I am a highly intuitive, dynamic award-­winning filmmaker, with a proven record of success in the fast-paced entertainment industry.

I independently produce stories that promote the advancement of our individuality and global interdependence. Through my work, I explore thematic stories about our human spirit and our innate gift of triumphing over adversity.

Born a storyteller, I am armed with the gift of listening and the ability to get close to my subject while bearing witness to intimate testimonies. Over the years, I have worn many hats as a director, producer, supervisor, consultant, shooter, garnering expertise in all facets of the documentary genre, while thriving in both the independent field as well as collaborative environments.

My last award winning film, “SUGIHARA Conspiracy of Kindness,” about Japanese Diplomat Chiune Sempo Sugihara tells the story of how “one man can make a difference”. The feature was honored with the prestigious Pare Lorentz/IDA Award. In July 29, 2021, Sugihara Visas Day was designated by the California Legislature, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 47, to memorialize the great achievements of Chiune Sugihara in saving thousands of Jewish lives during World War II.

Just as extraordinary, is the subject of one of my current work, “IMAGINING A BETTER WORLD, The Nelly Toll Story.” In pre-production on an Augmented Reality (AR), art-related multi-platforms project, based on the International Reading Association Award recipient book “Behind the Secret Window, A Memoir of Hidden Childhood.” The film serves as a bridge to our contemporary stories, encouraging and challenging us to dare and imagine a better world.

On an uplifting note, we are currently in post-production on the story of the late American Master Sammy Nestico. My 20 year journey with Sammy has enriched my life on so many levels. Documenting Sammy's life encouraged me to never give up on my dreams.

Tommy is a multi-Emmy Award, Grammy Award, CAS Award and a Peabody recipient, recognized as one of Hollywood’s most respected recording engineer & scoring mixer.  Over his career, Tommy has earned a reputation and versatility in weaving his music mixing from the recording industry, to television and films. The list of his sonic achievements is eclectic and archives over 50 years of history in music.

Since 1969, Tommy has recorded music for every genre of the entertainment industry with world renowned artists, from Billy Preston to producing Prince debut record, “For You”, to George Duke, Jeffrey Osborne, Quincy Jones, Barbara Streisand, Sammy Nestico, Pino Daniele and Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, to name a few.

His film credits began in 1974 with the cult classic Brian DiPalma’s “Phantom of the Paradise” to the latest 2024 release of "Cabrini," with composer Gene Back. Tommy works along with composer Nicholas Brittel, recorded and mixed Brittel's scores for the Netflix film “The King”, “If Beal Street Could Talk”, “The Big Short” and the 2016 Academy Award® Best Picture winner “Moonlight,” to name a few.

Some of his television credits includes, the HBO series “Sucession”, which earned Tommy a 2024 Emmy Nomination as well as a Cinema Audio Society Nomination for excellence in sound mixing. Tommy earned a 2022 Peabody Award as the scoring mixer on "Andor," Lucas Film Ltd. Other television credits includes "Don't Look Up, "Six Feet Under”, “The Newsroom," “Angels in America” and his mixing of “Behind the Candelabra” earned him the 2013 Emmy Award, as well as the Cinema Audio Society Award.

For some nineteen years, Tommy collaborated with composer Thomas Newman, scoring over 26 films including "Let Them All Talk," “The Highwaymen,” “Road to Perdition,” “Lemony Snicket’s a Series of Unfortunate Events,”  “Saving Mr. Banks,” “The Judge,” “He Named Me Malala,” the 2015 Academy Award® nominee for Best Score “Bridge of Spies,” the 2016 Academy Award® nominated film “Passengers,” Pixar multi-Academy Award® nominated animation film “Finding Nemo,” “Finding Dory,” and the 2009 Academy Award® nominee for best sound mixing “Wall-E.”

Tommy lives in Sherman Oaks, CA with his wife.  Dad to one daughter, he is a mostly proud “Nonno” of her twins Juliet & Jagger.  

For more info visit: http://www.tommyvicari.com

Brian began his career at WTTW Public Television, where he worked on the acclaimed documentary anthology series Chicago Stories and the highly rated feature documentaries The New River Tour and Seven Wonders of Chicago.

Brian co-produced, shot and edited the Showtime comedy documentary, Phunny Business, which received critical acclaim from The NY Times, Hollywood Reporter, The Onion, and The Guardian. Legendary movie critic Roger Ebert called it, “one of the best documentaries of the year”. He directed and produced the cautionary environmental doc Everglades of the North, which inspired a National Wildlife Refuge and water trail; and edited Shifting Sands, a doc that directly influenced the creation of the Indiana Dunes National Park in 2019.

He produced and edited the festival hit roadtrip documentary, The 25,000 Mile Love Story, narrated by Oscar© winner John Ridley. Brian’s two Emmy© Award winning WWII documentaries, both narrated by Bill Kurtis, Heroes On Deck and A City At War have been screened around the globe.

In addition to making independent documentaries, Brian has edited and produced docs and docuseries for History, HBO Max, Discovery+, Hulu, HBO Documentaries, Apple+, Disney +, and other networks with a variety of production companies. He is currently in post-production on HOLDING PATTERN, a David and Goliath story about a controversial airport project in Illinois. Brian currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and small menagerie.

Sam is an Iranian director and editor currently based in Vancouver. In addition to working in the post production team of shows such as Netflix’s “Chef’s Table”, “Cheer” and “Street Food” and HBO’s “Last Stop Larrimah”, Sam has worked as a freelance director and editor for award-winning independent films such as “the Shuttle” and “Through His Left Eye”, official music videos for bands such as ‘Dang Show’, ‘WGR’ and ‘Achromatic’, as well as working with companies such as ‘Operation Smile’, ‘Revolt TV’ and ‘Boardwalk Pictures’ on various projects.

