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A Film by Jonathan Lee



PRODUCTION STAFF AND KEY ADVISOR

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: JONATHAN LEE
served as producer of the Fear of Disclosure Project, a series of videos that explore the act of revealing that one is HIV+ or has AIDS, which began with a video by the late Phil Zwickler and David Wojnarowicz. Under Lee's direction, the project produced and distributed (In)Visible Women, Ellen Spiro and Marina Alvarez, Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (No Regret), Marlon T. Riggs, and Out in Silence & Not a Simple Story, Christine Choy.

From 1995-2003, Lee was the founder-director of the Maine Speakout Project, a statewide organization that trained and deployed volunteer speakers to share their personal experiences as sexual minority Mainers with mainstream groups throughout the state. In 2003, Lee returned to New York City to begin working on Growing Up with Paul Goodman.

CINEMATOGRAPHER: BENJAMIN SHAPIRO
Ben Shapiro's is a shooter and producer/director whose projects and collaborations have received many awards including the Peabody, Dupont, American Film Institute, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, and three Emmys. He has worked on documentary projects for HBO, National Geographic, PBS, Channel 4 (UK), WNET-TV, KCET, among others. These productions have aired from Australia to Europe, and have been screened at the Museum of Modern Art and other museums and colleges around the U.S. and Europe.

ADVISOR: ROBERT HAWK
Robert Hawk, longtime advisor to filmmakers and film festivals, has had his own business, ICI (Independent Consultation for Independents) for over 13 years, and been a part of the independent film scene for 23 years. Producer credits include Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine's acclaimed documentary, BALLETS RUSSES. Starting with his involvement in documentary as a researcher on Rob Epstein's Oscar-winning THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK, he has been credited with discovering and/or nurturing the talents of such filmmakers as Epstein, Nathaniel Kahn (MY ARCHITECT), Kevin Smith (beginning with CLERKS), Ed Burns (BROTHERS McMULLEN), David Siegel and Scott McGehee (DEEP END; BEE SEASON), ) and Geller & Goldfine. He has consulted on films as varied as Moises Kaufman's LARAMIE PROJECT, Terry George's SOME MOTHER'S SON, and Tim Blake Nelson's EYE OF GOD. He has also consulted on hundreds of documentaries, including Oscar winners/nominees such as COMMON THREADS: TALES FROM THE QUILT, COMPLAINTS OF A DUTIFUL DAUGHTER, IN THE SHADOW OF THE STARS, REGRET TO INFORM and TROUBLESOME CREEK. Other documentaries includes THE CELLULOID CLOSET and GAY SEX IN THE '70s.

Hawk was on the Advisory Selection Committee of the Sundance Film Festival for its entire existence (1987-1998), and has served on numerous juries at festivals both domestic and foreign. He has been an advisory board member for AIFA (American Independents and Features Abroad) at the Berlin Film Festival and First Look (Tribeca Film Center/Eastman Kodak), the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and numerous other festivals. He has curated special film series for, among others, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the M.H. de Young Museum in San Francisco, the International Documentary Congress in Los Angeles, the Melbourne Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival.

Hawk founded San Francisco's Film Arts Festival, a showcase for independent filmmakers of Northern California, and was its director for eight years. As Exhibition Coordinator for the Film Arts Foundation, he not only programmed exhibition events but viewed and critiqued films at all stages of production, consulted with makers on festival and distribution strategies, and was an outreach resource for exhibitors, programmers, curators, festival directors and distributors throughout the world. Before his involvement in film, Hawk was a production stage manager in the theater. www.filmhawk.com