One in a Million 2026

Itab Azzam is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, and humanitarian. She works with Syrian refugee women in Lebanon and London on empowerment, education, and through therapeutic arts projects including, Film for Freedom, an initiative that trains refugee women in filmmaking. Born in Syria, she currently resides in London.

Born and raised in London, filmmaker Jack MacInness moved to Damascus where he met and ultimately married co-director Itab. His work has appeared on Netflix, BBC and PBS and received the Emmy, BAFTA, Peabody, Grierson, and Prix Italia Awards.

Will Anderson has been making films with Keo Films all over the world for more than 25 years. He has won multiple awards including 5 BAFTAs and an Emmy, as a Series Director, Series Producer and now an Executive Producer. He is also the Creative Director of Keo, and champions bold ideas and nurtures distinctive voices across all of Keo’s output.

James Bluemel is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. He specializes in making observational and character driven films, giving the characters space and agency to tell their own stories, in their own words. His films have  explored homelessness, mental illness, drug abuse, poverty, migration and war,  and have been recognized with duPont Columbia and Peabody Awards, as well as “Best Documentary” prizes at BAFTA and the International Emmys.

Andrew began his career as a documentary cameraman/director. In 2000 he set up Keo Films and subsequently worked as a director, producer, and executive producer on hundreds of hours of programming for broadcasters on both sides of the Atlantic. Keo’s output has had huge critical success winning BAFTAs, EMMYs, and an Oscar nomination, but it’s known for its important storytelling with real-world impact.

Raney Aronson-Rath is an Oscar®-winning producer and the editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE, PBS’ flagship investigative journalism documentary series produced at GBH in Boston. Under her leadership, FRONTLINE has won every major award in broadcast journalism — including an Academy Award®, News & Documentary Emmy Awards and Peabody Awards. Recipient of the John Chancellor Excellence in Journalism Award, Aronson-Rath is thought leader in documentary filmmaking and investigative journalism.