Writer/Producer/Director CURTIS CHIN
In addition to winning awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts and the San Diego Asian American Film Festival, Chin has written for ABC, Fox, the Disney Channel, Nickelodeon and more. His first documentary, Vincent Who?, has screened at over 300 colleges in four countries and won awards from the National Association for Multicultural Education and the Asian American Justice Center. He has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, Newsweek, Politico and other media. He’s currently a Visiting Scholar at NYU.
Director of Photography SAM HENRIQUES
A product of New York's public schools (with two daughters currently in the system), Sam has experience shooting in the schools through the Media Locker Project (funded by the Gates Foundation and directed by Academy Award-winner Vanessa Roth) and the "Learning Matters" segment for the PBS News Hour. Sam's recent works include The Good Soldier, which won him an Emmy as Producer in Documentary & Historical Programming; Portrait of Wally; Nursery University; The Klezmatics; Harlem Diaries; and Burning the Future: Coal in America. Henriques is best known for shooting Academy Award-nominee Angola; The Farm for which he won a Primetime Emmy. Sam is a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts.
Writer/Producer ADAM WOLMAN
Drawing on his experience as a television programming executive, Adam consults for companies and individuals creating content for all media. As the #2 exec at HBO Digital, Adam developed shortform series for HBO’s digital platforms. As Executive Consultant, Disney/ABC Television Group, he helped launch ABC’s award-winning Micro-Mini Series; his position was expanded to include sharing oversight of the Disney/ABC Writing Fellowship and other programs. Previously, Adam was VP, Original Series, Current and Development for MTV, where he was executive in charge of production on several shows. He also served at ABC Entertainment as Director, Comedy Series Programming.
Associate Producer PETER LEE
Associate Producer ELLEN MARTINEZ
Assistant Producer CALVIN PRASHAD
Research Associate ADA MAU
Research Assistant MAUREEN AHMED
Assistant to the Producers STEVEN LIANG
Advisory Board
HOLLY KIM
JERRY WEINSTEIN
JEFF YANG
Camera team
JONATHAN ALVARADO
ROBERT WINN
DERRICK DAWKINS
JULIAN GERENA-QUIONES
MAURICE KEYES
Sound team
MIELLE EZRA
SAWRAB KARIM
ANDREY RADOVSKI
Logo designed by WILLIAM JESSE HOPPER
Design Consultant VINCENT YOUNG
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