Consult An Expert

Connect with Leading Documentary Pros to Accelerate Your Film and Build Your Career

Whether you're in development, production, promotion, or simply seeking to enhance your filmmaking skills and career, consulting with an industry expert can significantly boost your progress. As part of DOC NYC PRO programming, you now have the opportunity to book direct consultations with seasoned documentary professionals in the field.

Experts

From Vision to Funding

Anupama Srinivasan
Filmmaker

Anupama Srinivasan

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$150 - 1:1 Booking

Anupama Srinivasan is known for Nocturnes (2024), Flickering Lights (2023) and I Wonder (2009).
Beth Levison
Producer

Beth Levison

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$75 - 1:1 Booking

I am passionate about the power of storytelling—through film—to entertain, engage and transform audiences' understanding of our world.
Lina Lyte Plioplyte
Documentary Filmmaker

Lina Lyte Plioplyte

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Free - 1:1 Booking

Emmy, Clio and a Silver Lion winning director and cinematographer.
Natalie Bullock Brown
Documentary Filmmaker

Natalie Bullock Brown

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$150 - 1:1 Booking

Natalie Bullock Brown is a documentary producer known for her work on director Byron Hurt's films Hazing (Independent Lens), Lee & Liza's Family Tree (NOVA), and Ken Burns' PBS series JAZZ.
Prerana Thakurdesai
Producer

Prerana Thakurdesai

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$100 - 1:1 Booking

Prerana Thakurdesai is the producer of the award-winning documentaries, impact distribution strategist and cultural consultant.

Rachel Shuman
Documentary Filmmaker

Rachel Shuman

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$100 - 1:1 Booking

Rachel Shuman is a documentary editor and director based in the greater New York City area. Her recent editing credits include: Emmy- and Peabody-nominated STORM LAKE (Full Frame 2021); OMARA (DOC NYC 2021); LA PASTORA (Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival

Ross Kauffman
Documentary Filmmaker

Ross Kauffman

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Academy Award winning director, producer, cinematographer and editor. My films include BORN INTO BROTHELS, E-TEAM and TIGERLAND among others. I love helping filmmakers create great movies and I also conduct workshops around the globe.
Ryan Harrington
Producer

Ryan Harrington

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$150 - 1:1 Booking

Ryan Harrington is a film and television industry veteran of over 20 years.He is a 5-time Emmy Award winning, Peabody winning and Oscar nominated producer.

Sissel Morell Dargis
Director

Sissel Morell Dargis

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Free - 1:1 Booking

I have consulted in game narrative and design and given masterclasses in how to overlap films with games in a way where the dialogue and contribute to each other. As well as I'm a crossbred in nationalities (Lithuania/Denmark/Spain), I believe I mix t
Susan Margolin
Producer

Susan Margolin

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$100 - 1:1 Booking

Susan Margolin is a producer and pioneer of digital film distribution with 25+ years’ experience in field of independent film and media. She co-founded distributor New Video/Docurama Films in 1992 and ran the company until it was sold to Cinedigm in 20
Tracie Holder
Documentary Filmmaker

Tracie Holder

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$250 - 1:1 Booking

Tracie Holder is a filmmaker, producer and U.S. film funding specialist. She is widely regarded as a “go-to” person for filmmakers (both American and international) seeking U.S. grant funding having raised more than $3 million in grants for her own projec

From Production to Completion

Beth Levison
Producer

Beth Levison

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$75 - 1:1 Booking

I am passionate about the power of storytelling—through film—to entertain, engage and transform audiences' understanding of our world.
Bo Mehrad
Editor

Bo Mehrad

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$400 - 1:1 Booking
Free - 1:1 Booking

Editor known for The Punk Singer (2013), Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (2022) and Call Me Miss Cleo (2022).
Carrie Hawks (they/them)
Animator

Carrie Hawks (they/them)

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$80 - 1:1 Booking

Carrie Hawks makes art to promote healing primarily focusing on queer and BIPOC experiences via filmmaking and art. They harness the magic of animation to tell stories. Their film black enuf* was nominated for a NY Emmy.
Derek Howard
Cinematographer

