GAYLEN ROSS Director / Producer / Writer
has produced, directed and written award-winning documentary films that have received national and international broadcast and exhibition. Her documentary film on New York's world of diamond dealers, DEALERS AMONG DEALERS is considered the only inside look at the incredibly cloistered world of New York’s famous diamond row, 47th Street. It was broadcast as part of the prestigious POV series on PBS, and televised as a two-part serialization for Channel 4 in the UK. It was selected for the Berlin Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Haifa Film Festival (Israel), Cinema du Reel at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, the Nyon Documentary Festival, (Switzerland), Encontros Inernacionais (Portugal) the Margaret Mead Film Festival in New York. DEALERS was awarded a Gold Plaque from the Chicago Film Festival, and named "Best of Fest" in the Edinburgh Film Festival.
Gaylen Ross produced and wrote the Emmy award winning BLOOD MONEY: SWITZERLAND’S NAZI GOLD a feature-length documentary that broke the story of the Swiss Banks and the Holocaust accounts. The film had its theatrical premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, and was a two-hour special for A&E Networks.
Her documentary for British television Channel 4 on gambling in the United States, NOT JUST LAS VEGAS was honored by the Houston International Film Festival, the Chicago film festival; for PBS and The Learning Channel, OUT OF SOLIDARITY, the story of three families from the outlawed Polish Solidarity movement; A&E Network, SELLING THE DREAM a far-reaching examination of stock and securities fraud; and TO RUSSIA FOR LOVE, on the Russian mail-order bride business. She directed the documentary LISTEN TO HER HEART: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF LAURIE BEECHMAN, the story of the acclaimed Broadway star of Cats and Phantom of the Opera and cabaret singer, narrated by Rosie O’Donnell, and is completing a film on Yale Drama actress Caris Corfman who lost her short term memory, working title CARIS PEACE.
TONY TABATZNIK Executive Producer /DOCFACTORY
is founder of DOCFACTORY, a UK based Documentary consortium producing documentary films about social issues around the world. DOCFACTORY’s mission is to bring awareness, education and creativity to important topics on the contemporary landscape. DOCFACTORY’s award-winning portfolio includes KZ and BLACK GOLD, both of which were nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in Documentary World Cinema at the Sundance Film Festival 2006.
ANDY COHEN Producer / Co-Writer
is an independent filmmaker and journalist whose work is dedicated to effecting social change and protecting human rights.
He produced and wrote several award-winning documentaries such as DEALERS AMONG DEALERS, KILLING KASZTNER, AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY; THE WORLD BEFORE HER; HOOLIGAN SPARROW; HUMAN FLOW; and directed with Gaylen Ross XIMEI and BEIJING SPRING which were shown at the FIFDH Geneva, Movies That Matter, Venice Film Festival, Telluride, Tribeca, Traverse City, Toronto International Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival among others, and broadcast on PBS, BBC, UK Ch4, ARTE, Netflix, and Amazon. Cohen also directed and wrote a nine-part series of short films on China’s leading contemporary artists in collaboration with Art Asia Pacific for which he is a contributing editor.
NOAM SHALEV Producer (Israel)
is a documentary filmmaker since 1992. His award-winning documentaries as director include PRIMETIME WAR, SHOOTING CONFLICTS, THE LAST STAND, and he has produced innumerable others among them, MAGNIFICENT FAILURE, ECSTASY, MUNICH OPERATION BAYONET, BHD-1. His company is Highlight Films http://www.highlight.co.il and most recently produced the highly acclaimed television series on Israeli army officers for Channel 2 television.
GUS D. SAMIOS Producer
ANNE FEINSILBER Producer
has produced independent films including THE CROSSING, directed by Sébastien Lifshitz; Josh Polonski’s BROTHER, and MEMOIRS OF MY NERVOUS ILLNESS, starring Tony award winning actor Jefferson May, and for television broadcasters ARTE, CANAL+, LA CINQUIEME and CHANNEL FOUR, BRAVO, VH1 and COURT TV. Her directorial debut REQUIEM FOR BILLY THE KID, a feature-length documentary was presented at the Cannes Film Festival.
BLAKE LEYH Composer
has composed scores for more than a dozen feature films, and among them the award-winning documentaries PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL; Twist Of Faith; SICK: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BOB FLANAGAN, SUPERMASOCHIST. His sound design and supervision credits include the feature films of directors Stephen Daldry, Spike Lee, Ang Lee, John Waters, Jonathan Demme, Julie Taymor and James Cameron. Blake Leyh complosed the theme music for HBO’s damatic series The Wire, and was music supervisor for its five seasons. He is now music supervisor for the new HBO series TREME.
BOB RICHMAN Director of Photography
is an award winning documentary cinematographer and Director of Photography. He won the Best Cinematography award at 2009 Sundance Film Festival for THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE. His other credits include Academy Award winner, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, and Academy Award nominee, MY ARCHITECT. His other credits include METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER, DEALERS AMONG DEALERS. He was nominated for a Prime Time Emmy for PARADISE LOST.
