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Lisa Denker and Charlotte Lagarde

Charlotte Lagarde
Producer / Director

Charlotte Lagarde’s films include the award-winning documentary Swell (1996), about four generations of female surfers in Santa Cruz, California and Zeuf (1994), a documentary about a woman surfer’s struggle with breast cancer. Both documentaries were broadcast on PBS stations and on the Sundance Channel and are currently in distribution on home video. Lagarde’s Every Child Should Have A Chance (2001), Tribal Sovereignty: Unplugged (1998), and Juvenile Justice: Unplugged (1997), are distributed in public schools throughout the United States, and the latter was screened at the White House for public policy makers responsible for the treatment of children in the justice system.

Lisa Denker
Director / Cinematographer

Lisa Denker started working in film immediately after leaving the Art Center School of Design's film program. She has had a varied career in film, from art directing the Grammy Award-winning rock video for Melissa Etheridge's "Ain't It Heavy," to the independent films Gas, Food, Lodging and Citizen Ruth. Lisa went on to union work on big budget films such as Batman Returns. A decade later, Lisa wanted to get back to hands-on filmmaking. Through a series of collaborations with Charlotte on Swell and Every Child Should Have a Chance, she was lead to the creation of HEART OF THE SEA. This is Lisa's directorial debut.

Janet Cole
Executive Producer

Veteran producer Janet Cole’s executive producing credits include the Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Promises; Regret to Inform (for which she received Academy Award and Emmy nominations as well as a George Foster Peabody Award); and the upcoming Freedom Machines. She also produced the Emmy-nominated Paragraph 175 for HBO and Channel Four, and Absolutely Positive with director Peter Adair. Cole has specialized in the strategic distribution and production of social issue films for over 20 years and is a frequent consultant and advisor to filmmakers, media arts groups and foundations.