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Ninth Annual Festival

8:03 min
Documentary
Director: Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
Producer: Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger

Winner of the Jury Award

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Jennifer Redfearn, Director, Producer and Writer

Jennifer Redfearn is a New York based director, producer and writer. She has worked on programming for PBS, the Discovery networks, and independent productions, and she has written for the Village Voice among other publications. Most recently, Jennifer co-produced a two-hour special for NOVA and field produced a medical series for the Discovery Channel. She holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies from Wellesley College and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. Samples of her work can be found online at www.jenredfearn.com.

Tim Metzger, Co-Producer and Director of Photography

Tim Metzger is a New York based director of photography working in both narrative and documentary. Recent work for Discovery and the History Channel has taken him around the world for series, such as “Engineering an Empire,” and specials, including the 2-hour film The Dark Ages. Tim has also been busy shooting the narrative feature Li Tong in Beijing, a documentary and photography project in Xinjiang, hunting anacondas in Venezuela, crossing the Siberian Arctic aboard a Russian nuclear icebreaker, and shooting a new series on mythology in Morocco. He is a firm believer in independent film, and the power of the media to make a difference. Samples of his work can be found at www.timmetzger.com.