- Directors
- Bob Hercules
- Gordon Quinn
- Producer
- Joanna Rudnick
- Executive Producers
- Gordon Quinn
- Susan Lacy
- Executive Producer for ITVS
- Sally Jo Fifer
- Editor
- David E. Simpson
- Director of Photography
- Keith Walker
- Associate Producer
- Rachel Pikelny
- Camera
- Gordon Quinn
- Location Sound Recording
- John Mathie
- Daniel Brooks
- Judy Karp
- Additional camera
- Jim Morrissette
- Mike Swanson
- Dana Kupper
- Additional Sound
- Richard K. Pooler
- Ben Clore
- Zak Piper
- David Schumacher
- Assistant Editors
- Nora Gully
- Liz Kaar
- Sharon Szalkowski
- Technical Supervisor & Online Editor
- Jim Morrissette
- Audio Mix
- Mark Bandy
- Title & Graphics
- Dizzy Giant, LLC
- Kartemquin Films Executive Director
- Justine Nagan
- Production Support for Kartemquin Films
- Yvonne Afable
- Jacinta Banks
- Jerry Blumenthal
- Nora Gully
- Tim Horsburgh
- Liz Kaar
- Jim Morrissette
- Kelley Moseley
- Elizabeth Neufeld
- Zak Piper
- Dinesh Sabu
- Leslie Simmer
- Production Manager for Media Process Group
- Lisa Pooler
- Bookkeeping
- Yvonne Afable
- Mia Capodilupo
- Cate Ryan
- Legal
- Robert Labate
- Jennifer Bjornberg
- Peter Jaszi
- Elisa Westapher
- Transcription
- Ethan Barnowsky
- Holly Butz
- Kate Donalek
- John Kostka
- Matt Lauterbach
- Joe Riina-Ferrie
- Rebecca Parrish
- Robby Sexton
- Emily Thomas
- Jenny Wells
- Adora Wilson-Eye
- Produced with the cooperation of Ravinia Festival
- Welz Kauffman, CEO & President
- Interns/Production Assistants
- Ethan Barnowsky
- Jessy Bradish
- Sarah Brafman
- Holly Butz
- Betsy Cass
- Ranjani Chakraborty
- Kate Donalek
- LaToya Flowers
- Michael Foley
- Nick Fraccaro Kevin Fullam
- Lauren Goldenberg
- Brett Hanover
- Ian Robertson Kibbe
- John Kostka
- Matt Lauterbach
- Lauren Makholm
- Aaron McGrath
- Eman Nader
- Aubyn Niemi
- Nick Nummerdor
- Lesley Onstott
- Rebecca Parrish Allison Pichert
- Joe Riina-Ferrie
- Hannah Roodman
- Dinesh Sabu
- Robby Sexton
- Ayesha Siddiqi Philister Sidigu
- Tristan Steinfeld
- Emily Thomas
- Lindsey Turner Stanzi Vaubel
- Aziza Ngozi Walker
- Jenny Wells Cassie Wierenga
- Adora Wilson-Eye
- Shuling Yong
- Series Theme Music Composed by
- Thomas Wagner
- Series Title Designed by
- B. T. Whitehill
- Music Services
- Rosie Fishel
- Emily Lee
- Series Production Manager
- Jane Buckwalter
- Business Affairs
- Odell Nails
- Series Publicist
- WNET’s Communications Group
- Production Supervisor
- Junko Tsunashima
- Supervising Producer
- Julie Sacks
- Series Producer
- Prudence Glass
- Executive Producer
- Susan Lacy

Bob Hercules

Gordon Quinn
Founder and Senior Advisor
Artistic Director and founding member of Kartemquin Films, Gordon Quinn has been making documentaries for over 50 years. Roger Ebert, of the Chicago Sun Times, called his first film Home for Life (1966) "an extraordinarily moving documentary." With Home for Life Gordon established the direction he would take for the next four decades, making cinéma vérité films that investigate and critique society by documenting the unfolding lives of real people.

Joanna Rudnick
Joanna Rudnick is an Emmy®-nominated director and producer.

