Mary Healey Jamiel, Director, Producer, Writer, Camera       www.holywater-gate.com          Mary Healey Jamiel is a documentary filmmaker and an Associate Professor of Film/Media and Communication Studies at the University of Rhode Island.  Mary's  2005 award-winning documentary, Holy Water-Gate, navigates a psychological drama that unfolds before the camera and soulfully questions ones deepest assumptions about the forces of good and evil.  Holy Water-Gate is currently broadcasting on the Documentary Channel.   She has produced and directed films about Lyme Disease, Global Climate Change and is now devoted to capturing the extraordinary story of Matthew Zarrella and his K-9 Teams.   Mary is honored to have exclusive access to Zarella, a Sergeant serving with the Rhode Island State Police, his USAR and Task Force II Wilderness teams.  The teams dedicate thousands of hours of volunteer training with their dogs in order to save the lives of others.

Ken Willinger, Director of Photography  www.kenwillinger.com
Ken Willinger is an Emmy award winning Director of Photography.  He has filmed news and documentary projects around the world with much time spent in South America, The Middle East, Africa and Europe. Credits include documentary, narrative, commercial and episodic TV.  Some of Ken’s most recent documentary credits include "Vanished" – an HBO documentary currently in production, PBS - "Buried Secrets of The Bible" - NOVA "Forgotten Ellis Island " PBS, 2009, Prometheus Bound: The Epidemic of Hepatitis C – 2007 Freddie Award and was nominated for a National Emmy in 2008. 

Daniel Sousa, Animator       www.danielsousa.com   Sousa uses animation and themes commonly found in mythology and fairy tales to examine archetypes of human nature, and the inner struggles between our intellects and our unconscious drives. Rather than following conventional narratives, he approaches filmmaking from a painter’s perspective. He focuses on states of mind, evoking the fragility of fleeting moments, memories and perceptions. In addition to his independent projects, Sousa has worked as a director and animator with Cartoon Network, Olive Jar Studios, Global Mechanic, and Duck.  He is a founding member of Handcranked Film Projects, a group of New England filmmakers actively engaged in the production of independent experimental films.

Mary Lampson, Consulting Editor   Mary Lampson is an award-winning independent documentary filmmaker and editor. Lampson co-edited the academy-award wining documentary Harlan County, USA and worked as an editor on many other independently produced documentary features. She has worked with Emile de Antonio, Ricky Leacock, D.A. Pennebaker, Barbara Kopple and, most recently, with Julia Reichert, Steve Bognar and Anne Makepeace, Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry. Lampson has also worked in the dramatic format. Her film Until She Talks was produced independently and aired on the PBS series American Playhouse. Until She Talks won Best Film Made for Television at the Mannheim Film Festival, a Cine Golden Eagle, a Blue Ribbon at the American Film Festival and Best Short Dramatic Film at the Athens Film Festival. She has produced over 25 short live action films for Sesame Street. She has been a fellow and advisor at Robert Redford's Sundance Institute. She also teaches filmmaking to children as an artist-in-residence at all levels of K-12.

Ayla Fox,  Camera,  Production Assistant  Ayla Fox is a recent graduate of The University of RI with  a double major in Wildlife Conservation Biology and Film Media.  Her passion is to create films that depict environmental and social issues in a truthful, unbiased light, invigorating the audience to think, question, and become inspired. She recently worked with Plan USA editing and producing video for various developing nations in Africa.  She also helped to build Plan International's social campaigns, and launch an interactive website for Plan Youth. Her Recent works include documentaries, Against the Current, a film about river herring population decline, and, Core Wiring, a self-reflective documentary about the deep influence of technology on the developing child's mind, body, and spirit.