Director and Producer
ELLEN GOOSENBERG KENT
Editor
JULIET WEBER
Associate Producer
SCOTT SIEGEL
Music By
GARY LIONELLI
Director of Photography
EDWARD MARRITZ
Sound
MARK MANDLER
MARK ROY
ALAN BARKER
Additional Camera
NICHOLAS DOOB
TOM HURWITZ
BARRY KIRK
SANDRA CHANDLER
JOJO PENNEBAKER
AXEL BAUMANN
Research
JAMES T. REEVES
MARNI ROTHMAN
Director of Photography, Studio
PETER NELSON
Sound
MERCE WILLIAMS
Lighting Director
SHAWN SULLIVAN
Key Grip
ROBERT MCKENNA
Electric
CALEB SMITH
Art Director
PHIL BUCCELLATO
Make Up Stylist
VALENTINA GUERRINI
Sound Editor
DAVE ELLINWOOD
Audio Mixer
ED CAMPBELL
Post Production
ROBERT BURGOS, FULL CIRCLE POST
Production Assistants
DEBRA REMSTEIN
BILL PARMENTIER
DUSTIN BLOWES
TED MANIATAKOS
RACHEL GROW
TIERNEY LYNNE
NOAH DERKS
NICK HURWITZ
BRET LATTER
TIERNEY STOUT
LYNN MOORE
TIFFANY PATTERSON
ERIC RHOADES
Additional Footage Provided By
SUE PAIGE
KRYSTIE SCHLUND
ALEX YOUNG
KENDAL BRENNEMAN
ROBBIE COKER
DENISE SCHAEFER
SPECIAL THANKS
Jim Nelson & Rene Agredano
Patricia B. McConnell, PhD
Jon Katz
Julia Szabo
Vicki Croke
Brian Hare
Leslie Irvine
Pam Johnson-Bennett
Debra Decker, TICA
Diane Mollaghan
Lucinda Woodward
Dr. Arnold Plotnick
Jorge Bendersky
Howard Bedol
Carrie Neri
Laurel Rabschutz
Laurie Sullivan
Darlene Arden
Barbara Dille, Sawmill Kennel Club
Marianne Lah
Ellen & Stuart McKirdy & family
Dr. Robyn Faye
Donald & Jake Kent
Connie Howard & the staff,
Boulder Valley Humane Society
Veterinary Cancer Care Clinic,
Santa Fe, NM
With gratitude to everyone who shared their stories, and their magnificent dogs and cats.
For NATURE
Series Editor
JANET HESS
Supervising Producer
JANICE YOUNG
Senior Producer
LAURA METZGER
Producers
JILL CLARKE
IRENE HESS
Production Manager
JULIE SCHAPIRO THORMAN
Production Assistant
JAYNE JUN
Manager
EILEEN FRAHER
Audio Mixer
ED CAMPBELL
HD Online Editor
DAVID NOLING
Offline Editor
STACEY DOUGLASS MOVERLEY
Series Producer
BILL MURPHY
Executive In Charge
WILLIAM GRANT
Executive Producer
FRED KAUFMAN
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Designer
JOY WEEENG
Pagebuilding
BRIAN SANTALONE
Technical Director
BRIAN LEE
Creative Director
NICK MILLER
Director of Digital Strategy
DAVID HIRMES
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Writer
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The show was incredible. I am interested to find whether Tracie Hotchner was conducting the candid interviews in the start of the program. I listen on occasion to her NPR show weekly.
thank you
wanda hope
Wanda – the interviews at the top of the program were conducted by the show’s prod/director, Ellen Kent,
I just watched a documentary called “Why We Love Cats and Dogs”. I have attempted to find ELLEN GOOSENBERG KENT’s email address but upon searching for her information, I found that she’s a highly acclaimed award-winning director. What a wonderful piece into the world of pet owners. My dog has been diagnosed with lymphoma and cried when the traveling German Shepard was diagnosed with cancer during the documentary. I just wanted to know if she ever had any plans for filming a documentary on the grieving process when we, as pet owners, treat and care for our animals when diagnosed with a terminal illness and how mourning for a pet is quite similar to that of a family member. It should also include how some people do not understand why we spend so much money on treatments and how pet owners are often ostracized for it.
It is something I have never seen before and am sure that alot of pet-owners can relate to. I am going through this process now and belong to a great online source called “Support for Pets with Cancer”. The heartache we experience is one that tears at the soul. This site is filled with individual emotional rollercoasters that will enable everyone to empathize with what we are feeling as caring mommies and daddies.
I would really appreciate your help in either forwarding her contact information or possibly forwarding what I’ve written to you.
Thank you very much for your time and understanding.