Documentary

Independent Filmmaker Project

Below is a full list of IFP Documentary Independent Filmmaker Lab alumni. Only those who attended the Labs are listed in the credits section.

2012

Alias Ruby Blade
Director: Alex Meiller
Producer: Tanya Ager Meillier

Big Joy Project: The Adventures of James Broughton
Directors, Producers: Stephen Silha, Eric Slade
Editor: Dawn Logsdon

For Thousands of Miles
Writer, Director: Mike Ambs
Production Manager: Erica Hampton

Brave New Wild
Writer, Director: Oakley Anderson-Moore
Producer: Alexander Reinhard

Lucky
Director, Producer: Laura Checkoway
Producer: Neyda Martinez

Our Nixon
Director, Producer: Penny Lane
Producer: Brian Frye

Purgatorio: A Journey into the Heart of the Border
Director, Producer: Rodrigo Reyes
DP: Justin Chin
Editor: Manuel Tsingaris

Survival Prayer
Director, Producer: Benjamin Greene
Editor: P. Corwin Lamm
Composer: Michael Beharie

These Birds Walk
Directors, Producers: Bassam Tariq, Omar Mullick
Producer: Valentina Canavesio

Where God Likes to Be
Writer, Director: Nicolas Hudak
Writer, Producer: Anna Hudak

2011

Herman’s House
Director, Producer: Angad Bhalla
Producer: Lisa Valencia-Svensson
Exec. Producers: Ed Barreveld, Loring McAlpin
Editor: Ricardo Acosta

High Tech, Low Life
Director, Producer, Editor: Stephen Maing
Producer: Trina Rodriguez
Editor: Jonathan Oppenheim

The Light in Her Eyes
Director, Producers: Laura Nix, Julia Meltzer

Northern Light
Director: Nicholas Bentgen
Producer: Lisa Kjerulff
Editor: Yoonha Park

Oscar’s Comeback
Director, Producer: Lisa Collins
Co-Director, Producer: Mark Schwartzburt
Executive Producer: Lisa Cortes; Stephen Winter; L. Collins; M. Schwartzburt
Editor: Brian Kates

Sister
Director/Producer: Brenda Davis
Editor: Alison Shurman

Sun Kissed
Director, Producers: Maya Stark, Adi Lavy
Producer: Jocelyn Glatzer
Editor: Ron Goldman

The Twelve O’Clock Boyz
Director, Producer: Lotfy Nathan
Producers: Ross Finkel, Patrick Wright
Editor: Patrick Wright

Us Naked: The Adventures of Trixie and Monkey
Director, Producer, Editor: Kirsten D’Andrea Hollander
Producer, Editor: Scot Hollander
Editor: Kata Frederickr

Welcome to the Machine
Director, Producer, Editor: Avi Zev Weider
Editor: Ann Husaini

2010

25 To Life
Director, Producer: Michael L. Brown
Producer: Yvonne Shirley
Editor: Emir Lewis

Dear Mandela
Director, Producer, Editors: Dara Kell, Christopher Nizza

Fambul Tok
Director, Producer: Sara Terry
Producer: Rory Kennedy
Executive Producer, Producer: Libby Hoffman
Editor: Brian Singbiel
Consulting Editor: Kate Amend

Give Up Tomorrow
Director, Producer: Michael Collins
Producer: Marty Syjuco
Executive Producer: Ramona Diaz

Our School
Director: Miruna Coca-Cozma
Director, Producer: Mona Nicoara
Editor: Erin Casper, Jonathan Oppenheim

The Patron Saints
Director, Producer: Brian M. Cassidy, Melanie Shatzky

Puppet
Director, Producer, Editor: David Soll
Producer: Jared Ian Goldman, Hannah Rosenzweig

A Rubberband Is An Unlikely Instrument
Director, Editor: Matt Boyd
Executive Producer: Jason Ross
Editor: Michael Carter

Smokin’ Fish
Director, Producer, Writer: Luke Griswold-Tergis
Writer, Producer: Cory Mann
Executive Producer: Jed Riffe
Editor: Maureen Gosling

Wildness
Director, Writer, Editor: Wu Ingrid Tsang
Producer: Kathy Rivkin, Ernesto Foronda, Felix Endara
Editor: Suzanne Mejean

2009

Beijing Taxi
Director/Producer/Editor – Miao Wang

Casino Nation
Director/Producer – Terry Jones
Director/Producer/Editor – Laure Sullivan
Director/Producer/DP – Paul Wilson

