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Director/Producer
– Joel Leskowitz: An award-winning filmmaker who's
worked with Al Gore, Deepak Chopra, Ram Dass, Joe Namath, and
many other authors, athletes, leaders and influential thinkers,
Joel’s work has appeared on PBS, ABC, NBC, CBS and cable. He
has produced shows around the world, ranging from "Ayur Veda:
The Science of Life," and "Gandharva Veda: The Traditional Music
of India," to "Poets Against the War," “On Creating Health,”
and "SMILE!," a customer service program for Fortune 1000 companies.
Joel has produced films for Microsoft, Boeing, and Bank of America,
and is the winner of 11 Telly Awards, 3 Aurora Awards, 2 Summit
Awards, The Iowa Film Award, and the Videographer. He has an
MBA from MIU in Iowa and graduated from the certificate Screenwriting
program at University of Washington. Before embarking on his
career in film and video, Joel traveled the world as a teacher
of meditation. Read more about Joel at his website www.co-cre8ive.com.
Producer
– Eric (Rick) Leskowitz, MD: A board certified psychiatrist
with the Pain Management Program at Spaulding Rehabilitation
Hospital in Boston, Dr. Leskowitz has an appointment with the
Department of Psychiatry of Harvard Medical School, directs
the hospital’s Integrative Medicine Task Force, and has several
conferences on the topic of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
in Rehabilitation. He edited a recent text of the same name
(Churchill Livingstone, 2003), and has written and lectured
widely on the field of energy medicine. His September 2005 Op-Ed
in the Boston Globe, "Can Weird Science Save the Sox?" started
the process that culminated in The Joy of Sox. Read more about
Rick and his work in alternative medicine at his website www.EnergyMedicine101.com.
Producer - Karen Webb: Karen is the owner of Pinch Hit Productions, LLC, a comprehensive film production services consulting firm for short film, documentary, feature film, and business video, for profit and non-profit 501c3 organizations, and Pinch Hit Marketing, a full-service marketing consulting company. Karen held director-level positions at EMC Corporation, a Fortune 50 company. As Director of Global Event Marketing and Solutions Marketing for EMC Corporation, Karen lead a team of professionals in the execution of corporate and customer events, corporate video, market strategy, and product positioning. An accomplished writer and screenwriter, Karen is also the winner of two Telly Awards and one Aurora Award for Business Video Production. She co-produced her award-winning short screenplay, Green Grass, which is on the 2008 film festival circuit, and is working with the Hollywood Director who optioned her award-winning feature-length screenplay, Seven Day Auction. Karen is a graduate of the screenwriting program at Emerson College, has a BSBA from Lesley University, an MBA in Marketing from the Babson Graduate School of Business, and post graduate studies at MIT, Harvard, and Babson. Read more about Karen’s work at www.pinchhitproductions.com and www.greengrassfilm.com.
Composer - April Thomas: Composer, Jazz Pianist; Original score and music composition for Green Grass, a short film on illegal immigration, Let It All Out (Providence 48 Hour Film Festival), Snap, a feature length film; and several shorts, including Royal Pain and Speed Dating. April attended Wellesley College where she was awarded the college’s Hubert Weldon Lamb Prize for music composition. A 2006 graduate of the Berklee College of Music, with a dual major in Film Scoring and Jazz Composition, she received several awards, including the Arif Mardin, the Herb Pomeroy Awards for Composition and Arranging, and the Doug Timm Award for Achievements in Film Scoring.
Cinematographer - Luca Ceccarelli: After completing media studies at ARTTS International, UK, and pursuing philosophy at St. John’s College, Santa Fe, NM, Luca graduated from the College of Santa Fe with a BA in Moving Image Arts (with honors). After working in Santa Fe for six years as a professional producer, director and editor, he has recently spearheaded HDNM Entertainment, LLC. Luca’s work has been featured on numerous occasions at the Santa Fe Film Festival, and other festivals around the country, as well as MovieMaker Magazine. Recent feature film productions have included Carriers (currently in production), The Flock, Employee of the Month, Funny Farm, and Mirage. Recently, Luca Line Produced the feature films Naked Fear and Shoot First & Pray You Live.
Cinematographer - Enzo Treppa: A cinematographer with Balanced Pictures, Tempe, AZ,
Enzo has worked with Klasky Csupo Animation and Actor Jeff Bridges. He is a freelance producer who finds himself behind the camera, in the edit bay or at the writers desk.
Cinematographer - Joshua Z Weinstein: Joshua
finished his first documentary while in high school and has
since written, directed, produced, photographed, and edited
an array of projects. A graduate of Boston University with an
honors BA of film production, Joshua’s work as a cinematographer
have been broadcasted on VH1's Dice, Food Network's The Secret
Life of…, TLC's documentary Camp 911, and E! Network's Fashion
Week. Joshua was a camera assistant on Martin Scorsese's Rolling
Stones documentary (currently in production), where he had the
honor of working with Albert Maysles. He has also worked as
an assistant editor on John Mounier's documentary film Jesus
and the Faithway Doves, and David Breashers' new documentary
about Mt. Everest.
Cinematographer - Brian Johnston: An avid Sox fan and segment producer for Cablevision in New Jersey, Brian is a freelance videographer/editor and President of 1 Ton Productions, which specializes in video productions for the web.
Web Development– Susan Nigrosh: Susan is
the owner of Susan Nigrosh Consulting, a website design, development
and internet marketing consulting company. Working in Marketing
or Information Technology departments of such diverse companies
as Bank of New England and Blue Cross, and heading up the
electronic marketing and web groups of Progress Software and
Proficiency, Susan acquired a rich tapestry of experience
with both the technology side and marketing. Susan is a graduate
of Boston University and has an MBA from the University of
Hartford. Learn more about Susan’s work at www.susannigrosh.com.
Web Optimization – Adam Signore: Adam is the owner of Signore Web Design, a web design and development company. Adam worked in Information Technology and Software Products Development at Codex and Motorola where he developed a wide array of internet related skills. At Motorola, Adam had the privilege to be involved in the development of software products to support emerging Broadband and Wireless Home Networking technologies. A self professed code junkie, Adam lives and breathes the skills he uses in his current role. Learn more about Adam's web development work at Signore Web Design.
Graphic Designer – Chris Magdalenski: A Graphic Designer/aspiring filmmaker who is currently working at Hasbro Inc. designing packaging graphics. Chris continues to feed his film interests through his private company “Film Brain Productions” where he completes freelance design projects for indie films including DVD covers and movie posters. Over the course of the next few months he plans on expanding “Film Brain” into the video production arena. Chris is a graduate of Roger Williams University with a BA in Art/Graphic Design.
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