Supplement Booklet 1 PARTNERS

PARTNERS

American Public Television British Pathe Kurz Family Foundation Consulate General of Israel, Office of Cultural Affairs in North America ITVS Morgan Stanley Wealth Management PBS AmDoc/POV WGBH/WORLD Channel Wyncote Foundation Horace Barker Brenda Neal anonymous

IN KIND DONORS

Nunu Chocolates Brooklyn Whatever Hartmann Doherty, Rosa, Berman,Bulbulbia, LLC, Attorneys at Law

2 VENUES AND HOTELS

INPUT 2018 RELEASE Please note: INPUT 2018 is being photographed and the Opening Reception on April 30 will be videotaped by Forest Creatures Foundation, the host of the conference. Participation in the conference, (INPUT 2018) including without limitation attending any INPUT 218 panels, parties or events, acknowledges consent to any and all uses of, without limitation, your portrait, voice, name, and/or likeness, in any and all media and for any and all purposes including, without limitation, any videos, still pictures, and/or other photographic reproductions and sound recordings in which you may be portrayed.

Event Venues

Brooklyn Winery | 213 North 8th Street | 11211 Commissioning Editors Luncheon (Wednesday, May 2)

POV | American Documentary | 20 Jay Street | Brooklyn 11201 Post Party (Friday, May 4)

Liberty Warehouse | 260 Conover Street | Brooklyn 11231 Midweek Party (Thursday, May 3)

Weylin Hall | 175 Broadway | Brooklyn 11211 Opening Plenary & Reception (Monday, April 30)

Williamsburg Cinemas | 217 Grand Street | Brooklyn 11211 Films, Films & Lunch Panels (Tuesday May 1 - Friday, May 4)

Wythe Hotel | Private Dining Room| 80 Wythe Avenue | Brooklyn 11249 Conversation with NOVA (Tuesday, May 1)

Hotels

Henry Norman Hotel | 239 N Henry Street | Brooklyn 11222

Hotel Le Jolie | 235 Meeker Avenue | Brooklyn 11211

POD Brooklyn Hotel | 247 Metropolitan Avenue | Brooklyn 11211

The Williamsburg Hotel | 96 Wythe Avenue | Brooklyn 11249

Wythe Hotel | 80 Wythe Avenue | Brooklyn 11249

Please refer to WAZE or MAPS for directions

3 MIDWEEK PARTY

MIDWEEK PARTY

SUNSET over the Statue of Liberty DRINKS, DINNER, DANCING, MUSIC & FUN featuring: Atomic funk project Thursday, May 3, 2018 260 Conover Street, Brooklyn • Transportation Available 6pm - 11pm • $40.00 REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Go on-line or at the registration desk.

4 FOREST CREATURES FOUNDATION

VISION Our vision is one of peaceful coexistence. Film, television, new media, the dramatic arts, and other related disciplines of the arts are powerful tools that can be used for the purpose of establishing peace, coexistence and community. MISSION e mission of the Forest Creatures Foundation is to build an enduring legacy of peace, coexistence, and community through the use of ﬁlm, television, new media, the dramatic arts, and other related disciplines of the arts.

e dramatic arts can provide a unique experiential understanding of conﬂict and its resolution. e Foundation seeks to further understand how to use this to establish an authentic peace.

Independent ﬁlm, television, and other media have a unique cultural impact which the Foundation supports to further establish its vision.

e Foundation pays special attention to the relationship of the mission to the needs of children, since childhood experiences play a signiﬁcant role in later social impact. OBJECTIVE e objective of Forest Creatures Foundation is to support an interface of independent media with the established media and entertainment industries as this relates to the vision and mission of the Foundation. We have a particular focus on children, healing the victims of abuse and neglect, and how “it takes a village" to accomplish the vision and mission of the Foundation.

For more information about getting involved, joining our e-mail list, or supporting our work, please contact us at: [email protected] or www.forestcreatures.org

5 LUNCH PANELS AND OTHER EVENTS

Free box lunches are available at all lunch sessions at the Williamsburg Cinemas. (First come, first served.) Free meals prepared by acclaimed chefs with wine and beer at off-site locations. (Sign up at the registration desk is encouraged. Wait list and walk-ins allowed depending availability.) All venues are within walking distance.