RONI KALDARON Director of Photography
is one of the leading Israeli cinematographers with dozens of theatrical, documentary and television credits. His latest documentary is MAGNIFICENT FAILURE, the story of South Africa artist and jazz musician Harold Rubin.
has produced, directed and written award-winning documentary films that have received national and international broadcast and exhibition. Her documentary film on New York's world of diamond dealers, DEALERS AMONG DEALERS is considered the only inside look at the incredibly cloistered world of New York’s famous diamond row, 47th Street. It was broadcast as part of the prestigious POV series on PBS, and televised as a two-part serialization for Channel 4 in the UK. It was selected for the Berlin Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Haifa Film Festival (Israel), Cinema du Reel at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, the Nyon Documentary Festival, (Switzerland), Encontros Inernacionais (Portugal) the Margaret Mead Film Festival in New York. DEALERS was awarded a Gold Plaque from the Chicago Film Festival, and named "Best of Fest" in the Edinburgh Film Festival.
Gaylen Ross produced and wrote the Emmy award winning BLOOD MONEY: SWITZERLAND’S NAZI GOLD a feature-length documentary that broke the story of the Swiss Banks and the Holocaust accounts. The film had its theatrical premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, and was a two-hour special for A&E Networks.
Her documentary for British television Channel 4 on gambling in the United States, NOT JUST LAS VEGAS was honored by the Houston International Film Festival, the Chicago film festival; for PBS and The Learning Channel, OUT OF SOLIDARITY, the story of three families from the outlawed Polish Solidarity movement; A&E Network, SELLING THE DREAM a far-reaching examination of stock and securities fraud; and TO RUSSIA FOR LOVE, on the Russian mail-order bride business. She directed the documentary LISTEN TO HER HEART: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF LAURIE BEECHMAN, the story of the acclaimed Broadway star of Cats and Phantom of the Opera and cabaret singer, narrated by Rosie O’Donnell, and is completing a film on Yale Drama actress Caris Corfman who lost her short term memory, working title CARIS PEACE.
TONY TABATZNIK Executive Producer /DOCFACTORY
is founder of DOCFACTORY, a UK based Documentary consortium producing documentary films about social issues around the world. DOCFACTORY’s mission is to bring awareness, education and creativity to important topics on the contemporary landscape. DOCFACTORY’s award-winning portfolio includes KZ and BLACK GOLD, both of which were nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in Documentary World Cinema at the Sundance Film Festival 2006.
ANDY COHEN Producer / Co-Writer
is an independent filmmaker and journalist whose work is dedicated to effecting social change and protecting human rights.
He produced and wrote several award-winning documentaries such as DEALERS AMONG DEALERS, KILLING KASZTNER, AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY; THE WORLD BEFORE HER; HOOLIGAN SPARROW; HUMAN FLOW; and directed with Gaylen Ross XIMEI and BEIJING SPRING which were shown at the FIFDH Geneva, Movies That Matter, Venice Film Festival, Telluride, Tribeca, Traverse City, Toronto International Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival among others, and broadcast on PBS, BBC, UK Ch4, ARTE, Netflix, and Amazon. Cohen also directed and wrote a nine-part series of short films on China’s leading contemporary artists in collaboration with Art Asia Pacific for which he is a contributing editor.
NOAM SHALEV Producer (Israel)
is a documentary filmmaker since 1992. His award-winning documentaries as director include PRIMETIME WAR, SHOOTING CONFLICTS, THE LAST STAND, and he has produced innumerable others among them, MAGNIFICENT FAILURE, ECSTASY, MUNICH OPERATION BAYONET, BHD-1. His company is Highlight Films http://www.highlight.co.il and most recently produced the highly acclaimed television series on Israeli army officers for Channel 2 television.
GUS D. SAMIOS Producer
ANNE FEINSILBER Producer
has produced independent films including THE CROSSING, directed by Sébastien Lifshitz; Josh Polonski’s BROTHER, and MEMOIRS OF MY NERVOUS ILLNESS, starring Tony award winning actor Jefferson May, and for television broadcasters ARTE, CANAL+, LA CINQUIEME and CHANNEL FOUR, BRAVO, VH1 and COURT TV. Her directorial debut REQUIEM FOR BILLY THE KID, a feature-length documentary was presented at the Cannes Film Festival.
BLAKE LEYH Composer
has composed scores for more than a dozen feature films, and among them the award-winning documentaries PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL; Twist Of Faith; SICK: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BOB FLANAGAN, SUPERMASOCHIST. His sound design and supervision credits include the feature films of directors Stephen Daldry, Spike Lee, Ang Lee, John Waters, Jonathan Demme, Julie Taymor and James Cameron. Blake Leyh complosed the theme music for HBO’s damatic series The Wire, and was music supervisor for its five seasons. He is now music supervisor for the new HBO series TREME.
BOB RICHMAN Director of Photography
is an award winning documentary cinematographer and Director of Photography. He won the Best Cinematography award at 2009 Sundance Film Festival for THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE. His other credits include Academy Award winner, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, and Academy Award nominee, MY ARCHITECT. His other credits include METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER, DEALERS AMONG DEALERS. He was nominated for a Prime Time Emmy for PARADISE LOST.
RONI KALDARON Director of Photography
is one of the leading Israeli cinematographers with dozens of theatrical, documentary and television credits. His latest documentary is MAGNIFICENT FAILURE, the story of South Africa artist and jazz musician Harold Rubin.