- Director/Producer
- Mark Mitten
- Editor
- Alanna Schmelter
- Writers
- Mark Mitten
- Alanna Schmelter
- Cinematographers
- Tom Bergmann
- Graham Willoughby
- Co-Prorducer
- Sean Lyness
- Music
- Jonathan Kirkscey
- Executive Producers
- Julie Goldman
- Chris Clements
- Gordon Quinn
- Jolene Pinder
- Tim Horsburgh

Mark Mitten
Co-Chair, Marketing and Development Committee
Mark Mitten is an award-winning producer who has created a variety of media and entertainment projects. Most recently he originated and produced the internationally acclaimed documentary Abacus: Small Enough To Jail, directed by Steve James (Hoop Dreams), which premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Abacus was nominated for the 2018 Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary and was named best Political Documentary by the Critic’s Choice Awards.

Alanna Schmelter

Gordon Quinn
Founder and Artistic Director
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.

Jolene Pinder
Jolene Pinder is a documentary producer and arts administrator with 15 years of experience in the independent film space. Most recently, she helped launch and served as the inaugural executive director of #CreateLouisiana, a grantmaking and mentorship non-profit designed to champion Louisiana talent in film. Recent grantees supported through #CreateLouisiana have attracted national attention, including 2019 Tribeca multi-award winner Phillip Youmans for his film Burning Cane.

Tim Horsburgh
Director of Film Strategy
Tim Horsburgh is Kartemquin’s Director of Film Strategy, leading the organization's development, production, and distribution of 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.