PANEL DAY/TIME LOCATION Maneuvering US Public Television Tuesday, May 1 Williamsburg Cinemas Lunchtime Cinema 7 12:00 – 13:00

Conversation with NOVA Tuesday, May 1 Wythe Hotel | Private Dining Room Lunchtime 80 Wythe Avenue 12:00 – 13:00

Commissioning Editors Luncheon Wednesday, May 2 Brooklyn Winery Lunchtime 213 North 8th Street 12:00 – 13:00

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story Thursday, May 3 Williamsburg Cinemas Lunchtime Cinema 7 12:30 – 14:30

Diversity and US Public Television Thursday, May 3 Williamsburg Cinemas Lunchtime Cinema 6 12:30 – 13:30

Financing Independent Production Friday, May 4 Williamsburg Cinemas for US Public Television Lunchtime Cinema 7 13:00 – 14:00

OTHER EVENTS EVENT DAY/TIME LOCATION Orientation Session Monday, April 30 Weylin (downstairs) with Moderator Eren McGinnis 14:00 - 15:00 175 Broadway, Brooklyn

Midweek Party Thursday, May 3 The Liberty Warehouse 18:00 – 23:00 260 Conover Street, Brooklyn

Post Party Friday, May 4 POV 18:30 20 Jay Street, Suite 940, Brooklyn

6 MANEUVERING US PUBLIC TELEVISION

Erika Howard - Introduction/Moderator Director of Audience Engagement and Station Marketing at POV Erika is the Director of Audience Engagement and Station Marketing at POV, the longest running independent documentary series on public television. POV films have won every major film and broadcasting award, and most recently received an Academy Award nomination for Last Men in Aleppo. In her role, Erika collaborates closely with PBS stations nationwide on marketing and publicity efforts, and leads impact/engagement initiatives, such as “Our America: Documentary in Dialogue.” Previously, she was the marketing manager for Women Make Movies, the largest distributor of documentary films directed by and about women. Sharon Wong WORLD Channel Digital Producer Under her direction worldchannel.org has evolved from a basic platform into a multi-dimensional site with a library of streamable content. WORLD’s social media presence has also expanded with regular online events and engaging daily posts to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Sharon produces WORLD’s Facebook Watch series, Stories From The Stage which has attracted 110k viewers. Each episode showcases storytelling in front of a live audience by both masterful and first-time storytellers and can be enjoyed internationally. Margaret Ebrahim Senior Director, News & Public Affairs, PBS Margaret “Mishi” Ebrahim serves as PBS Senior Director of News & Public Affairs programming. While at PBS, Ebrahim has overseen the PBS 2016 presidential election slate of programs and limited series such as The Contenders, #MeToo, Now What? and the upcoming Breaking Big. Prior to joining PBS, Ebrahim was an award-winning journalist and producer at some of the most successful media organizations, including CBS News 60 Minutes and ABC News as well as the Center for Public Integrity and the Investigative Reporting Workshop. She helped re-launch National Geographic’s Explorer documentary series, and developed new digital video series for that media organization. Ebrahim was a producer for the groundbreaking SHOWTIME climate change series Years of Living Dangerously (Season 1) winner of the 2014 Emmy Award for outstanding nonfiction series. As senior producer at the Investigative Reporting Workshop, a nonprofit journalism organization in Washington D.C., Ebrahim oversaw television, web and feature film projects, including co-productions with PBS FRONTLINE.