Derek Howard

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Derek Howard is a director of photography, director, and editor whose collaborations have screened at Venice, Toronto, Sundance, Telluride, and more.
Lynn True
Documentary Filmmaker

Lynn True

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Free - 1:1 Booking

Lynn True is a documentary film director/producer/editor and co-founder of True Walker Productions.
Rachel Shuman
Documentary Filmmaker

Rachel Shuman

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$100 - 1:1 Booking

Rachel Shuman is a documentary editor and director based in the greater New York City area. Her recent editing credits include: Emmy- and Peabody-nominated STORM LAKE (Full Frame 2021); OMARA (DOC NYC 2021); LA PASTORA (Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival

Ross Kauffman
Documentary Filmmaker

Ross Kauffman

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Free - 1:1 Booking

Academy Award winning director, producer, cinematographer and editor. My films include BORN INTO BROTHELS, E-TEAM and TIGERLAND among others. I love helping filmmakers create great movies and I also conduct workshops around the globe.
Ryan Harrington
Producer

Ryan Harrington

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$150 - 1:1 Booking

Ryan Harrington is a film and television industry veteran of over 20 years.He is a 5-time Emmy Award winning, Peabody winning and Oscar nominated producer.

Susan Margolin
Producer

Susan Margolin

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$100 - 1:1 Booking

Susan Margolin is a producer and pioneer of digital film distribution with 25+ years’ experience in field of independent film and media. She co-founded distributor New Video/Docurama Films in 1992 and ran the company until it was sold to Cinedigm in 20
Tyler H. Walk, ACE
Editor

Tyler H. Walk, ACE

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$800 - 1:1 Booking

A documentary editor for over 20 years, Tyler has won awards for his work including the Sundance Editing award, Cinema Eye award, Emmy award, and Peabody award. Several of the films he has consulted on have gone on to play festival circuits and gain criti
Vanessa Carr
Documentary Filmmaker

Vanessa Carr

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Free - 1:1 Booking

Documentary cinematographer specializing in vérité shooting.

From Festivals to Release

Ani Mercedes
Impact Strategist

Ani Mercedes

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$175 - 1:1 Booking

I help small doc teams make a big impact with their film. Learn more at LookyLookyPictures.com.
Beth Levison
Producer

Beth Levison

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$75 - 1:1 Booking

I am passionate about the power of storytelling—through film—to entertain, engage and transform audiences' understanding of our world.
Daniel Kaplan
Distribution Strategist

Daniel Kaplan

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Free - 1:1 Booking

Seasoned digital marketing director, social media lead, educator, and business developer representing feature films, festivals, nonprofits, and more.
Jessica Edwards
Distribution Strategist

Jessica Edwards

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Jessica is a Peabody Award winning filmmaker. She uses her broad background in the film industry as a director, producer and publicist to create and support storytelling.

Jon Reiss
Distribution Strategist

Jon Reiss

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$95 - 1:1 Booking

Jon Reiss is a filmmaker, author and media strategist who wrote the book Think Outside the Box Office. His company, 8 Above, creates custom audience-building strategies, theatrical experiences and digital release campaigns for independent feature and
Prerana Thakurdesai
Producer

Prerana Thakurdesai

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$100 - 1:1 Booking

Prerana Thakurdesai is the producer of the award-winning documentaries, impact distribution strategist and cultural consultant.

Ross Kauffman
Documentary Filmmaker

Ross Kauffman

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Free - 1:1 Booking

Academy Award winning director, producer, cinematographer and editor. My films include BORN INTO BROTHELS, E-TEAM and TIGERLAND among others. I love helping filmmakers create great movies and I also conduct workshops around the globe.
Ryan Harrington
Producer

Ryan Harrington

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$150 - 1:1 Booking

Ryan Harrington is a film and television industry veteran of over 20 years.He is a 5-time Emmy Award winning, Peabody winning and Oscar nominated producer.

Susan Margolin
Producer

Susan Margolin

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$100 - 1:1 Booking
$100 - 1:1 Booking

Susan Margolin is a producer and pioneer of digital film distribution with 25+ years’ experience in field of independent film and media. She co-founded distributor New Video/Docurama Films in 1992 and ran the company until it was sold to Cinedigm in 20

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