writer, director, producer
This multiple award-winning documentary chronicles how ordinary people risked their lives to create a more democratic, equitable, and independent Ukraine and unite to fight a Russian invasion.
Asian Americans is a five-hour film series that explores the impact of Asian Americans, the fastest-growing population in the United States, on the country’s past, present, and future, told through individual lives and personal histories.
Peabody Award
The Defector is a feature length documentary about Victor Kravchenko, the famous Communist defector who wrote I Chose Freedom
The Defector is the extraordinary story of one man’s struggle, sacrifice, and triumph to bring truth to the world.
Almost forgotten in the United States today, and written out of history in Russia, Victor Kravchenko was the Oscar Schindler of the Soviet Union, a man willing to risk his life, his family, and all his financial resources to expose the ruthless tyranny of Josef Stalin. One of the great whistleblowers of modern history, Kravchenko has inspired two generations of men and women who have battled against Soviet communism, from the gulags of Siberia to the streets of Budapest and Prague, and most recently, Kyiv. The Defector is the epic story of this struggle as seen through the eyes of his son Andrew, who only discovered at the age of 13 that he was Victor’s son
Currently in post production.
A feature documentary about the British rescue of 10,000 German, Austrian and Czech children just before the outbreak of WWII.
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary
The Long Way Home is a two-hour theatrical documentary for the Simon Wiesenthal Center exploring what happened to the survivors of the Holocaust from the liberation of the concentration camps in 1945 to the founding of the State of Israel in 1948.
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary
A two-hour documentary for PBS examining the largest generation in American history and the impact it may have on this country now that baby boomers are turning 60.
A 98-minute documentary about editing with Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, George Lucas, Jodie Foster, Walter Murch, Dede Allen and many others.
Opening night film at the Hollywood Film Festival Grand Award
Winner Best Documentary, 2006 International TV Programming and Promotion
A 75-minute documentary about slavery in the United States based on interviews with ex-slaves conducted by the WPA in the 30’s.
Winner of the Christopher Award
Winner of Outstanding Achievement in Television Special, Doumentary, Movie or Mini-Series from the Literacy in Media Awards
Emmy Nominations for Outstanding Nonfiction Special and Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Program
The Foreigners is 60-minute documentary made for the Peace Corps about a group of volunteers doing community development work in a small village near Bogota in the Colombian Andes.
Invitational screening at Robert Flaherty Seminar, Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Redwoods is a documentary made for the Sierra Club about the importance of creating a redwoods national park in California.
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Short Documentary
Huelga! is a 60-minute documentary about the first year of the Delano grape strike
Special Award Leipzig International Film Festival
In the war-zones of Liberia and Congo, four volunteers with Doctors Without Borders struggle to provide emergency medical care under extreme conditions. Executive Producer.
Oceans Away is a 14-episode series examining Chinese students who have chosen to study and live in America. Made for China’s CCTV. Co-producer.
Spirit of the Marathon is a feature documentary on six runners competing in the Chicago Marathon. Executive Producer.
Darfur Now is an acclaimed documentary that follows the story of six people who are determined to end the sufferings in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur. The six–an American activist, an international prosecutor, a Sudanese rebel, a sheikh, a leader of
of the World Food Program and an internationally known actor–demonstrate the power of how one individual can create
extraordinary changes. Producer.
Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Documentary
Nominated for Best Documentary of the Year by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the National Board of Review, the International Press Academy, and Cinema for Peace
Where Do the Children Play? is a one-hour documentary for public television that explores the many developments in American society that are detrimental to children’s mental and physical health and development. Consulting producer.
The Homefront is a 90-minute PBS documentary examining the profound social and economic changes brought about in the U.S. by World War II. Co-producer.
Houston Film International Festival Special Jury Award
Best of Festival National Educational Film Festival