7 MANEUVERING US PUBLIC TELEVISION (cont’d)

Cynthia Fenneman President and CEO, APT Cynthia A. Fenneman is president and CEO of American Public Television (APT), a leading distributor of high quality, viewer-favorite programs to U.S. public television’s 350+ stations. With more than 35 years of broadcasting and production experience, she brings invaluable knowledge of the media industry to her post. During her tenure, she has led the company in new strategic and creative directions – from the 2006 launch of Create® TV, the dynamic 24/7 lifestyle channel, to the 2010 distribution of WORLD?, the nonfiction news and documentary channel. In the ‘90s and prior to joining APT, Fenneman served as president of Fenneman Productions, major projects executive on the launch team for Discovery Health Channel, and special projects director for PBS’s Democracy Project. As an independent producer, she was executive producer for programs such as A&E Biography, PBS’s Ciao Italia, and American Public Television fundraising specials. For eight years, Fenneman led the broadcasting and national/local production division at New Hampshire Public Television. For Westinghouse Broadcasting, she held numerous management and producing positions at KYW/Philadelphia, KPIX/San Francisco and WJZ/Baltimore. Fenneman has produced a wide range of programming from the Live Aid highlights special in London to U.S. Presidential Debates and Evening/PM Magazine to daily live talk shows. She has been honored with more than 40 international, national and regional awards, including 12 Emmys® and a Peabody, and is a frequent juror for the Banff World Television Festival, duPont-Columbia Awards, History Makers and other content review panels. Tamara Gould Senior Vice President of National Production and Strategic Partnerships, ITVS Tamara Gould is the senior vice president of national production and strategic partnerships at Independent Television Service (ITVS). Gould directs multiple initiatives and campaigns in her current role, including Women and Girls Lead, a multi-year public broadcasting initiative comprised of 50 documentaries about women and girls with the participation of major celebrities, academics, filmmakers, thought leaders and government representatives. In addition to this domestic campaign, Gould developed Women and Girls Lead Global, a multi-year public-private partnership with USAID, Ford Foundation, and CARE to use content and social engagement to support on-the-ground efforts that advocate gender-based equality in nine countries around the world. Gould also developed the Diverse Muslim Voices media exchange, a documentary initiative to foster and enhance greater understanding of the Muslim world supported by private philanthropic partners. Additionally, Gould has served as the production executive for over 130 ITVS-funded programs over last eight years and spearheaded the Global Perspectives Project, a documentary exchange program between the US and global filmmakers. Gould graduated from Brown University with an honors bachelor’s degree in anthropology and film and received her master’s in cinema and social change from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

8 MANEUVERING US PUBLIC TELEVISION (cont’d)

Eliza Licht VP of Content Strategy and Engagement, POV A longtime member of POV’s senior management team, Licht works closely with POV’s executive producer and other senior staff to set priorities and direction for the series and with POV’s programming team on series selection. Licht is an industry leader in developing and implementing community engagement strategies to maximize the impact and visibility of documentary films. She builds and oversees broad program strategies through engagement, communications, digital, station relations and fundraising. Licht has spearheaded engagement campaigns for over 200 films, including American Promise, Food, Inc. and Last Train Home. She works with public television stations, educators, and community organizations to present screenings of POV films and to develop and distribute accompanying educational resource materials to audiences nationwide. Through her work, she has built a national network of over 10,000 organizations committed to leveraging the power of documentary film as a tool for dialogue and engagement. Since joining POV in 2001, she has expanded POV’s community activities by nearly 400% and increased POV’s educational efforts by over 600%. Eliza frequently represents POV at conferences and festivals. She has appeared on panels at AFI Docs, IFP Film Week, Tribeca Film Institute, DocEdge Kolkata and DMZ Docs. Gayle Loeber Director of Content, NETA Gayle Loeber is the Content Director for the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) in Columbia, South Carolina. She has worked in public television for more than 40 years, both at the station level (Nebraska ETV, KVIE/Sacramento, WLIW/Long Island, and Mississippi Public Broadcasting) and at the national level (ITVS and NETA). Much of her job involves coaching independent and station producers one on one, helping them understand the content and packaging requirements for national program distribution. Loeber has served on funding and review panels for the ITVS/LInCS, the Native American Public Telecommunications (now Vision Maker Media), the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), the Latino Public Broadcasting organization (LPB), and Kentucky Educational Television’s Independent Fund, as well as the prestigious INPUT U.S. pre-selection panel.

