Waste Land co-director Karen Harley started her career as an editor on the award winning Brazilian TV mini Series Memorial De Maria Moura in 1994. Her second film as an editor […]

João Jardim is a Brazilian filmmaker. He graduated in journalism from City College and studied film at New York University . Participated in the core of the director Carlos Manga , on TV Globo , where he performed the miniseries “Engraçadinha” and edited […]

Suzanne Chisholm was born in Quebec and raised in Nova Scotia. She received a Bachelor of Arts in economics and history from University of Toronto, and a Master of Development […]

Michael Parfit is a British citizen living in Canada. He was born in London, and grew up in London, Brazil, and the United States, and also holds US citizenship. He […]

Shelley Schulze is a documentary filmmaker and photographer. Early in her career, she was a producer and video-journalist for The New York Times’ documentary television division, creating programming for The Learning Channel, […]

Claudine Everaert has a wealth of experience in producing and directing programmes for television, corporate businesses, and scientific and educational purposes — which has resulted in a wide array of […]

Ramin Bahrani is an American director and screenwriter. Film critic Roger Ebert listed Bahrani’s film Chop Shopas the 6th best film of the 2000s and hailed Bahrani as “the director of the decade.” Bahrani was the recipient of […]

Andrea Barron has been working in Advocacy and Outreach at TASSC since November 2013. She works with torture survivors and “Friends of TASSC” to educate policymakers and the broader American public about […]

Sasha Chavkin is a reporter for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). He was ICIJ’s lead reporter for the Evicted & Abandoned investigation, which revealed massive forced displacement caused by projects […]

Joakim Demmer was born and grew up in southern Sweden. After studying photography, he began working as a cameraman and film editor in Scandinavia. From 1995-2001 he studied directing at the German Academy of […]