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Marc Oberdorfer

With over twenty years of experience in film and media production, Marc has worked on a wide range of projects, from independent films to Hollywood productions. His expertise as a film director, cinematographer, producer, and artist has taken him all over the world. Marc is based in Hong Kong and Germany and ready to work globally.

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Eli Yetter-Bowman

Eli Yetter-Bowman is a genderqueer documentary filmmaker, science communicator, and founder of Ethereal Films. While a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eli uncovered the story of GenX contamination in their hometown of Wilmington. That discovery led them to begin a years-long investigation into PFAS chemicals and to build a production company from scratch to tell the story. Since then, their films have reached international audiences, including BURNED: Protecting the Protectors, produced with actor Mark Ruffalo, and The Bowl, which opened the 2025 BEYOND Film Festival.

Eli’s work bridges medicine, science, and advocacy, and they now serve as an affiliate researcher at UNC Chapel Hill. Some of their awards include the National Academies’ Excellence in Science Communication Award, a Southern Circuit Fellowship, the title of Honorable Colonel, and nearly one million dollars in grants supporting documentary projects. Their films have been shown at festivals, in classrooms, and in fire departments across the country, sparking conversations about health, ethics, and accountability.

Alongside filmmaking, Eli’s creative practice extends into theatre, music, and public speaking, where they bring the same energy and presence that inform their documentaries. They are also a dedicated rock climber and once won a computer competition in Chapel Hill in 2025. Inspired by the love and creativity of their parents, Eli continues to merge art and advocacy, showing students and audiences that storytelling can be both a tool for change and an expression of joy.

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Teddy Cannon

Teddy Cannon is a Los Angeles-based Archival & Clearance Producer with over 25 years of experience in film and television and the founder of Crux Entertainment, Inc. — a full-service company specializing in Archival, Clearance, and Legal support for documentary, scripted, unscripted, true crime, sports, and commercial content.
His credits span Netflix, Hulu, HBO, Starz, Peacock, CBS, NBC, Hallmark, Amazon, Showtime, Discovery, Nat Geo, and more — including work with Dick Wolf Productions, The Springhill Co., and Nike. Through Crux, Teddy and his entertainment attorney provide productions with end-to-end clearance and legal coverage, from footage research through E&O delivery.
Teddy is on a mission to ensure documentary filmmakers have archival and clearance expertise built into their pipeline from day one — not as an afterthought, but as a core pillar of production.

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Sam Sanders

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Sam is a filmmaker, professor, and photographer whose work strives to uncover and share the nuanced stories that resonate deeply with human emotions and our connection to one another. She has written/produced/directed documentary programs for networks including National Geographic, The History Channel, MSNBC, A&E and PBS. Her most recent short documentary, Swimming Through, screened at more than forty festivals worldwide winning numerous awards and was released by The New Yorker Documentary in December 2023. She has directed Emmy-award-winning documentaries including Our Children: Purpose Over Pain, centered around families who have lost children to gun violence. Sam co-produced the fiction feature film American Folk. Set against the backdrop of 9/11, this road movie musical, starring musicians Joe Purdy and Amber Rubarth, was nominated for the Panavision Spirit Award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival and won Best American Independent Film at the Cleveland International Film Festival and is distributed by Good Deed Entertainment. She also produced the feature film, Chicago Boricua, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and is distributed by Screen Media. She, along with her husband, documentary editor John Farbrother, founded and runs Green River Films, an Emmy-award winning Chicago-based production company. Sam teaches film at Columbia College Chicago, where she received an MFA in filmmaking, and at DePaul University.

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