9 MANEUVERING US PUBLIC TELEVISION (cont’d)

Stephen Segaller VP of Programming, WNET Stephen Segaller oversees all national programming from WNET’s producing subsidiaries – THIRTEEN, WLIW21 and Creative News Group. Among these productions are: Nature, Great Performances, American Masters, Secrets of the Dead, PBS NewsHour Weekend,Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, Cyberchase, NYCArts, and Reel 13; and documentary series featuring Henry Louis Gates Jr., Niall Ferguson, Simon Schama and Alan Alda among others. At WNET, he has executive-produced PBS documentary series such as Ascent of Money and The War of the World, both with Niall Ferguson; Extreme Oil; Red Gold: The Epic Story of Blood; individual documentaries such as Srebrenica – A Cry From The Grave; David Grubin’s Kofi Annan: Center of the Storm; Walter Cronkite’s last two documentaries City At War: London Calling and Legacy of War; the films of Frederick Wiseman; films by Roger Weisberg including the Academy Award-nominated Sound and Fury; Worse Than War with Daniel Goldhagen, directed by Mike DeWitt; Orchestra of Exiles by Josh Aronson; It’s A Hard Knock Life: Annie by Joshua Seftel; and Shakespeare Uncovered, produced by Richard Denton. This unique series brings the personal passions of its celebrated hosts to tell the stories behind Shakespeare’s greatest plays. He created the international documentary series Wide Angle and the investigative journalism series Expose for PBS. In 2011, he was Executive-in-charge of the multiple award-winning documentary series Women, War & Peace – produced by Abigail Disney, Gini Reticker and Pamela Hogan – the first series ever to consider war, conflict and peacemaking from the point of view of women as combatants, casualties and peacemakers. In 2013, Segaller helped oversee the expansion of the PBS NewsHour broadcast tradition with a PBS NewsHour Weekend newscast on both Saturday and Sunday. The half-hour program is anchored by Hari Sreenivasan and produced at the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center

10 CONVERSATION WITH NOVA

Lesley Norman - Moderator Executive Producer, National Programming, WNET Lesley Norman is an experienced production executive who has worked for 30 years in production, editorial, outreach, engagement, and grant and fundraising management. Previously Ms. Norman served as the Senior Producer for the Peabody award-winning PBS series 180 Days: A Year Inside An American High School. Prior to that, she was Executive Director of Filmmakers Collaborative, and Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of JumpStart Productions. While at JumpStart, she was the Executive in Charge of the award-winning PBS series NOW. Ms. Norman also served as Vice President and Production Executive of David Grubin Productions and worked on award-winning productions such as The Secret Life of the Brain, Napoleon and Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided. She has worked at WGBH, Blackside Productions, and as an independent producer. Ms. Norman has received numerous honors for creative achievement including three Emmy awards for her work on NOW, and the Edward R. Murrow award from the Overseas Press Club for her senior producing role on the film Child Brides, Stolen Lives. Melanie Wallace Senior Producer, NOVA Melanie Wallace is passionate about public media and has been for over twenty years serving in many different capacities from production assistant to film director. Currently, she is the Senior Series Producer forNOVA , now approaching its 45th season, which is produced by Boston’s WGBH TV for public television. In her role, Melanie is connected to all aspects of production and works closely with NOVA’s Senior Executive Producer, Paula Apsell. Together, they search for new talent, innovative program ideas, and new co-production opportunities. Melanie is the driving force behind the deals brokered between NOVA and NOVA’s numerous international partners such as the BBC, ARTE, ABC Australia, NHK , and CCTV to mention a few. Another aspect of Melanie’s job is one of ambassador, traveling worldwide to promote the NOVA brand and to raise awareness of NOVA’s highly acclaimed, award-winning science programming while highlighting the role NOVA plays in the USA to enhance science literacy. Recently, she has attended gatherings in France, China, Hong Kong, Germany, Brazil, and Greece where she was invited to share NOVA’s experiences of using the power of television to excite the general public about science. Additionally, she is called upon to serve as a juror for a variety of awards including the News and Documentary Emmy Awards, Alfred I DuPont -Columbia Awards, the Jackson Hole Wildlife Festival and even the Beijing Science Festival. Before assuming the role of Senior Series Producer, Melanie was a staff producer/director, writing, directing and supervising numerous programs and series for NOVA and WGBH.

