRISH KING
Sound designer of “Special” (Sundance 2006), sound designer of installation work by Hungarian filmmaker, Peter Forgac, appearing at the Getty Center. In 2006 Adam directed and edited sound an academy-award nominated animated short, “The Wraith of Cobble Hill,” (Jury Prize Sundance Film Festival 2006.)

Composer
STEVEN GUTHEINZ
Steven has been hailed by critics as “one of the most promising young film composers on the scene today” and “at the forefront of a new generation of film composers.” His credits include “The Pursuit of Happiness,” (New Orleans, Big Bear Film Festival) “Trekkies,” (Hamptons, AFI Los Angeles) and “The Wraith of Cobble Hill.” (Sundance, SXSW)

SELECTED ADVISORS

BARBARA KOPPLE
Two-time Academy Award Winner for best feature documentary. Harlan County USA, winner of the 1977 Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary. In 1991, “Harlan County, USA” was named to the National Film Registry by Congress and designated an American Film Classic.

JACK SHOLDER
Professor & Director of Motion Picture & Television Production at Western Carolina University. Director of “The Hidden,” “Nightmare on Elm Street 2,” “Renegades” and HBO’s “By Dawn’s Early Light,” Sholder was an editor on 1970’s “King – From Montgomery to Memphis,” nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary.