Pages tagged "ALUMNI"

  • Alumni

    rTj6lLe7V4uiWNclJKKsYsoFMtt2O0xwa_5G0QsoMDw.jpgJoe Wilson and Dean Hamer are partners in life as well as filmmaking. Both come from other fields; prior to becoming filmmakers, Wilson worked in international development and human rights and Hamer in genetic sciences for the National Institutes of Health. They first came to Docs In Progress when they were looking for guidance on using structuring a documentary they were making about how their wedding announcement in Wilson’s hometown newspaper opened up a larger story about the challenges facing LGBT people in small towns and rural communities. That film OUT IN THE SILENCE premiered at Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, received a national broadcast on public television, won an Emmy, and played at more than 1,000 grassroots screenings across the United States. Their subsequent feature documentary KUMU HINA aired on PBS Independent Lens and their short A PLACE IN THE MIDDLE screened at the Toronto and Berlin International Film Festivals. Their work has been supported by Sundance, ITVS, Pacific Islanders in Communications and the Ford Foundation.

  • Alumni

    jason.jpgJason Osder is the director of the award-winning documentary Let The Fire Burn about the 1985 confrontation between the group MOVE and the Philadelphia police that claimed the lives of 11 people. The film was work-shopped through Docs In Progress’ Peer Pitch program in 2009. Later supported in part by the Sundance Institute, the film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival where Osder received a jury special mention for best new documentary director. The film went on to play over 50 film festivals around the world. It won the best editing prize at the Montreal International Documentary Festival, the International Documentary Association Creative Recognition Prize in Editing, the Cinema Eye Honor for Editing, and the Independent Spirit Truer than Fiction Award. Jason is also a long-time media educator, producer, and instructional author with a background in documentary, social sciences, and education theory. He is an Assistant Professor at the George Washington University's School of Media and Public Affairs.

  • Alumni

    ben_and_tessa.jpgTessa Moran and Ben Crosbie are the co-founders of Eidolon Films, an Emmy Award-winning production company that specializes in crafting cinematic and powerful documentaries and non-profit videos that have significant impact. They have work-shopped four documentaries through Docs In Progress Work-in-Progress Screenings and Peer Pitch, including Fate of a Salesman about a Washington DC neighborhood in transition as seen from the vantage point of the employees of a men’s clothing store. The film aired on public television, won a regional Emmy, and was nominated for a national Emmy. They have both been DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Artist Fellows and Tessa has also been a BAVC National Media Maker Fellow. Their latest film The Guardians has received support from ITVS.