THE FILMMAKERS
Director/Producer - Morgan Neville is an Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker. His last feature 20 Feet From Stardom was the opening night film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and went on to win numerous awards, including the 2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary. Previously, Neville has made a series of films about musical subjects including Troubadours, Search and Destroy and three Grammy-nominated films: Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story, Muddy Waters Can’t Be Satisfied, and Johnny Cash’s America. His non-music films include The Cool School, Steinbeck and Shotgun Freeway: Drives Thru Lost L.A.. Neville has also produced many documentaries, including Pearl Jam 20, Crossfire Hurricane and Beauty is Embarrassing.
Director / Producer Robert Gordon is a Grammy Award-winning writer and filmmaker. His work has focused on the American south—it’s music, art, and politics. His films include William Eggleston’s Stranded in Canton, Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story, and the verite shocker, Very Extremely Dangerous. His work has been broadcast on PBS, A&E, and numerous international networks, and been exhibited at the Whitney and MOMA, LACMA, SFMOMA, Haus Der Kunst (Munich) and many other museums the world round. His first book was It Came From Memphis and his latest is Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion.
Executive Producer Julie Goldman founded Motto Pictures in 2009. She has produced a wide range of award winning documentaries, working with a line-up of talented and acclaimed filmmakers. Her documentaries have been featured at the most prestigious film festivals around the world, including Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, Berlin, Tribeca and London. Julie was nominated by the Producers Guild of America for the 2010 Producer of the Year Award.Her most recent productions include: The Great Invisible, Gideon’s Army, Revolution and God Loves Uganda.
Co-Producer Caryn Capotosto joined Tremolo Productions in Fall 2011 as Associate Producer on the Academy Award-winning documentary, 20 Feet From Stardom. Recent contributions to both feature film and commercial projects include the 2012 Rolling Stones documentary, Crossfire Hurricane, The Pacific Standard Time Documentation Project for the Getty Foundation in 2012, and a series of short videos for Columbia Records documenting Barbra Streisand's 2014 release, Partners. Independently she has produced several other feature documentaries including Chasing Beauty (2013) and Filmage: The Story of Descendents / ALL (2014). Upcoming projects with Tremolo include The Sound of Silk, a documentary about the world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble.
Associate Producer / Editor - Eileen Meyer is a freelance film editor and producer whose work includes: Rehearsing a Dream (Oscar Nominated 2007, Best Documentary Short), Locks of Love: The Kindest Cut (HBO), Coming Out Stories (LOGO) and The First 48 (A&E). She has edited several feature films, Woman's Picture and Only Child, in addition to many short films, documentaries and web series' including an Emmy Award-winning web series for MTV ($5 Cover Amplified). She was the editor of a short film, The Thing that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012.
Editor - Aaron Wickenden is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker whose recent accomplishments include: The Trials of Muhammad Ali, Finding Vivian Maier, The Interrupters. Previously, he Co-Produced and Co-Edited James’ award-winning documentary At the Death House Door for Kartemquin and IFC, and was Associate Editor on The War Tapes which won Best Documentary at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. Both projects were shortlisted for the Documentary Academy Award. He recently released his directorial debut for Kartemquin titled Almost There.
