Elizabeth Massie

Co-Director/ Producer

Elizabeth is a documentary producer, director and writer. Over the past 6 years, she has written and produced shows for more than 30 non-fiction television series, including Lock Up: Inside America’s Prisons for MSNBC, A Face for Yulce for TLC (winner of FREDDIE, HUGO and CINE Golden Eagle awards), On The Inside for Discovery, Lifetime’s Final Justice with Erin Brockovich and many others.

She co-wrote and co-produced Out of the Shadow, a feature documentary about a woman’s lifelong battle with schizophrenia and the mental health system. The film is currently airing on PBS affiliates nationwide and was featured in PEOPLE magazine. She also was the writer for Emmanuel’s Gift, a feature doc narrated by Oprah Winfrey. Theatrically released in 2005 and distributed on DVD, the film tells the inspirational story of Emmanuel Yeboah, a disabled cyclist from Ghana. The film recently received the 2006 Media Access Award, presented by California Governor Schwarzenegger.

MATTHEW BUZZELL

Co-Director/ Producer

Matthew is an award-winning independent documentary filmmaker. His first feature doc, Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew, is an intimate portrait of 78-year-old Jazz legend Little Jimmy Scott. The film was broadcast on PBS Independent Lens and won the series’ 2004 Audience Award. It was released on DVD by Rhino Home Video.

Matthew’s most recent documentary, Tell Me Do You Miss Me, about the last tour of indie rock band, Luna, had its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival and is now distributed by Rhino Home Video.

Also featured at the Tribeca Festival, Matthew’s short documentary, Putting the River in Reverse, follows Elvis Costello and Alain Toussaint as they record their joint album in post-Katrina New Orleans. The film was recently released on DVD by Verve in conjunction with the album release.

Currently, Matthew is in post-production with his first narrative feature, a dark comedy called Sunny and Share Love You.

LISA MOLOMOT

Editor

After graduating from the American Film Institute with an M.F.A. in editing, Lisa Molomot has edited documentaries for PBS, A&E, The Discovery Channel, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, as well as many independent production companies. Some of her credits include The Kentucky Theater, Greg Ford For Congress, and Battle for the Minds, all three of which aired on POV or PBS locally.

Some of her other credits include The Last Hostage, Los Ocultos, Manna From Heaven, Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance, and On the Inside: The World Series of Poker. She is currently teaching film production at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT.

JACOB BRICCA

Additional Editing/Sound Editing

Jacob Bricca is a film editor, director and teacher. He is the editor of the major theatrical success, Lost In La Mancha, a documentary about Terry Gilliam’s ill-fated attempt to make a film adaptation of Don Quixote, and Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew, a documentary about the famed jazz singer that debuted on PBS’s Independent Lens in February 2004.