BIOS
Director / Producer / Writer
Mark Mori
Mark Mori is an Academy Award-nominated (Building Bombs), Emmy Award-winning (Kent State, The Day the War Came Home) documentary filmmaker and former labor organizer. His feature documentary, Bettie Page Reveals All, won Best Documentary (Garden State and Cine-Kink Film Festivals), was released theatrically in the US (2013-14) and continues in worldwide distribution.
Narrator
Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon, an Academy Award® winner for Dead Man Walking and five-time Oscar® nominee, has created iconic roles in Thelma & Louise, Bull Durham, Atlantic City, and more. She has made a career of choosing diverse and challenging projects in film as well as television. Most recently, you can see Susan in the Emmy nominated ensemble Netflix film, Nonnas.
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Contributing Producer
Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin, Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning, and Tony-nominated actor, has built a remarkable career in film, television, and theater. He starred in 30 Rock, earning seven record SAG Awards, and appeared in films including The Hunt for Red October, Glengarry Glen Ross, and Blue Jasmine. He also hosts iHeartRadio’s Here’s the Thing.
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Original Score
Wendy Blackstone
Wendy Blackstone is an award-winning composer. Her work is a testament to her passion and commitment to film scoring. Wendy has scored over 140 films and TV shows, ten of which have won or been nominated for an Academy Award. She is the first woman signed to CAA and one of the first women invited to the music branch of the Academy of Motion Pictures arts and Science.
Producer / Digital Cinematographer / Editor
Bob Judson
Bob Judson is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker with 35 years of experience in production, editing, post-production, and project management.
Producer
Monica Matulich
Producer Monica Matulich has 20 years of experience as a documentary film producer, consultant and publicist, including for #10 DeSean Jackson: The Making of a Father’s Dream.
Producer / Writer
Glenn Silber
Glenn Silber is an Academy Award–nominated and Emmy Award–winning documentary filmmaker and veteran network news producer. His acclaimed work includes The War at Home and El Salvador: Another Vietnam. Silber has earned top honors, including the Dupont-Columbia Silver Baton, George Polk Award, Writers Guild Award, and multiple Emmys.
Writer
Brandyn Cross
Brandyn Cross has 15 years of experience as a television writer. He is a wheelchair reliant, high-functioning autistic activist. Brandyn, a former railroad engineer and union member, lost his leg due to a preventable accident at work because of his employer’s negligence for which his employer was later found culpable in a civil suit.
Co-Producer
Dennis L.A. White
Dennis L.A. White is an accomplished actor, producer, director, writer, and activist with nearly three decades in entertainment. Known for his role as Damion “D-Roc” Butler in Notorious, he has appeared in numerous films and series, directed acclaimed projects, and founded the M.O.R.P.H. Foundation to combat racial profiling.
Consulting Producer
Deborah Shaffer
Resource Development Producer
Roberta Bryant
Editor
Leigh Anne Sides
Leigh Anne Sides is a producer and editor with over 15 years of experience in film and television. She worked on the Academy Award®-winning Taxi to the Dark Side and has edited for National Geographic, PBS, and major networks. Her honors include six Emmy® nominations and a CINE Golden Eagle Award.
Associate Editor / Associate Producer
Kailey Anderson
Associate Producer and Assistant Editor Kailey Anderson is an accomplished actress and filmmaker, known for her film Theatre 904, which she wrote, directed, and starred in, earning her Best Actress and Best of Fest nominations at the Strasberg Film Festival. Her non-fiction anthology Letters to May was screened at the Junk Dump Film Festival. She is a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
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Moderator of ETHOS Film
Awards Screening
Katharine "Kat" Kramer
Katharine “Kat” Kramer is an award-winning actress, producer, and founder of KAT KRAMER’S FILMS THAT CHANGE THE WORLD, an international series highlighting socially conscious film. Daughter of filmmaker Stanley Kramer and actress Karen Sharpe-Kramer, she is also Katharine Hepburn’s goddaughter and a former Miss Golden Globe Ambassador and creative leader.
Consultant
Nick Nunez
With three decades of experience in film market research, Nick specializes in test screenings and focus groups.