Find out more about the people behind POV’s blog.
Guest blogger Adam Schartoff is a freelance film journalist living in Brooklyn, New York. He's the founder and programmer of the Brooklyn-based film series Filmwax.
Andrew's favorite documentaries are:
1. Heima - Dean DeBlois
2. American Dream - Barbara Kopple
3. Dark Days - Marc Singer
4. Antonio Gaudí - Hiroshi Teshigahara
5. Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait - Douglas Gordon & Philippe Parreno
Anne Zhou is a Spring 2012 intern with POV Digital. She is a double major in media studies (documentary production concentration) and Chinese at CUNY Hunter College.
Anne is POV's director of development and special projects; she has been active in the independent media arts and public television as a producer, programmer and fundraiser for over 12 years. She currently manages American Documentary's fundraising activities, content research and program licensing. Prior to joining the AmDoc staff in 2002, she was a production associate at American Masters in New York and then series coordinator for Frontline in Boston. In 1997, she moved to Austin, Texas, where she served as associate director of the Austin Film Society, and worked on numerous documentary and narrative film projects. She served as vice president of the board of Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers and has been a panelist for numerous arts and media organizations.
Aubrey started at POV as an intern in 2011, and worked briefly as Special Events Coordinator before moving into a full time position as Community Engagement and Education Assistant in 2012. Prior to joining POV, she spent three years as an environmental educator and deckhand aboard wooden sailing ships, including the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, which was co-founded by Pete Seeger. She has also worked as an Event Manager for UnionDocs, a documentary art space in Brooklyn, and served as a Production Assistant on a number of independent film and theater productions. Aubrey graduated from Whitman College with bachelor’s degree in Rhetoric and Film Studies.
Aubrey's favorite documentaries are:
1. Dont Look Back
2. Salesman
3. Sweetgrass
4. Food, Inc.
5. The Up Series
As POV's senior manager for communications, Cathy publicizes POV's programs and initiatives to media and consumers. She joined POV in 2003 after five years as manager of program press relations at PBS. Previously, she served as public relations director at Bravo and the Independent Film Channel; Group W Satellite Communications, where she managed PR for TNN: The Nashville Network; Westwood One Radio Networks; and D.L. Blackman, where she promoted classical music artists and IMAX movies. She was also the manager of press, advertising and promotion for NBC and ABC Radio.
Cathy's favorite documentaries are:
1. Inheritance - James Moll
2. Innocence Lost trilogy - Ofra Bikel
3. The Natural History of the Chicken - Mark Lewis
4. Street Fight - Marshall Curry
5. Suicide Killers - Pierre Rehov
Chris is POV's director of programming and production. He and his team work closely with the executive director in the areas of programming, production and PBS station relations. Previously, he worked as associate producer and production office manager on the documentary Blue Vinyl (HBO, 2002). Chris spent a number of years as vice president of sales and acquisitions at Angelika Films International, and at BNN-TV in New York as associate producer on projects for the History Channel and the Smithsonian Museum. He also produced the children's program An Introduction to the Italian Renaissance for the Museo Italo-Americano in San Francisco.
Chris's top five documentaries (this month) are:
1. First Person Plural, Deann Borshay Liem
2. Hybrid, Monteith McCollum
3. Tintin and I, Anders Østergaard
4. Fog of War, Errol Morris
5. Crumb, Terry Zwigoff
Cynthia's favorite documentaries are:
1. The Devil Came on Horseback by Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg
2. Every Mother's Son by Tammy Gold and Kelly Anderson
3. My Country, My Country by Laura Poitras
4. Iraq in Fragments by James Longley
5. Glass Jaw by Michael O'Reilly
David has worked on POV's website since its infancy, helping to develop and nurture it, as well as producing special features. David also oversees and administers POV's internal network, maintaining hardware and software for the POV staff. Prior to joining POV, David, served on the staff of CyberEd, an 18-wheeler Internet classroom that toured nationwide. Since 1997, David has worked independently as a computer consultant, including systems, networks, databases, and web design and construction. David's favorite documentaries are:
1. Eyes on the Prize - Henry Hampton (Executive Producer)
2. Crumb - Terry Zwigoff
3. The Thin Blue Line - Errol Morris
4. Roger & Me - Michael Moore
5. The Camden 28 - Anthony Giacchino
Edward J. Delaney is a journalist, author, filmmaker and editor of DocumentaryTech, an online project that explores documentary filmmaking techniques and technology.
Eliza is POV's vice president of community outreach and education, and she works with public television stations, educators and community-based organizations to present community screenings of POV films and to develop and distribute accompanying educational resource materials to teachers nationwide. Before joining POV in 2000, she taught English in Spain and Mexico. Eliza is a graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University.
Eliza's favorite documentaries are:
1. The Last Waltz - Martin Scorsese
2. In the Realms of the Unreal - Jessica Yu
3. The Thin Blue Line - Errol Morris
4. Don't Look Back - D A Pennebaker
5. Grey Gardens - Albert and David Maysles, Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer
Emily Thomas is a Fall 2011 intern with POV Digital. She's interned at Esquire magazine and Vice magazine. Currently Emily is finishing her senior year at NYU, where she is double majoring in journalism and social & cultural analysis. She is also a freelance journalist and aspiring documentary filmmaker.
Her top five documentaries are:
1. Buena Vista Social Club (Wim Wenders)
2. Woodstock (Michael Wadleigh)
3. Crumb (Terry Zwigoff)
4. Dont Look Back (D A Pennebaker)
5. Paris is Burning (Jennie Livingston)
Blogger Heather McIntosh started Documentary Site almost a decade ago as a resource and outlet for documentary media. Follow her on Twitter @documentarysite.
Jamie is POV's community engagement and education coordinator. Prior to joining POV in 2010, Jamie worked at Northwestern University's satellite campus in Doha, Qatar, where she was part of the team tasked with setting up the school's film and journalism programs in the Middle East. She has worked in various capacities on many documentary film crews around the world, including productions in West Africa, and has worked closely with acclaimed filmmaker Margaret Brown. Jamie has also previously worked in the exhibition department at the Field Museum of Natural History and the education and cinema programming departments at the Block Museum of Art. She holds a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University in Radio/TV/Film and African Studies.
Kapish Singla is a Winter 2012 intern with POV Digital. He has previously interned at Cinereach and Rooftop Films. He holds a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University in anthropology.
Paul Buser is a Winter 2012 intern with POV Digital.
Sean Holmquest is a Producer in POV's Digital Department where he creates features for the POV film companion websites and manages online video content. Prior to joining POV in 2010, he worked as a freelance film editor and writer, in addition to holding a position as an assistant for an independent music artist and interning with a Hollywood production company. He has written and directed several short, experimental films, and holds a bachelor's degree from Brown University in Literary Arts.
Tom's favorite documentaries are:
1. Koyanisqaatsi - Godfrey Reggio
2. Hoop Dreams - Steve James
3. The Up series - Michael Apted
4. Crumb - Terry Zwigoff
5. Capturing the Friedmans - Andrew Jarecki
Yance's favorite documentaries include:
1. Hands on a Hard Body
2. Tongues Untied
3. Harlan County, USA
4. Cul de Sac
5. When We Were Kings
6. The Thin Blue Line
7. Night and Fog
