Peter
L. Stein
Peter L. Stein
is producer and writer of "The Fillmore", and Executive Producer of
KQED's celebrated series "Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco."
He was producer, director and writer of the third episode, "The Castro",
which won a prestigious George Foster Peabody Award. Stein's other
public television executive producing credits include "Green Means",
three series of short environmental success stories; "Today's Gourmet"
and "Jacques Pepin's Kitchen", five cooking series; and the recent "Evelyn
Cisneros: Moving On!" After completing "The Fillmore", Stein was named Director of Exhibitions for the Jewish Museum San Francisco, where he is currently developing a series of interdisciplinary shows and installations on key Jewish themes.
Stein is a third-generation
San Franciscan; while he did not grow up in the Fillmore, technically
he was born there (in a hospital in the Western Addition). He also
recently discovered that two of his grandparents spent their childhood
in the Fillmore, both before and after the 1906 earthquake.
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Rick
Butler
Director Rick
Butler is an Emmy Award-winning Director of Photography with over
20 years experience in film and television. His distinguished credits
include an "American Masters" special, "Paul Robeson: Here I Stand"; "Street
Soldiers"; and "Soldiers Without Swords: The Black Press", all of which
have been broadcast recently on PBS. His work has included many intimate
cinema verite documentaries, such as "Frontline's" "School Colors." His
association with KQED dates back to 1977 when he shot the critically
acclaimed documentary, "Inside the Cuckoo's Nest", and worked as a cameraman/editor
on "Newsroom." "The Fillmore" is Butler's first directing project for
broadcast.
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Elizabeth
Pepin
Associate Producer
Elizabeth Pepin served as chief archival and music researcher for
"The Fillmore." Pepin has worked as chief researcher and production
assistant for "Collectable Treasures" on the House & Garden network;
chief Bay Area researcher for David Grubin's "1900" for PBS's "American
Experience"; and Historian and Day Manager of the Fillmore Auditorium
for Bill Graham Presents.
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Joseph
De Francesco
Joseph De Francesco
is a San Francisco-based editor and director. He produced his first
documentary for public broadcasting in 1978 with "Follow the Child"
about the life and work of Maria Montessori. He worked as an editor
on the Academy Award-winning documentary, "The Panama Deception." His
numerous editing awards also include a Northern California Emmy for
KQED's "Chinatown", Part II, in the Neighborhoods series. His latest
work, "The Story of Fathers & Sons", recently appeared this summer on
ABC.
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Camara
Kambon
Composer Camara
Kambon is the youngest composer ever to receive a national Emmy award
for the HBO film, "Sonny Liston: The Mysterious Life and Death of a
Champion." He received his second Emmy nomination for the HBO documentary,
"Where Have You Gone Joe DiMaggio?" Among his other scoring credits
are the PBS documentaries, "Family Name" and "Malcolm X: Make It Plain."
Kambon is currently recording with Dr. Dre, while composing for an
upcoming HBO film about the life and times of Howard Cosell. He founded
Inflx Entertainment, a music production company that supplies music
for film, television, multi-media and recording productions.
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Ossie
Davis
Narrator Ossie
Davis is a veteran star of Broadway stage, motion pictures and television.
He has appeared in such noted plays as "Purlie Victorious" (which he
also authored), "A Raisin in the Sun", "Green Pastures", "Anna Lucasta"
and "Wisteria Trees." His movie credits include "Do The Right Thing",
"School Daze", "Harry & Son", "The Cardinal", "The Hill", "The Scalphunters"
and "Purlie Victorious." In addition, Davis has directed several well-known
films such as "Cotton Comes to Harlem." His other PBS credits include
co-hosting and co-producing, with his wife, actress Ruby Dee, the
critically acclaimed series, "With Ossie & Ruby." He also appeared in
two episodes of the PBS special series, "A Walk Through the 20th Century
with Bill Moyers" and a special, "Martin Luther King: The Dream and
The Drum."
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