Dreamcatcher

Kim Longinotto is a multi-award-winning documentary filmmaker, well known for making films about female outsiders and rebels. Among her 20 films, she has followed a teenager struggling to become a wrestling star in Gaea Girls (2000), looked at runaway girls in Iran in Runaway (2001), challenged the tradition of female genital mutilation in Kenya in The Day I Will Never Forget (2002), introduced Cameroon female judges in Sisters in Law (2005) and brave South African child advocates in Rough Aunties (2008), shown women standing up to rapists in India in Pink Saris (2010), and told the story of an Indian Muslim woman who smuggled poetry out to the world while locked up by her family in Salma (2013). Longinotto’s most recent film, Dreamcatcher (2015), looks at the life and work of an ex-prostitute who rescues Chicago girls from the street.

Born in California, then transplanted to New York, Lisa moved to Europe in 1996. She was Creative Director at an advertising agency in Paris for two years, before moving to London and leaving advertising behind in 1998. She began working for the BBC in 2000, making Arts and History programs. Since 2004, Lisa has been producing documentary programs for UK based independent production companies. Her skill with difficult subject matters and the ability to gain access to hard to find people makes her a sought after producer. She has produced several landmark documentary series for National Geographic Channel; Outlaw Bikers, Uunderworld Cities and Drugs Incorporated. She produced Crack House USA for Channel 4 and MSNBC.

Teddy founded RISE Films in 2007 and has since produced or executive produced all of its films and television programs including the 2013 Oscar Nominee, THE INVISIBLE WAR. In 2013 he won an Emmy Award for his work on THE INTERRUPTERS, directed by Steve James. His other producer and executive producer credits include WE ARE TOGETHER, ROUGH AUNTIES, COWBOYS IN INDIA, MUSLIM SCHOOL, ROAD TO LAS VEGAS, KNUCKLE, and WHO IS DAYANI CRISTAL? starring Gael Garcia Bernal. Teddy has made films for broadcasters including BBC, Channel 4, PBS and HBO which have gone on to win multiple awards at the Sundance Film Festival. He is currently producing a new film directed by Kim Longinotto, developing a romantic comedy with the BFI, executive producing a drama written by Irvine Welsh (TRAINSPOTTING) and producing a second series of PLEBS, ITV2's ancient Roman sitcom. The first series was the channel's highest rating comedy ever.