As a musician, Sam has also composed the original score for independent films and TV shows both in Iran and in Los Angeles. He’s currently acting as the head of post-production for TDR Media.

Robert Kirk is an Emmy Award winning filmmaker with over 40 years of television, feature film, commercial and interactive experience. He Produced the popular History Channel series Mail Call and Dogfights as well as Discovery’s Out of Egypt. Recently, Rob Kirk worked with 1895 Films to produce the series The Lost Tapes for Smithsonian Channel and In Their Own Words, Apollo: Missions to the Moon, The Real Right Stuff and Charles: In His Own Words for National Geographic.

The feature documentary he produced with diane estelle Vicari, Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness, was named that year's Best Documentary by the Hollywood Film Festival and was honored with the prestigious Pare Lorentz Award. The film aired nationally on PBS. Kirk has received an Emmy for his special, Remembering World War II: Pearl Harbor and was Emmy nominated for the three-hour special, The Last Days of World War II.

Other major credits include: Executive Producing the Discovery Channel shows, James Ellroy's LA: City Of Demons, and Combat Cash; Animal Planet's Animal Armageddon, and the 3net series, Dark Secrets, in 3D. He co¬-created and Executive Produced the History Channel’s, Dangerous Missions and Produced and Directed the acclaimed A&E series, Weapons at War, hosted by George C. Scott. He also Produced and Directed Angels: The Mysterious Messengers (NBC,) Robert Redford and Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies (NBC), Making of a Model (ABC), Sightings (FOX), Robots (A&E), Top Speed (History) and Sink the Bismarck (A&E) as well as the feature films, Kid Colter and Destroyer starring Anthony Perkins.

Kirk’s talents also extend to the digital world where he’s produced numerous interactive projects including the San Diego Zoo Children's iPad App: Baby Panda's New Home and the renowned interactive app, Nine Worlds with Patrick Stewart.

Scott is an Emmy Award winning producer. With over 20 years of measured success in managing all aspects of large and small productions and projects, Scott has been part of teams that produced award winning documentary films and network television series. Scott has written, produced and directed programming for NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, PBS, E!, DISCOVERY, HISTORY, ESQUIRE, TLC and MSNBC.

Scott has a background in Business Affairs, Legal Assisting and Contract Administration. He is an ABA certificated Paralegal (from UCLA) with over 10 years of experience working for high level executives. Scott has worked for a couple of the top Advertising Agencies in the Business Affairs/Legal Affairs departments. Scott’s professional experience also includes working in distribution, talent agency and guild/union processes. Scott has extensive experience in creating and managing budgets, schedules and coordinating physical productions.

Scott was the executive in charge of production at Digital Ranch Productions where he was part of the team that produced the highly acclaimed award winning documentary SUGIHARA: CONSPIRACY OF KINDNESS.

Scott has proven leadership skills gained from managing a large group of employees and managing a multi-million dollar business.

Barbara is an Emmy winner, Emmy and FOCAL nominee, internationally known Archival Producer and specialist in Film Research, Rights and Clearances.

Projects she has worked on include: “Gospel” for PBS, “Meltdown: Three Mile Island” & "ReMastered" for Netflix, the HBO documentary "The Defiant Ones" (nominated for Researcher of the Year by FOCAL International), CNN's "The Seventies", "Straight Outta Compton", "Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey".

In 2023 Barbara was nominated for 2 FOCAL Awards: Jane Mercer Footage Researcher of the Year Award and Best Use of Footage in a History Production for the Netflix documentary series: Meltdown: Three Mile Island..

Barbara received one Emmy in 2020 for Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary ReMastered: The Lion's Share and another Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Historical Documentary ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium. She was also nominated as Archival Producer in 2019 for Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary and Outstanding Research for "ReMastered". In 2018 Barbara was nominated for the Jane Mercer Researcher of the Year Award by FOCAL International for "The Defiant Ones."

Melanie is a Peabody and Emmy award winning senior producer who after 25 years as Senior Series Producer for PBS’s award winning science series NOVA, launches Melanie Wallace Media Strategies. Wallace’s company connects broadcast and cross platform storytellers with financial support and distribution opportunities, guiding programming ideas from concept development through funding to successful global distribution.  

An internationally acclaimed media executive, Wallace has rare insight into all aspects of factual programming, including content development, talent acquisition, and complex business deals. She refined her skills working closely with commercial and public broadcasters, foundations and government agencies.

Her content expertise includes climate science, STEM education, the role of diverse voices in documentaries, and the evolving media marketplace. She’s brokered deals with international partners including BBC, ARTE, NHK and CCTV and many others and has extensive experience with pan-Asian production deals and multi-partnered international co-productions.

Jeryl has taken her extensive experience in networking and communications and leveraged it into the world of social media marketing for the entertainment industry. She has successfully built Internet footprints for various clients, from films, to industry personalities, directors, and writers.

Social Media Darling Productions is known for "bringing the social to production," taking projects and social media from inception through crowdfunding to premiere. Recent projects include the Award Winning RAISE HELL: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins; the Netflix original documentary, FEMINISTS: What Were They Thinking?; IMAGINING A BETTER WORLD: The Nelly Toll Story; The Manhattan Transfer Story, now in production; and Nc Heikin's Life & Life now on the festival circuit.

And in her spare time, Jeryl teaches Crowdfunding and Social Media at Academy of Art University in San Francisco.