Matthew Heineman Director and Producer

Heineman directed and produced Our Time — a feature documentary about what it’s like to be young in today’s America, which premiered on the Documentary Channel in 2011 and simultaneously on numerous digital platforms. He has directed a number of short films and commercials, and for two years he collaborated with Susan Froemke and a team at HBO on the groundbreaking, Emmy-nominated HBO series, The Alzheimer’s Project, which aired in May 2009.

Susan Froemke Director and Producer

Froemke is a four-time Emmy Award winner with more than 30 documentary films to her credit, from the classic Grey Gardens (1976) to Lalee’s Kin (2001), an HBO film on poverty that earned her an Academy Award nomination. The Audition, a film commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera, played in theaters nationwide in April 2009 and premiered on PBS in early 2010. Froemke was the principal filmmaker at the legendary Maysles Films in New York for over two decades. Well-known as a leader in documentary film, she has made 7 films for HBO and 13 films for PBS. 4 films have been theatrically distributed and 11 have had worldwide TV distribution.

Doug Scott Executive Producer
Scott is the founder of Aisle C Productions, an independent production company focused on documentary films and unscripted television. Over the course of his career, he has developed and produced high visibility integrated entertainment programs including Diddy Runs the City for Sean Combs, the Lohas Conference, and Blender Sessions concert series in Park City, Utah. In 2001, Doug was Executive Vice President of Marketing and a Creative Director at Hypnotic where he developed and produced the Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival in partnership with Universal Pictures, as well as Terry Tate, Office Linebacker. Doug is the honorary U.S. Chairman of the Connected TV Marketing Association, International Director of the Branded Content Marketing Association, and a member of the Producers Guild of America and International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Wolfgang Held Director of Photography
Emmy Award-winning director of photography Wolfgang Held has assembled an extensive filmography in both narrative and documentary genres. He has photographed feature films for directors Larry Charles, Gary Winick, Rob Morrow and Mitchell Lichtenstein. Held’s award-winning documentaries include Edit Belzberg’s Oscar-nominated Children Underground (2001), Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004), Marilyn Agrelo’s Mad Hot Ballroom (2005), Nanette Burstein’s American Teen (2008), Deborah Dickson’s PBS series Carrier (2008), Marshall Curry’s Racing Dreams (2009), and Brett Morgan’s NBC documentary Truth in Motion (2010).
Bradley J. Ross Editor
Bradley is an award winning editor and producer residing in New York City. He specializes in broadcast work including documentaries, commercials, trailers, network promos and television series. Bradley’s cut multiple episodes of MTV’s “True Life,” which won an Emmy in 2009. Bradley also recently edited a campaign for the Gasparilla Film Festival with Eyepatch Productions, which won a 2011 Cine Golden Eagle Award.
Chad Kelly Original Score
Kelly is a New York-based composer who has written music for numerous award-winning and critically acclaimed films and documentaries, including Starz’ The Big Bad Swim, ESPN Films’ The Zen of Bobby V, and HBO Documentary Films’ Andrew Jenks, Room 335 and The Alzheimer’s Project. Kelly has also composed music for a number of commercials, television programs, interactive media projects and video games.
Moby Additional Music

Moby began as a DJ while attending college. He released his first single, “Go,” in 1991 (listed as one of Rolling Stone’s best records of all time), and has been making albums ever since. His own records have sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Moby has also had his music used in numerous films, including Heat, Any Given Sunday, The Beach, and most recently the 2011 Oscar-Nominated documentary Waste Land.

Additional Credits

Directed and Produced By
MATTHEW HEINEMAN & SUSAN FROEMKE
Executive Producer
DOUG SCOTT
Director of Photography
WOLFGANG HELD
Editor
BRADLEY J. ROSS
Co-Producers
ELYSSA HESS
BRADLEY J. ROSS
ADAM WHITE
Original Score
CHAD KELLY
Additional Music
MOBY
Contributing Editor and Cinematographer
MATTHEW HEINEMAN
Associate Producers
JESSAMYN ANSARY
MATT PORWOLL
NICOLE RIZZO
Medical/Scientific Advisor
CRISTINE RUSSELL
Production Consultant
DOUGLAS GRAVES
Sound
PETER MILLER
Additional Cinematography
DANIEL CARTER
KATHERINE PATTERSON
MATT PORWOLL
Additional Sound
BRIAN BUCKLEY
DOUG DUNDERDALE
DAN GLEICH
JOHN MATHIE
GLENN MICALLEF
ROGER PHENIX
SAUL ROUDA
Gaffer
ERIC BLUM
MIKE WILSON
JOHN TURK
NED HALLICK
Researchers
MARGUERITE IMBERT
MAXIMILIAN HASLBERGER
JOYCE MISHAAN
Production Assistants
WILLIAM VAN DER LINDE
JAYSON MATTEUCCI
ANDREW MANGUM
JEFF CURRIER
BLAKE WILSON
LIZ DUCHEZ
Supervising Producer (Eyepatch Productions)
JEREMY MARTINO
Technical Support (Eyepatch Productions)
DENNIS BASS
Animations (Manifestovision, NYC)
FREDRIK SUNDWALL
Illustrations (Push, Inc.)
KAT BABANOVSKY
Title Treatment/Graphic Design
BIGSMACK
Colorist (Technicolor Postworks NY)
SCOT OLIVE
Re-Recording Mixer (Technicolor Postworks NY)
MARTIN CZEMBOR
Sound Editors (Technicolor Postworks NY)
ERIC DI STEFANO
ELIZABETH FAUSAK
MIKE POPPLETON
Accounting
MICHELLE JACOBY
Production Insurance (Reiff and Associates)
DYLAN REIFF
Legal Services (Sloss Law)
JERRY DASTI, ESQ
Distribution Advisory Services
CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY
ESCAPE FIRE Opening Sequence
Director/Producer: MATTHEW HEINEMAN
Producer: ADAM WHITE
Director of Photography: WOLFGANG HELD
Assistant Camera: MATT PORWOLL
Red Epic Tech: ETHAN JOHNSON
Jib Operator: JIMMY DUNN
Special FX: GEOFF HERON
Locations: ALEX PEARCY, PATRICK RANAHAN
Grip: MARK BASSETT
Wardrobe: AERIELLE LEVY
PAs: CALE ELLIOT, BEN GRINNELL, ZACH HEINEMAN
Water Truck: MICKEY MEYER
Firemen/Stuntmen: GABRIEL MICHAEL, CHRIS BLACK, JOHN GOODWIN, BILL REED
Fire Safety: ERIC WATSON
Ranch Owner: THOM REINSTEIN