Brad Rothschild

Director

BRIAN MAIT, p.g.a.

Director

Alex Ruthizer

Producer

Jeff Sagansky

Executive Producer

Happy Walters

Executive Producer

Tina Grapenthin

Editor

Mihali Paleologou

Composer

Brad Rothschild

Director

BRIAN MAIT, p.g.a.

Director

Alex Ruthizer

Producer

Jeff Sagansky

Executive Producer

Happy Walters

Executive Producer

Tina Grapenthin

Editor

Mihali Paleologou

Composer

BRAD ROTHSCHILD

Director
Brad is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, with a commitment to projects that both excite audiences and invoke social consciousness. His credits include: “They Ain’t Ready For Me,” a documentary film about Tamar Manasseh, the founder of Mothers Against Senseless Violence, and her fight to end gun violence on the streets of Chicago, as well as the follow-up film, “Rabbi on the Block,” an award-winning documentary that follows Tamar Manasseh on her unique journey from community activist to African-American female Rabbi. Brad both directed and produced “Tree Man,” a documentary about the lives of New York City’s Christmas tree sellers and produced the film Kinderblock 66: Return to Buchenwald. Brad is a graduate of Emory University (BA) and Columbia University (MBA & MIA)

BRIAN MAIT, p.g.a.

Director
Brian Mait is an Emmy Award-winning and Cannes Lions Shortlisted Director, Writer and Producer with over two decades of experience across the entertainment industry. As showrunner for NBC Universal’s travel and lifestyle show “1st Look,” Brian won a Daytime Emmy Award for Achievement in Directing and was nominated on six other occasions for producing and directing. Previously, Brian developed and produced hundreds of hours of content ranging from Super Bowls and the US Open to A&E’s “Biography,” in addition to countless commercials and music videos.

ALEX RUTHIZER

Producer
Alex is a seasoned Documentary Film Producer, who started the Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction project after many years of grassroots efforts to gain public attention for Raoul’s story. He has two decades of experience in the asset management and crypto industries (Allianz, National Bank of Canada, Blockpoint), Media (The Economist) and gaming. Alex is a University of Michigan (BA) and NYU Stern (MBA) alum.

JEFF SAGANSKY

Executive Producer
Jeff Sagansky is an investor, executive and producer in the entertainment industry. He has co-founded multiple special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), which have acquired and taken public companies including Lionsgate Studios and DraftKings. He was previously President of Sony Pictures Entertainment, President of CBS Entertainment, CEO of TriStar Pictures and CEO of Paxson Communications. He has produced many series and documentaries, most recently “Delhi Crime,” a 7-hour scripted series for Netflix which won the international Emmy Award for best drama. Jeff graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Business School and serves on multiple boards, including Imagine Entertainment, the National Parks Conservancy Association and Willscot Corporation.

HAPPY WALTERS

Executive Producer
Happy Walters is a media, music and sports executive. He is an Advisor to the Indiana Pacers front office. Happy was an NBA and NFL agent and owner of Catalyst Sports, and founder and CEO of Relativity Sports, which he grew into the world’s #2 sports agency, with NBA and NFL stars including Amar’e Stoudemire and Dez Bryant. Happy was also Relativity Media's Co-President, overseeing day-to-day operations. Happy started out as a music manager, representing artists such as Cypress Hill, House of Pain and Wu Tang Clan. He founded Immortal Records, launching the careers of such seminal artists as Korn and Incubus. He has Produced over 20 film and TV productions, including the hit film, “We’re the Millers,” the documentary “One in a Billion” and Grammy-nominated “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead.” He supervised and created soundtracks for over 80 films, including “Immortals,” “The Fighter,” “Bridesmaids” and “The Big Lebowski.” Happy is a University of Michigan alum.

TINA GRAPENTHIN

Editor
Tina Grapenthin is an accomplished documentary film editor and producer, whose films have been featured at the Sundance and Tribeca Film Festivals and shown on HBO, PBS, and Discovery I.D., and include “The (Dead Mothers) Club,” “The Family I Had,” “The Supreme Price,” “When God Sleeps” and “1275 Days.” Tina began her career more than a decade ago as an assistant editor on award-winning documentaries, including “If A Tree Falls” (Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature, Editing Award at Sundance Film Festival), “Racing Dreams” (Tribeca Film Festival winner) and “Good Fortune” (Silverdocs, PBS).

MIHALI PALEOLOGOU

Composer
Mihali is an award-winning composer whose music has been commissioned and performed by numerous ensembles and artists such as the Brussels Philharmonic and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Previous original scores include, “Dissolved,” “Fade to Black” and “Lights Out, Berlin!,” as well as the TV series “Lodgers.” Mihali has been a jury member for the Marvin Hamlisch Film Scoring Contest for Emerging Composers and a member of the pre-selection committee at the Greek Film Festival. He founded the Fusion Film Scoring Workshops and is the Artistic Director of the Berlin International Film Scoring and Sound Design Competitions. He has conducted in venues such as the Wigmore Hall (UK), Queen Elisabeth Hall Foyer (UK), Bishop’s Gate Institute (UK), Paxos Music Festival (GR), GSMD (UK), 20th Century Theatre (UK), and National LNK TV and Radio Hall (LT). Mihali’s was a finalist for the SABAM Award for Best Young European Composer and First Prize Winner of the Frank Prindl Prize for Best Orchestral Score. Mihali teaches Music and Sound for Film at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.