STEPHEN T. MAING - DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, CINEMATOGRAPHER

Stephen Maing is a New York based filmmaker. He was the recipient of a Creative Promise Honorable Mention at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. He co-produced and edited the award-winning documentary Lioness, which had its broadcast premiere on PBS’ Independent Lens. During 2001 to 2004 Stephen worked as cinematographer and editor at Northern Light Productions in Boston. He received a LEF-Foundation grant to direct the narrative film Little Hearts, about the friendship of three troubled young children. The film’s intimate documentary style was partly inspired by his students’ work while teaching at various youth media programs in Boston. Stephen is a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation and the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Storytelling & Edit Lab. He has received support from the Center for Asian American Media, New York State Council on the Arts, Tribeca All Access, Good Pitch and Paley Center for Media. Stephen's current film, High Tech, Low Life was filmed in China, Hong Kong, Germany and Romania and is a co-production of ITVS. In his free time he enjoys walking other people's dogs and making music.

TRINA RODRIGUEZ - CO-PRODUCER

Trina Rodriguez is a documentary filmmaker and photographer living in Brooklyn, New York. Her documentary, Our Lady Queen of Harlem, follows a group of displaced parishioneers who reclaim their faith through dissent. In addition to screening at festivals and museums throughout New York, it was feautured at The Museum of Modern Art's Documentary Fortnight and is distributed by Third World Newsreel. Her photographs have been exhibited in Boston and New York, and her video work is currently showing at the Jersey City Museum. Her work is informed by a background in Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture. Trina did graduate work in Documentary at the New School, holds a Masters degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Massachusetts and a BA in Social Anthropology from Boston University.

MENG XIE - FIELD PRODUCER

Meng Xie is a Chinese filmmaker born in Beijing. He came to New York in 2006 to pursue his Masters degree in media and filmmaking at The New School. Prior to that, he worked as an assistant director at CCTV (China Central Television). In March 2007, Meng produced the documentary series "Oceans Away" which aired in 2008 on CCTV. In July of 2007, he worked as a producer for the feature length documentary "My Life in China."

JONATHAN OPPENHEIM - EDITOR

Jonathan Oppenheim’s editing credits include Sister Helen, which won the documentary directing award at Sundance and Children Underground, a film he co-produced, which was nominated for an Oscar and won the Sundance Special Jury Prize, Gotham and IDA awards. He edited the classic documentary feature Paris Is Burning, awarded the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance as well as the New York Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics and IDA Awards. Among Oppenheim’s other credits are: Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love, the story of the great African singers’ attempt to transmit moderate Islam through music, Out of the Shadow (PBS), which describes a woman’s life with her paranoid schizophrenic mother, Caught in the Crossfire (PBS), a cinema verite look at three Arab-American New Yorkers in the wake of 9/11, and Phyllis and Harold, an exploration of a failed 60 year marriage. He was the co-editor of Strongman, winner of the 2009 Slamdance Grand Jury award for Best Documentary Feature and also edited the critically acclaimed feature documentary, Arguing The World, for which he received, along with producer/director, Joseph Dorman, a Peabody Award. Most recently, Oppenheim edited and co-produced The Oath, a highly acclaimed psychological portrait of Osama bin Laden’s former bodyguard.

ANNE MARIE STEIN - CONSULTING PRODUCER

Anne Marie Stein is a Boston based filmmaker and educator. She co-produced and co-directed the 2008 feature documentary, "Dhamma Brothers." Anne Marie is currently Dean of Professional and Continuing Education at the Massachusetts College of Art. From 2001 to 2005, she was Development Director for Northern Light Productions. From 1987 to 2001, she was Executive Director of the Boston Film/Video Foundation, an arts organization dedicated to supporting independent film and video. Previously, Ms. Stein worked at the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities as Coordinator of the MassProductions Program and Interim Coordinator of the One Percent for Art Program. Anne Marie was Director of the Center for Media Art at the American Center for Students and Artists in Paris, France as well as co-founder of the Boston International Festival of Women's Cinema. She holds an MBA from Simmons School of Management and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.