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Vulcan Productions is dedicated to the power of storytelling. We produce content and large-scale campaigns that entertain, electrify and change the way people understand the world's toughest challenges. Our films, television series and digital content spark ideas and turn action into measurable impact. Founded by Paul G. Allen and his sister Jody Allen in 1997, Vulcan Productions creates content across all platforms, extending the wide-ranging work of Vulcan Inc. in wildlife, science, climate, oceans, education, technology, current social issues, history and the arts. Our award-winning projects include Racing Extinction, Academy Award® nominated Body Team 12, We The Economy, #ISurvivedEbola, Girl Rising,The Blues and Far from Heaven. Upcoming projects include Ivory, Naledi, Mind of A Giant and Unseen Enemy. For more information on Vulcan Productions and our leadership in generating change through impact storytelling, visit vulcanproductions.com.
Show of Force was founded in 2006 by veteran film and television producers Maro Chermayeff and Jeff Dupre and is known for award-winning feature documentaries, event television series and groundbreaking transmedia projects. Their work includes the forthcoming 8-hour music series Soundbreaking, produced in partnership with legendary Beatles producer George Martin; the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present for HBO, Kehinde Wiley: An Economy of Grace, the 2014 SXSW Jury Prize winner for Best Documentary Short; Mann v. Ford, a feature-length documentary for HBO; the 6-hour PBS series Circus; and the Emmy Award-winning 10-hour PBS series Carrier. Their projects, A Path Appears, and Emmy Honors recipient Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, based on the bestselling books by the Pulitzer Prize-winning New Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, were two 4-hour broadcast series on PBS and multi-platform initiatives that reached more than 40 million people worldwide, garnered some 3 billion media impressions and included mobile games and a Facebook game. SOF is represented by WME and is currently in production on several projects including a new 8-hour series for CNN Original Series in partnership with Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia / Seven Bucks Productions, as well as a multi-platform initiative Humanity on the Move on the global refugee crisis being produced through their Social Good division, which harnesses the power of storytelling to create change.
Vulcan Productions
(Executive Producers) Paul G. Allen, Carole Tomko, Rita Mullin, Jody Gottlieb, Rocky Collins, (Digital Producer) Matt Milios, (Coordinating Producer for Education) Jannat Gargi, (Production Manager) Kim Nyhous, (Production Coordinator) Susan Grella, (Social Media Relations) Chelsey Killebrew, (Engagement and Impact Director) Ted Richane, (Business Affairs) Doug Coblens, (Sr. Program Officer Education) David Ferrero.
Show of Force
(Executive Producers) Maro Chermayeff, Jeff Dupre, Joshua Bennett, Mira Chang, Cindy Vanegas, (Consulting Executive Producer) Ronnie Krensel, (Supervising Producers) Caroline Onikute, Josh Veselka, Diane Kolyer, (Senior Producer) Jamila Wignot, (Story Producer) Shuchi Talati (Senior Associate Producer) Daniel Leeds, (Unit Production Managers) Rafael Estrella, Jen Faulkner, (Production Coordinators) Yesenia “Moony” Perez, Tiffany Morgan, (VP Business Affairs) Andrew Hall, (VP Production) Julie Schapiro Thorman, (Director Digital Strategy) Charlotte Cooper, (Digital Strategist) Carlos Valdivia, (Education and Learning Coordinator) Meagan Lee Butler.
Warrior Poets
(Executive Producers) Jeremy Chilnick, Morgan Spurlock, (Supervising Producer) Sean Frechette, (Producers) Eric Enright, Sebastian Weinberg
Production & Program Partners
After Five Productions, Albacore Club, Alice the Dog, Big Picture Educational, Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv, Cinema Vision Inc, Denizen, Fran Roberts, Fifteen Minutes Public Relations, FilmBuff, finally-studio, FlickerLab, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, Grucitta Productions, HeadCount, Hip Check Interactive, Jamie Biden, Jun Group, Kontent Films, Limebeat Productions, PBS LearningMedia, Resonate Networks, Sanford Livingston, Six Point Harness, Three One NYC, Titmouse Inc., Truckstop Media