Courtney Hayes
Producer/Director

Courtney Hayes is a filmmaker from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Hayes began her career in filmmaking as a production assistant and associate producer at FRONTLINE, WGBH-TV, Boston. Since then, Hayes has produced and directed documentaries for PBS, the Discovery Channel and the History Channel. Most recently, Hayes acted as producer/shooter for the Spike TV series Behind the Badge and FRONTLINE’s Mentally Ill Behind Bars. Hayes is a graduate of Macalester College, St. Paul, MN and was a Fulbright scholar in Varanasi, India. As a young girl growing up in Gloucester, Hayes spent many hours at sea on her father's tuna fishing boat.

Tim Gallagher
Producer/Director

Tim Gallagher is a filmmaker from Boston, Massachusetts. Gallagher began his career in filmmaking as a production assistant and associate producer at WGBH-TV, Boston. He is currently developing a Corporation for Public Broadcasting-funded documentary film on the history of Nantucket whaling in the South Pacific titled Nantucket to New Zealand. In addition, Gallagher has contributed to the research and development of documentaries for PBS, the Discovery Channel and the History Channel. He is a graduate of the University of Scranton and was a Fulbright scholar in Wellington, New Zealand.

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