David E. Simpson
David E. Simpson is a documentary filmmaker with over three decades of experience. Films he has produced, directed or edited have garnered three national Emmys, a pair of Peabody awards, two DuPont-Columbia batons, an Oscar nomination, a Sundance jury award and best in category at countless festivals. He has worked in close association with Kartemquin Films since 1997.
An experienced director/producer, David deems editing the heart of documentary-practice and spends the bulk of his time in the cutting room crafting impactful works with talented collaborators.

Keith Walker

Rachel Pikelny
An Emmy award-winning filmmaker recently named to DOC NYC's "40 Under 40" List, Rachel Pikelny is a sought-after producer whose work has earned accolades and sparked impact, at venues ranging from the Tribeca Film Festival to Capitol Hill.

Jim Morrissette
Technical Director Emeritus
For over thirty-five years, Jim Morrissette has had extensive experience as both a professional videographer and teacher, supporting his conviction that sharing and access are instrumental to the vitality of the independent production community.

Zak Piper
Zak is an Emmy and PGA award-winning documentary filmmaker who has made films for over 15 years.
Currently, Zak is producing several feature films: City So Real with producer/director Steve James; Until the Lion Speaks (working title), for Concordia Studio, with co-directors Bing Liu and Joshua Altman; and The Ants and the Grasshopper (working title), a film he is also co-directing/producing with Raj Patel and producer Rachel Wexler.

Liz Kaar

Justine Nagan
From 2008-2015, Justine led Kartemquin Films as Executive Director as well as being an Executive Producer on each new film. She was responsible, in concert with the Board of Directors, for creating and implementing the strategic vision for Kartemquin. Justine successfully transitioned to the ED role in a historic founder-led organization, and made major strides in building a foundation for long-term sustainability.

Yvonne Afable
Board Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair
Yvonne P. Afable was Kartemquin's Director of Finance from 2004-2012, before transitioning to the Board of Directors. A graduate of DePaul University, Yvonne has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting & Finance. She is a Certified Management Accountant with 16 years of accounting experience. She was an auditor for two years before beginning her career in the not-for-profit industry. She monitored the budget and assisted with investments for the American College of Surgeons before becoming the Assistant Accounting Manager.

Jerry Blumenthal
Founding Partner
Jerry Blumenthal, one of the founding partners of Kartemquin Films, was a director, producer, editor and sound recordist with Kartemquin from 1967 until his passing on November 13, 2014. His most recent completed work was as Editor on Kartemquin's 2010 documentary, Prisoner Of Her Past.

Tim Horsburgh
Tim Horsburgh is an independent producer and consultant dedicated to the development, production, marketing, distributing, and impact of award-winning, impactful documentary films.
Serving on Kartemquin staff from 2009-2021, he was most recently Kartemquin’s Director of Film Strategy, leading the organization's original documentaries through their collaborative production model; industry outreach, strategic initiatives, and brand-building; and serving as the point of contact for Kartemquin Producers and Associates.
Dinesh Sabu
Dinesh Sabu made his first feature documentary Unbroken Glass with Kartemquin. It played at numerous film festivals and was broadcast on America ReFramed’s 5th Season in May 2017. Dinesh was awarded “Best Director” at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival in 2017 for his debut feature.

Leslie Simmer
Director of Editing, Senior Editor on Staff
Leslie Simmer is Kartemquin's Director of Editing as well as Senior Editor on staff.
Matt Lauterbach
Matt Lauterbach is a documentary filmmaker and editor, an educational media developer, and an advocate for accessible media. He crafts engaging non-fiction content for classrooms, museums, and the big screen.

Rebecca Parrish

LaToya Flowers
Latoya graduated from the School of Visual Arts and received an MFA in Social Documentary Film. She worked on the critically acclaimed documentaries; The Interrupters, A Good Man, and Running from Crazy during her internships at Kartemquin and Cabin Creek Films. Her short documentary Derby Girls, was featured in the group exhibition The Sports Show curated by the School of Visual Arts Alumni Society.

Shuling Yong
Shuling Yong is a Singapore-born, Chicago-based documentary filmmaker, sound recordist and DP with a passion for social change. She has worked on films like Radical Grace (Hot Docs, 2015, dir. Rebecca Parrish), America to Me (Sundance, 2018, dir. Steve James), and And She Could Be Next (dir. Grace Lee and Marjan Safinia).