11 COMMISSIONING EDITORS LUNCHEON

Tamara Gould - Producer of the Commissioning Editors Luncheon Senior Vice President of National Production and Strategic Partnerships, ITVS See Bio Page 8 Stephanie Carter Executive Producer, Secrets of the Dead, WNET Stephanie Carter is the Executive Producer of the long-running, national forensic science series Secrets of the Dead. Having spent several years working as a writer and editor for various magazines and websites, she transitioned to television production in 2005. Since then, she has worked on countless documentaries and documentary series including the Emmy-winning Mysterious Human Heart and The Human Spark with Alan Alda. She was also a producer on numerous series from Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr’s including African American Lives, Finding Your Roots and the Peabody-, Emmy- and DuPont-award winning African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross. Stephanie has served on several panels for New York Women in Film & Television and Brooklyn Film Festival events. Margaret Ebrahim Senior Director, News & Public Affairs, PBS See Bio Page 7 Maxyne Franklin Doc Society (UK) Maxyne Franklin is one of the founding Directors of Doc Society and shares responsibility for overseeing the film funding programs. She also sits on the selection committee for the Good Pitch events and oversees the annual Doc Impact Awards; celebrating the films that have made the biggest impact on society. For Doc Society, Maxyne has executive produced a number of award winning films including Virunga, All These Sleepless Nights, Hooligan Sparrow, The Possibilities are Endless, The Square, Pussy Riot, Hell & Back Again, Ping Pong and Afghan Star. As of 2015, Maxyne relocated to NY to head up the US office, BRITDOC Inc. Since there she has been deepening relationships with partners and working with our talented collective of US based filmmakers. Laetitia Giansily-Doyle Sales and Acquisitions, Head of US Office / TERRANOA Laetitia started her professional career in the US as Cooperation Attaché at the Cultural Service of the French Consulate in San Francisco. She spent 10 years working in the audiovisual industry and has worked successively for ITVS production (San Francisco), France Television (sports department) and joined in 2007, the sales team of the distribution arm of Lagardere Group, where she served as its International Sales Manager for 4 years. Since 2012, she is based in Washington DC, acting as the Acquisitions and Sales Representative for the distribution company Terranoa- specialists in documentary films, series and factual content. Laetitia’s role includes: developing and sourcing documentary films and catalogues from independent producers and filmmakers; handling pre-sales and co-productions; and overseeing sales to the Americas, Australia, Southern Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. In 2015 she received a TIVA Award “Salute to Excellence in Media Distribution”

12 COMMISSIONING EDITORS LUNCHEON (cont’d)

Eliza Licht VP of Content Strategy and Engagement, POV See Bio Page 9 Michael Kantor Executive Producer, American Masters, WNET Michael Kantor joined American Masters as the series’ executive producer in April 2014 during its 28th season on PBS. In 2016, Kantor founded the theatrical imprint American Masters Pictures and launched the American Masters Podcast. An Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker, Kantor’s PBS series include Broadway: The American Musical (hosted by Julie Andrews), Make `Em Laugh (hosted by Billy Crystal) and Superheroes (hosted by Liev Schreiber). He served as executive producer of Give Me the Banjo with Steve Martin, and distributes the American Film Theatre series including Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance, starring Katharine Hepburn, and Chekhov’s Three Sisters with Laurence Olivier. Kantor has co-authored three books, serves as a Tony nominator, and taught producing at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Fred Kaufman Executive Producer, NATURE, WNET Fred Kaufman is one of the world’s leading executives in the natural history genre. As the executive producer of the acclaimed PBS Nature series, Kaufman has won seven Emmys and two Peabody Awards. He has been with Nature since its beginning in 1982 and has overseen it since 1991. During his tenure, Nature has been honored with hundreds of industry awards. In 2012, Kaufman was named the recipient of the International Wildlife Film Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Media. In 2010, he accepted the Outstanding Achievement Award from the prestigious Wildscreen Film Festival in Bristol, England. It was the first time in the 20-year history of the festival that the award was presented to an American wildlife series. In 2009, Kaufman executive produced The Legend of Pale Male, an award-winning feature documentary that chronicled the legendary hawk that nested on a Fifth Avenue building in New York City. In 2002, he created and executive produced an urban wildlife series for kids called Wild TV. And in 1994, he developed and executive produced a series of wildlife specials featuring celebrities called In the Wild. Memorable shows from the series included Dolphins with Robin Williams, Orangutan with Julia Roberts and Lions with Anthony Hopkins. Kaufman is a member of the Director’s Guild of America and the Writer’s Guild of America. He appears regularly on public television pledge drives as a spokesman for quality natural history television. Grazyna Krupa CBC Lesley Norman Executive Producer, National Programming, WNET See Bio Page 11 Stephen Segaller Vice President, Programming, WNET See Bio Page 10

