DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION CREW
Producer | Director - John Lavall
is an Emmy® Award-winning producer and director from Pawtucket, Rhode Island. His work has been broadcast nationally, his films shown in festivals throughout the country. His company, Devlo Media, produces commercials, public service announcements, and documentary films that have garnered several national awards, including seven Telly Awards, ten Emmy® Nominations and four Emmy® Awards. Recently completed projects include "big world, small world", a short film about a community-based secretarial school in Ghana, West Africa, and “Home Across Lands” a documentary that explores how a small group of resettled Kunama refugees find support and reestablish their sense of community in a small New England state.
has extensive experience in the world of social purpose, non-profit organizations. She received a BA in Math and Psychology from Smith College. After earning her Masters in Public Health, she directed a health organization in the coal-mining region of Appalachia. She was also director of a rape crisis center and has worked as an organizational consultant for the Management Assistant Group (DC) and United Way of SENE. Until recently Mary owned and operated a fair-trade company designing and selling crafts from South America. In 2008, she produced “Home Across Lands”, a documentary about resettling refugees in the US. Currently she is a director of The Partnership Foundation and a board member of the Wolf School and Longitude.
Producer - Mary Copp
Cinematographer/DP - Tim Metzger
Tim Metzger is an ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINATED filmmaker and New York based cinematographer. His last film was the OSCAR® NOMINEE “Sun Come Up,” a documentary following climate change refugees in the South Pacific which he shot and produced with director Jennifer Redfearn. His work for Discovery and History Channel has taken Tim around the world for series and specials such as Engineering an Empire and The Dark Ages. Other highlights include shooting the award-winning narrative feature “Li Tong” in Beijing, climbing the Statue of Liberty for NOVA, hunting anacondas in Venezuela, and crossing the Siberian Arctic aboard a Russian nuclear icebreaker.Recently Tim served as the director of photography on the six-episode series “Rise: Rebuilding Ground Zero” for Discovery/Dreamworks
Editor - David Teague
Associate Editor - Julie Lewis
Recent work includes editing Cynthia Wade’s “Freeheld,” which won the 2008 Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short Subject and the Special Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. He also edited and was a cinematographer for Wade’s new film “Born Sweet” which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Festival, winning an Honorable Mention. He recently completed editing Jennifer Redfearn’s documentary on climate change refugees “Sun Come Up“. As a director, David's work includes “Intifada NYC” which has played festivals from New York to Ramallah and has be seen on television across the world.
is an Emmy Award winning video editor based in Providence, Rhode Island with over 30 years of news and documentary production experience with nationwide broadcast. Current films include GOLD STAR CHILDREN which premiered in 2011 in Washington D.C. In 2009 Julie won an Emmy for editing “Home Across Lands”. She has been staff editor for CBS News "60 Minutes", the Moscow Bureau and "Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt / Charles Osgood". Julie joined CNN at its startup and continued through 1986 as White House Field Producer /Editor. Julie has also won several Cine Golden Eagle awards for her editing.
Photographer - Kate Kelley
Her love for photography came from her father, who has fully documented the lives of his family over the years. Following this passion, she attended Massachusetts College of Art, graduating with distinction. Kate is drawn to the way people shape the world around them, making her landscapes into portraits of the people who are not present in the photo.
Photographer - Jonathan Beller
is an award winning photographer who works with ad agencies and editorial clients. He is comfortable with all kinds of people from celebrities, to Fortune 500 CEO's, or the everyday person. Jonathan has also been working on a long-term photo project on fans and is himself a closeted Star Wars fan. His portraits have been described as thoughtful, witty, quirky, and insightful.
