WHO WE ARE

Director/ Producer

Sean Claffey has more than 25 years in the film industry spanning feature films, industry documentaries and commercials.

Sean is drawn to emotionally compelling projects and embraces the rigors of getting the story right, even under the most challenging circumstances.

Producer/Writer

Dave Pederson has been an entertainment professional for over 20 years with expertise in Film & Television production, development, sales and distribution.

Dave’s successes include the first internet to television show with MTV’s “I Bet You Will”, producer of the Oscar nominated film “Super Size Me”, and the Cannes Award winning “The Third Wave”.

Producer/Executive Producer

Jillian Hurley is a media consultant with over 25 years of experience maximizing exposure and optimizing messaging for clients.

Jillian is also a long-time activist for the working poor, focusing her efforts in areas including affordable housing, middle class healthcare, childcare reform, racial equality, and children’s rights.

Jillian’s previous production experience includes field producer and casting for National Geographic, CBS News, ABC News, Oprah! & news magazines.

Her social justice work includes advising clients in Black Lives Matter, Ground Level Support to assist in framing public messaging for police reform and efforts throughout the country to finance Habitat for Humanity homes.

producer/executive producer

An amatuer economist Jeff Mann has 25+ years in the corporate and entrepreneurial world.

His interest in America’s economic bubble and the disparate fates of the very rich, the middle class and the working poor led him on an autodidactic journey studying economic theory.

Jeff’s research and economic experts not only define America’s current dangerous economic situation but provide the viewer with a clear understanding that destruction of the middle class is not fate but a clearly defined path designed by big business and their influence on both parties.

Jeff’s production experience includes logistics, casting experts, interviews and fact-checking.

Executive Producer

Len Monfredo is an entrepreneur, business owner and humanitarian. In 1994 Len began his film career building and designing sets.

Len is passionate about making the world a better place and is committed to working on projects that help lift the human spirit.

Lead Writer

Christopher Seward is a documentary filmmaker with over twenty years of experience working on over 40 films.

He edited Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11, winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, as well as the Oscar nominated Sicko – both earning him nods from the American Cinema Editors Guild as Best Documentary Editor of the year. While he continues to do some finishing editing he has expanded into producing, writing and consulting for many other directors including the SXSW Grand Jury winning People’s Republic of Desire, and the Sundance Grand Jury winning One Child Nation.

Christopher is currently in development on two feature docs he is writing and directing.

Executive Producer

Wayne Goldblatt has more than 12 years of experience in the documentary film industry, producing, developing, and managing a variety of films, including Super Size Me, Meet Dave, and Deception. Wayne also worked as an agent, representing talent, writers and directors.

He was also involved in production of a number of TV shows, including A&E’s Incurable Collector, and also worked on a number of foreign TV commercials.

Additionally, Wayne co-founded the start-up tech company HAZARI.com, an ETSY- or Pinterest-like ecommerce marketplace for tech geeks to buy, sell or share most anything relevant to nerd culture.

Executive Producer

Nicholas Cohen is a dynamic business leader, with 20 years of success in the entertainment industry. Overseeing architainment, studio, and theater projects for venues across the Southeast United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean. His clients included Walt Disney, Universal Studios, Sea World, and Miami-Dade County.

As a live events producer, he has hosted meetings with many Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft, Facebook, and Bank of America. Beginning his career as a recording engineer, Nicholas worked with musical artists from Def Jam, Roadrunner Records, and Interscope Records.

He holds a BA in Communications from the University of Hartford and an Associate of Science in the Recording Arts from Full Sail University.

Art Director

After graduating from Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute, Massachusetts born Joseph Guillette began working in publishing and package design in 1996. He began his career in TV and Film in 2000 by helping start a dot-com company that produced web content with hopes to turn it into television programming.

They managed the very first web show on TV, I Bet You Will, with Joseph as art director and co-host. A year later the company made the Academy nominated,Super Size Me with Joseph as its art and animation director.

Since then he’s worked as a storyboard artist for film, TV and commercials. Having many skills he also does graphic design and original art for production companies, musicians, and festivals, his illustrations and graphic design regularly appear on Law & Order SUV.

He continues to package concepts for TV and Film with several production companies and individual writers. He also regularly publishes his own online comic strips. Joseph resides in Connecticut painting, drawing and sign making.

Editor

Marissa Gouverne is a New York City based documentary and commercial video editor. Hailing originally from Corpus Christi, Texas, she studied story structure and technique at the University of Pennsylvania. She specializes in topics ranging from arts & culture to social justice, having worked on such documentary productions as Finding Babel, Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death, Like Any Other Kid, Jane Fonda in Five Acts, and Lenox Hill.

When she’s not at her computer, she is almost certainly watching a movie, enjoying a cold beer with her partner, or absolutely crushing at karaoke.

Editor

Meghan Sims is an award-winning editor and filmmaker whose work has been recognized by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Midwest Film Festival, NY Times Op-Docs, and Vimeo Staff Pick’s Best of the Year Awards. Her feature film credits include BIG STAR: NOTHING CAN HURT ME

(SXSW 2012), as well as TICKLING GIANTS (TriBeCa 2016) as an assistant editor. She also assisted Academy Award-winning director Laura Poitras (CITIZENFOUR) and editor Melody London (STRANGER

THAN PARADISE, HEART OF A DOG) on RISK, Poitras’ film about Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival’s Directors’ Fortnight in 2016. In 2020 she edited

OUT OF DARKNESS for director Tanaz Eshaghian (BE LIKE OTHERS, Sundance(2009). In 2021 she edited AMERICONNED, a feature documentary about income inequality in America from The New Deal to today, working closely with story consultant Christopher Seward (FAHRENHEIT 9/11,ONE CHILD NATION). Starting in January 2021 she has been working with Nadav Kurtz on UNTITLED SAM PROJECT.

Associate Producer/Cameras

Jake Sofaer is an artist and filmmaker from Oakland California. He cut his teeth on Indy features, music videos, and commercials. He is a co-founder of Escape From Apgar House, and currently works as a filmmaker and cinematographer in NYC.