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Sharon Liese is an Emmy Award-winning director who is passionate about telling stories that move people. Her film, THE FLAGMAKERS (NatGeo, Disney+), won the Emmy for Outstanding Short Documentary (2023) and was Oscar shortlisted. Her short documentary, PARKER, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and is distributed through The New Yorker. Her HBO feature documentary, TRANSHOOD, won the audience award at AFI. Sharon’s film, THE GNOMIST (CNN Films), won more than 15 awards. Sharon also created and executive produced Pink Collar Crimes (CBS), High School Confidential (WeTV), and many other projects for premium networks and streamers.

Sasha Alpert is an innovative producer with significant experience in both documentaries and unscripted television. She has a proven track record in independent producing as well as projects commissioned by major networks. She created from the ground up two award-winning divisions, won three Emmys, and garnered multiple nominations. Alpert produced AUTISM: The Sequel (HBO), which revisits the subjects of AUTISM: The Musical (HBO). She produced TRANSHOOD (HBO), which won the audience award at AFI Festival. Prior to that, she produced THEY CALL US MONSTERS (PBS/Netflix) and VALENTINE ROAD (HBO), which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

Paul Matyasovsky is a producer with over 15 years of experience in non-fiction storytelling. Paul has produced 20 seasons of National Geographic’s unscripted series Wicked Tuna and its spin off, Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks, as well as other docu-reality hits like Ghost Hunters, Fast & Loud, and Stone Cold Takes on America. He also co-produced the 2020 independent documentary, The House In Between, about unexplained phenomena in a small Mississippi town and consulted on Sharon Liese’s film, Parker, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2023.