Others, as needed, to be determined.

13 BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY

Michael Kantor - Moderator Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story Executive Producer, American Masters, WNET Michael Kantor joined American Masters as the series’ executive producer in April 2014 during its 28th season on PBS. In 2016, Kantor founded the theatrical imprint American Masters Pictures and launched the American Masters Podcast. An Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker, Kantor’s PBS series include Broadway: The American Musical (hosted by Julie Andrews), Make `Em Laugh (hosted by Billy Crystal) and Superheroes (hosted by Liev Schreiber). He served as executive producer of Give Me the Banjo with Steve Martin, and distributes the American Film Theatre series including Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance, starring Katharine Hepburn, and Chekhov’s Three Sisters with Laurence Olivier. Kantor has co-authored three books, serves as a Tony nominator, and taught producing at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Alexandra Dean Director/Screenwriter/Producer Alexandra Dean is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and a documentary director and producer. She produced news-magazine documentaries for PBS before becoming a series and documentary producer at Bloomberg television, producing the series Innovators about inventors who shape our world. She also wrote about invention for Businessweek magazine. Today, she is a founding partner at Reframed Pictures. “Bombshell: the Hedy Lamarr Story” is her first feature documentary, and it is about to have its television debut on PBS American Masters. The film debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival 2017 and went on to win five audience awards at festivals around the country and best documentary of 2017 from NY Critics Online Society and the Women’s Film Critics Circle, and she is absolutely thrilled to be traveling the world with it, and talking to women who like to shake things up just like Hedy Lamarr.

14 DIVERSITY AND US PUBLIC TV

Leslie Fields-Cruz MODERATOR Executive Director of Black Public Media (BPM) Leslie Fields-Cruz is the Executive Director of Black Public Media (BPM) and the Executive Producer of BPM’s signature award winning series, “AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange”. Leslie joined BPM, formerly National Black Programming Consortium, in 2001 managing the company’s content development and distribution to public media. Prior to joining BPM, Leslie was a Program Coordinator at the Creative Capital Foundation and the Membership Director at the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers (AIVF). She served on the board of Women Make Movies from 2005 – 2013. Susie Hernandez Sr. Director of Programming and KQED Presents Susie Hernandez is the Sr. Director of Programming and KQED Presents and the Executive Producer of Film School Shorts and Truly CA series for KQED, the San Francisco/Bay Area PBS and NPR station. She has been in public media for over 20 years in distribution, marketing and programming. Prior to her role at KQED, Susie was the TV Program Director at Arizona Public Media in Tucson and previously she worked at the Independent Television Service (ITVS) as Director of Broadcast, working with independent producers and PBS on national series like Independent Lens and POV. She is a member of the Programming Advisory Council for PBS, and project reviewer for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the National Minority Consortia (NMC), and other major public arts organizations. Garland McLaurin Garland McLaurin is a Peabody-Award winning filmmaker. His current project POPS, funded by ITVS Digital and Black Public Media, is a web-series that explores fatherhood for African American men. He co-directed/ produced the Peabody winning documentary series, “180 Days A Year Inside An American High School and Hartsville” that aired on PBS. Bernardo Ruiz Bernardo Ruiz is a two-time Emmy® nominated documentary director and producer based in New York. He was born in Guanajuato, Mexico and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. His directorial feature debut, Reportero, (POV, 2013) about attacks on the press in Mexico premiered at Full Frame (U.S.), IDFA (Europe) and Ambulante (Mexico). His second feature documentary, Kingdom of Shadows (POV, 2016) premiered at SXSW in the U.S. and IDFA in Europe. Previously he created and Executive Produced the two part bilingual PBS series, “The Graduates/Los Graduados” (Independent Lens, 2013). Ruiz also wrote, directed and produced Roberto Clemente (PBS, 2008)which was awarded the NCLR, “Alma” Award for “Outstanding Made for Television Documentary.” Ruiz is a recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) fellowship in film and was awarded the Rockefeller Bellagio residency. His work has been funded by the Ford Foundation, the MacArthur foundation Sundance, ITVS, Cinereach and the Fledgling Fund, among others. In His latest feature documentary, “Harvest Season”, follows the behind-the-scenes players in the premium California wine business who are essential to their industry, yet rarely recognized for their contributions. The film delves into the “backstage” action of this industry by following three people whose lives and livelihoods are intimately tied to winemaking in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. Their stories unfold at a time of significant change in the California wine industry, and during one of the most dramatic grape harvests in decades. 15 FINANCING INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

