Credits
Judd Ehrlich, Producer/Director
Gary Lucas, Original Score
Pioneering underground ax-hand Gary Lucas, is a Grammy-nominated songwriter who first emerged on the scene in the early 1980s as a soloist with Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. Hailed as "one of the only guitarists who matters" by Time Out New York and "guitarist of 1,000 ideas" by The New York Times, Lucas has amassed a string of impressive credits playing with, among others, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Graham Parker, Bryan Ferry, Nick Cave, Bob Neuwirth, DJ Spooky, Joan Osborne, Leonard Bernstein and Jeff Buckley. He composed the original score for Albert Maysles' 2001 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary and HBO broadcast, LALEE'S KIN: THE LEGACY OF COTTON. Lucas recorded the score for MAYOR OF THE WEST SIDE at Loho Studios in New York City.
Larry Daley, Co-Producer
Larry Daley is a creative advisor at Warner Bros. Entertainment and former assistant to acclaimed filmmaker Tim Burton. He has supervised creative development for DC Comics, Cartoon Network, Hasbro Toys, and Warner Bros. Studios.
Jerry Weinstock, Associate Producer
Jerry Weinstock produced and directed HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARTHUR, a national broadcast on PBS and The Learning Channel, and the personal documentary DELRAY BEACH. He created the award-winning television programs, STRENGTHING FAMILIES and ON OUR OWN, for and about people with disabilities.
Ken Druckerman, Camera
Ken Druckerman, a graduate of the NYU Tisch School of the Arts, shot numerous award-winning film and television documentaries including Sandi DuBowski's TREMBLING BEFORE G-D, Alison Prete's LAVENDER LAKE, A&E's IT'S A LIVING, The Learning Channel's TRAUMA: LIFE IN THE ER and ABC's BOSTON 24/7.
Derek Wan, Camera
Derek Wan shot two HBO world premiere movies and several major films starring Chow Yun-Fat, Jet Li, Tony Leung and Michelle Yeoh. He won Best Cinematography at the Philadelphia Film Festival for Alfred Cheung's MANHATTAN MIDNIGHT, the first feature film shot in high definition video. He also directed the documentary MICHAEL LEE, award winner at the Houston Worldfest.
Ed Greene, Editor
Ed Greene edited documentary projects for PBS, Discovery Channel, History Channel and New York Times Television. He also edited Bill Platt's BLEACH, a Sundance Film Festival premiere and Student Academy Award winner starring Gretchen Mol, and produced and edited the short documentary THE BED-STUY VOLLIES, a Telluride and Academy of Television Arts and Sciences award winner.
Jeni Matson, Editor
Jeni Matson edited Abe Levy's acclaimed debut feature, MAX 13, and original programming for Oxygen Media, Sundance Channel and the Knitting Factory, as well as numerous commercial spots and music videos.
Coll Anderson, Sound Editor
Coll Anderson was production sound mixer on over 20 feature films including Steve Buscemišs critically acclaimed TREES LOUNGE and Alex Winteršs FEVER, an official selection in the Directors Fortnight at Cannes. He was sound designer on Errol Morris' Emmy winning PBS Stay Curious Advertising Campaign and supervising sound editor on Morris' 2004 Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature, THE FOG OF WAR.
Jeff Dupre, Consulting Producer
Jeff Dupre produced and directed the Sundance Film Festival award winner and national PBS broadcast OUT OF THE PAST. He was production coordinator on the Ken Burns' epic PBS series THE WEST and was the producer of Michael Kantor's six-hour PBS series, BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL.
John DeNatale, Executive in Charge for Thirteen/WNET
John DeNatale is an Emmy award-winning television producer and journalist with a long track record of leadership in a variety of public television projects. For the past 20 years Mr. DeNatale has worked in news, documentary and public affairs programming, currently as Executive Producer and Director of Local Programming for Thirteen/WNET, and previously at the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour where he was Senior Producer for National Affairs.
Major Support provided by
Jerome Foundation
National Foundation for Jewish Culture, Fund for Jewish Documentary Filmmaking
Judy and Michael Steinhardt Foundation
Additional Support provided by
Joan and Robert Arnow
Bette Bao Lord
C.D. Foundation for Retarded Children
Chase Manhattan Foundation
Freedom Forum
Freedom House
Goldman-Sachs Foundation
Marco Greenberg
Janet W. Levy Charitable Lead Trust
Liaison Agency
Mailman Foundation
Florence Marks
Reznikoff Artistic Partnership
Robert and Dale Rosen Charitable Foundation
Lynne and Robert Schwartz
Alan B. Slifka Foundation
Fay and Carl Simons Family Charitable Trust
YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities
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