Fenell Doremus is an Emmy Award winning producer with deep connections in the Chicago documentary community. Credits include: the Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning, ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail, (2017); producer and director Mr. Doremus Does What He Can (2024); COOKED: Survival by Zip Code (2020); Field Producer Ringside (2019); City So Real (2019); producer, director and editor on A YEAR ON TEEN STREET (2005); and segment producer and co-editor of THE NEW AMERICANS (2004). Fenell served on the Kartemquin Films board of directors from 2018-2024 and has been a member of the Documentary Producers Alliance since 2017 - current Chair, Regional Committee and Co-rep for the Midwest. She is also an adjunct professor at DePaul University's School of Cinematic Arts.