Gordon Quinn - Moderator and Producer Founder and Artistic Director, Kartemquin Films Artistic Director and founding member of Kartemquin Films, Gordon Quinn has been making documentaries for over 50 years. Roger Ebert, of the Chicago Sun Times, called his first film Home for Life (1966) “an extraordinarily moving documentary.” With Home for Life Gordon established the direction he would take for the next four decades, making cinéma vérité films that investigate and critique society by documenting the unfolding lives of real people. At Kartemquin, Gordon created a legacy that is an inspiration for young filmmakers and a home where they can make high-quality, social-issue documentaries. Gordon currently executive produces and works creatively on all of our current productions. Kartemquin’s best known film,Hoop Dreams (1994), executive produced by Gordon, was released theatrically to unprecedented critical acclaim. Jon Alpert Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV) Jon Alpert produced and directed dozens of acclaimed documentaries, winning 16 Emmy Awards and two Academy Award nominations. He has also won four Columbia DuPont Awards, two Overseas Press Awards and a Peabody Award. More than a hundred of his reports and documentaries from across the United States and around the world have been broadcast on HBO, NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, ESPN, Canadian, and Japanese networks. Alpert is the Co-Founder/Co-Executive Director of the Downtown community Television Center (DCTV), the oldest and most honored non-profit community media arts center in the country. It is located in a landmark Tribeca firehouse in New York City. Laetitia Giansily-Doyle Sales and Acquisitions, Head of US Office / TERRANOA Laetitia started her professional career in the US as Cooperation Attaché at the Cultural Service of the French Consulate in San Francisco. She spent 10 years working in the audiovisual industry and has worked successively for ITVS production(San Francisco), France Television (sports department) and joined in 2007, the sales team of the distribution arm of Lagardere Group, where she served as its International Sales Manager for 4 years. Since 2012, she is based in Washington DC, acting as the Acquisitions and Sales Representative for the distribution company Terranoa- specialists in documentary films, series and factual content. Laetitia’s role includes: developing and sourcing documentary films and catalogues from independent producers and filmmakers; handling pre-sales and co-productions; and overseeing sales to theAmericas, Australia, Southern Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. In 2015 she received a TIVA Award “Salute to Excellence in Media Distribution”

