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Beth Levison

Levison is a Peabody and Emmy award-winning producer/director based in NYC. Her 2022 producing effort, THE MARTHA MITCHELL EFFECT, premiered at Sundance, launched on Netflix, and was nominated for an Academy Award® (Best Documentary Short). Her previous film, STORM LAKE (Independent Lens, 2022), which she directed alongside Jerry Risius and produced, was Emmy Award and Peabody-nominated. Other producing credits include the Independent Spirit Awards-winning A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY (a Kino Lorber release, 2025), WOMEN IN BLUE (Independent Lens, 2021) and 32 PILLS (HBO, 2017). Executive producer credits include LAND WITH NO RIDER (True/False, 3035), the 2-time BIFA-winning GRAND THEFT HAMLET (MUBI, 2025), 3-time IDA Awards nominee, MY SWEET LAND (Sheffield, 2024) and WITH PETER BRADLEY (PBS, 2024). Levison is the owner of Hazel Pictures, teaches at Sarah Lawrence College, co-founded the Documentary Producers Alliance, and is a member of the Academy.

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Benjamin Kainz

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Ben Kainz is the producing partner of Emily Sheskin and together they’ve created award-winning short films, feature documentaries, and commercials. Ben's latest project is the documentary feature, JESSZILLA, which premiered at Big Sky Film Festival. It won Best Picture and Best Documentary Feature at the Fargo Film Festival, Special Jury Mention at the Atlanta Film Festival, and the Documentary Committee Spotlight Award at the Indies hosted by Slamdance Group. Prior to that, Ben was an associate producer on the feature film OVUM, directed by Matt Ott. OVUM premiered at the Big Apple Film Festival where it won Best Feature Film. Ben is a member of the Documentary Producers Alliance, Film Independent, and Variable.

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Chloë Campion

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Sarah Rachael Wainio

The unofficial ethics librarian of the industry, Sarah Rachael Wainio is building a library of free ethics resources for filmmakers with the Documentary Producers Alliance. You can see her work on television on The Food Network, Magnolia Network, Netflix, TLC, WEtv, MTV, and Max. She earned an MFA in Social Documentary Film from the School of Visual Arts and has a dual degree in Psychology and Philosophy from Fordham University.

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