An Interview with Simone Weil
Director/Producer/Editor – Julia Haslett
Producer – Fabrizia Galvagno

Land of Opportunity
Director/Producer/Editor – Luisa Dantas
Co-Producer – Rebecca Snedeker

Our House
Director/Producer/DP/Editor – Greg King
Director/DP – David Teague

Paul Goodman Changed My Life
Director/Producer – Jonathan S. Lee
Editor – Kimberly Reed
Associate Producer – Robert Hawk

The Road to Nasiriyah
Director/Producer/Writer/DP – Marie Hélène Carleton
Director/Producer/Writer/DP – Micah Garen

Texas Heart
Director/Producer/Writer/DP/Editor – Treva Wurmfeld

Twelve Ways to Sunday
Director/Producer/DP/Editor – Anna Farrell

War Don Don
Director/Producer – Rebecca Richman Cohen
Producer/Editor – Francisco Bello

2008

Burning In the Sun
Director/Producer/Writer/DPs: Cambria Matlow, Morgan Robinson
Editor: Claire Weingarten

The Hand of Fatima
Director/Writer: Augusta Palmer
Producer/Editor: Chris Arnold

Mine/span>
Director/Producer/Writer: Geralyn Pezanoski
Producer: Erin Essenmacher

The Presence of Joseph Chaikin
Director/Producer/Writer/DP: Troy Word
Writer/Editor: Encke King

Smile Til It Hurts: The Up With People Story
Director/Writer: Lee Storey
Producer: Bari Pearlman

The Stranger’s Land
Director/Producer/Writer/DP/Editor: Xavier Marrades Orga

Tibet In Song
Director/Producer/Writer: Ngawang Choephel
Editor: Tim Bartlett

Tijuana, Nada Más
Director/Producer/Writer: Yolanda Pividal
DP: Carmen Vidal
Editor: Sara Booth

Ulises’ Odyssey
Director/Producer/Writer: Lorena Manriquez
Director/Producer/DP/Editor: Miguel Picker

The Visitors
Director/Writer/Producer/DP/Editor: Melis Birder
Editor: K.A. Miille

2007

Between the Folds
Directors: Vanessa Gould, Gil Talmi
Director, Writer, Producer: Vanessa Gould
Editor: Kristi Barlow

Body of Work
Director/Writer/Editor: Kai Beverly-Whittemore
Producers: Kai Beverly-Whittemore, Miranda Beverly-Whittemore

Calling From Tehran
Director: Matthew Nicolau
Producers: Sherry Azimi, Lesli Klainberg, Matthew Nicolau, Tammie Rhee
Editor: David Ambrose

Disabled But Able To Rock!
Director: Blake Myers
Producers: Blake Myers, Takuro Masuda, Mark Wynns

Economy Superstar
Director: Jerry A. Henry
Producer: Andrea J. Chia, Jerry A. Henry

The Money Stone
Director/DP/Editor: Stuart Harmon
Producer: Stuart Harmon, Mayank Bubna

Sold: Fighting the New Global Slave Trade
Director/Writer/Producer: Jody Hassett Sanchez

Victory Over Darkness
Director/DP: Donnie Eichar
Producers: Donnie Eichar, Matt Miller
Editor: Maeve O’Boyle

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
Director/Writer: Matt Wolf
Producers: Kyle Martin, Ben Howe
DP: Jody Lee Lipes

2006

La Americana
Directors: Jesse Thomas, John Mattiuzzi
Producer: Nicholas Bruckman

Luchando
Director: Noelle Stout
Producer: Alphonso Morgan

Maybe Baby
Director/Producer: Shannon O’Rourke
Premiere: SXSW 2007

Mr. Fascination
Directors/Producers: Steve Loff, Prichard Smith

Postcards From Home
Director: Martina Radwan
Producers: Martina Radwan, Pelin Uzay

The Farm
Directors/Producers: Rena Mundo, Nadine Mundo

The Man of Two Havanas
Director/Producer: Vivien Lesnik Weisman

The Real Shaolin
Director/Writer/Producer: Alexander Sebastien Lee

The Sari Soldiers
Director/Producer: Julie Bridgham
Award: Sundance Documentary Fund grant 2007

Trinidad
Directors/Producers: PJ Raval, Jay Hodges


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