16 FINANCING INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION (cont’d)

Peter Hamilton Managing Director, Peter Hamilton Consultants Inc Editor/Publisher, DocumentaryBusiness.com Peter Hamilton is a senior consultant who works with channels, governments, non-profits, investors and producers on their business development projects. A former CBS executive, Peter’s clients since 1987 have included CBS, NBC, A+E Networks, Scripps, Nat Geo, Smithsonian Networks, WNET and Singapore’s IMDA. He has planned and helped launch dozens of channels worldwide, notably for Discovery International. His recent credits include productions with Bill Gates (EP) and David Attenborough (Development Executive). Peter was educated in Australia and at the Wharton School, UPenn (MBA). Peter Hamilton Consultants, Inc. is based in New York. Justine Nagan Executive Director/Executive Producer of American Documentary - POV Justine Nagan is the Executive Director of American Documentary, Inc., and an Executive Producer on its two signature series, POV (PBS) and America Reframed (World Channel in partnership with WGBH). POV is the longest- running independent documentary series on television. She is a strong believer in the important role of public media in a democracy; diversity and independent voices in popular culture and of documentary as a tool for civic dialogue, new thinking, and social change. Prior to coming to AmDoc, Justine led Kartemquin Films as Executive Director for seven years, as well as being an Emmy Award-winning Executive Producer on all KTQ films including Life Itself and The Interrupters by Steve James and The Trials of Muhammad Ali by Bill Siegel. Justine successfully transitioned to the ED role in a historic founder-led organization, and under her leadership, the organization significantly expanded its programs to assist documentary filmmakers and saw unprecedented levels of production and financial growth. During her tenure over 20 projects had world premieres including the ambitious Dupont Award-winning six-hour series Hard Earned for Al Jazeera America. She left the organization with a robust production pipeline and a strong financial footing including $1M in support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur and Sage Foundations. With Kartemquin, she also directed Typeface, an award-winning documentary on American typography and graphic design and the doc short Sacred Transformations. Justine has a certificate in Non-Profit Management from Harvard Business School and a Masters from the University of Chicago in the Humanities/Cinema and Media Studies. She is active in the media community and was one of the founding board members of Good Pitch Chicago. Justine lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband Matt and two young sons.

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 INPUT 2018 TEAM

Leonard Kurz Forest Creatures Foundation, Ltd. Executive Producer

Mark Berman Hartmann, Doherty, Rosa, Berman, Bulbulia, LLC Legal Counsel

Robin Fineman Hartmann, Doherty, Rosa, Berman, Bulbulia, LLC Legal Counsel

Stuart Weissman SWP Inc. Event Producer

Shanthi Stone JG23 Productions Inc. Event Producer

Pia Winslow pia b event designs & production Event Producer

Ed Damico All Visual Productions Head Engineer In Charge

Philip Hack Vision Unlimited NY Head of Video Content

Tony Bandelato Audio Intercom Services Head of Communications

Mike Murphy 12 K Productions Head of Audio

Paul Ewen Independent Contractor Graphics

Tony Melchior Melchior Productions LLC Production Manager Opening Night Reception

David Hunkins Dot and Cross Site Plans and Drawings

Jason Romero R&L Manpower Inc Location Control

Barbara Schenendorf Kimmel Project Design LLC Graphic Design

Viviene Shirley Independent contractor Catering Management/Manager

Marko Jokic Independent Contractor Photographer

Salvador Espinoza Independent Contractor Photographer

Howard Leib Law Offices of Howard Leib, Esq. PC Consultant

Andrew Sillen Independent Contractor Development Consultant

Antoinette Camarano Independent Contractor Production Assistant

Alex Elezovic Housman & Elezovic, LLP Accountant

Lauren Severiano Housman & Elezovic, LLP Accountant

Williamsburg Cinemas Event Venue

Weylin Event Venue

Liberty Warehouse Event Venue

Wythe Hotel Event Venue

Brooklyn Winery Event Venue

MOFAD Catering

Bite Catering 24 INPUT 2018 TEAM (cont’d)

For WNET: Neal Shapiro President & CEO, WNET

Stephen Segaller VP, Programming, WNET

John Servidio VP, Subsidiary Stations, WNET; & General Manager, NJTV

Lesley Norman Executive Producer, National Programming, WNET

Patricia Northrop General Counsel, NJTV

For Brooklyn College:

Michelle Anderson President

William Tramontano Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Katherine Fry Professor and Department Chairperson, Television and Radio

Maria Ann Conelli Dean, School of Visual, Media, and Performing Arts

Stephanie Jensen-Moulton Chair, Conservatory of Music

Todd Michael Galitz Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Executive Director, BC Foundation

Beth Farryn Levine Associate Executive Director, BC Foundation

Courtney Wendroff Associate Director, Principal Gifts BC Foundation

Charlotte Gonnord, Foundation Relations Associate, BC Foundation

Karen Gould (former President)

Thank you to numerous other members of the support team, independent contractors and vendors, WNET staff, and the faculty, staff, and volunteers from Brooklyn College.

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