Marshall Curry / Director, Producer
Marshall Curry is a two-time Academy Award nominated documentary director. He got his start directing, shooting, and editing STREET FIGHT, which follows Cory Booker's first run for mayor of Newark, NJ. It aired on PBS, the BBC, HBO Latin America, and was nominated for an Academy Award and an Emmy. Curry's documentary (director, editor, writer), IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT, follows an environmentalist who faced life in prison for burning two timber facilities. It won the Sundance Film Festival award for Best Documentary Editing and was nominated for an Academy Award. Curry was Executive Producer (and additional editor) of MISTAKEN FOR STRANGERS, a heartbreaking comedy rock-doc about sibling rivalry in the band, The National. It was the opening night film at the Tribeca Film Festival, where it received rave reviews. Curry's newest film POINT AND SHOOT, tells the story of a young Baltimore native who set off for Libya to join the rebels fighting dictator Muammar Gaddafi. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary.
Bristol Baughan / Producer
Bristol Baughan co-founded Reason Pictures / GOOD in 2004. She joined Marshall Curry in producing RACING DREAMS in the Fall of 2006. Bristol’s other film credits include: BY THE PEOPLE: THE ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA and WHICH WAY HOME (HBO), SON OF RAMBOW (Paramount Vantage), and THE POWER OF THE GAME (National Geographic).
Jack Turner / Executive Producer
Formerly a studio acquisitions and development exec, he helped oversee such films as CAPOTE and HOTEL RWANDA. He is now a founding partner of White Buffalo Entertainment through which he has produced THEATER OF WAR, WHICH WAY HOME, LOVELY STILL, DAYLIGHT and the upcoming animated feature HOLY COW!
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson / Executive Producer
Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson is an actor and retired professional wrestler. He has starred in movies such as THE MUMMY RETURNS, RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN, and most recently PLANET 51. His autobiography, The Rock Says… was a New York Times No. 1 bestseller. He is the founder of The Rock Foundation which has a mission to educate, empower and motivate children worldwide through health education and physical fitness.
Matthew Hamachek / Editor
Matthew Hamachek first collaborated with Marshall Curry on the Oscar nominated STREET FIGHT. In addition to editing RACING DREAMS he also served as Post-Production supervisor. Matthew has edited projects that have aired on HBO, IFC, PBS, and the Discovery Channel. His titles include FILM SCHOOL with Nanette Burstein and THE ONE PERCENT with Jamie Johnson. Matthew is currently editing Marshall’s next movie IF A TREE FALLS.
Mary Manhardt / Editor
Mary Manhardt is an Emmy-award-winning documentary film editor and consultant based in New York. Her work has aired on HBO, PBS, ABC and MTV, and been honored in film festivals worldwide, including Sundance, IDFA, Tribeca, Hot Docs and SXSW. Mary is currently cutting Carol Dysinger’s CAMP VICTORY, Afghanistan, for ITVS, to be completed Spring 2009. (AMERICAN TEEN, STREET FIGHT, THE FARM).
Complete Credits
Directed and Produced by
Marshall Curry
Produced by
Bristol Baughan
Executive Producer
Jack Turner
Executive Producers
Ben Goldhirsh
Dwayne Johnson
Dany Garcia
Edited By
Marshall Curry
Matthew Hamachek
Mary Manhardt
Directors of Photography
Marshall Curry
Peter Gordon
Wolfgang Held
Alan Jacobsen
Music by
Joel Goodman
The National
Supervising Producers
Xan Parker
Jordan Roberts
Additional Camera
Hope Hall
Daniel Carter
Axel Baumann
Benjamin Wolf
Clark Caldwell
Assistant Camera
Daniel Carter
Post-Production Supervisor
Matthew Hamachek
Associate Producer
Kristin Loeb
First Assistant Editor
Tina Grapenthin
Production Manager
Bill Gallagher
Story Consulting
Elizabeth Davis
Post-Production Coordinator
Mandy Goldberg
Production Sound Supervisor
Bryan Dembinski
Production Sound Recordists
Bryan Dembinski
Elizabeth Davis
Julia Landau
Marshall Curry
Bristol Baughan
Matthew Hamachek
Jeremy Sides
Josh Duncan
Sound Designer
Al Nelson
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Christopher Barnett
Motion Graphics Designer
Guido Jiménez-Cruz,
Cruz Dann Productions
Motion Graphics Assistant
Brittany De Nigris
Production Research
Julia Landau
Music Consultant
Linda Cohen
Music Clearance
Brooke Wentz,
Music Rights Workshop
Annie Lin
Supervising Sound Editor
Al Nelson
Additional Sound Recording
Harmonic Ranch
Sound Mix Facility
Soundtrack New York
Sound Mixer
Bob Chefalas
Additional Re-Recording Mixer
Christopher Barnett
Colorist
Will Cox
Video Post Services
Final Frame
Still Photographer
Kent Smith Photography
Trujillo/Paumier
Karting Research Consultant
Bruce and Susan Walls
Writer
Marshall Curry
Production Assistants
Nick Adrian
Andrew Batista
Tom Berninger
Russell Bushey
Max Cantor
Gabrielle Capobianco
Charlotte Carter
Meredith Gulley
Greg Hawk
Dave Herron
Andy Keleman
Jeff Leidersdorff
Nelson May
Ben Ostroff
Colin Phelan
Mathew Robison
Heidi Scheuermann
Pat Whalen
Assistant Editors
Karen Choy
Geoff Feinberg
Andrew Ferris
Patrick Groneman
Karen Weinberg
Key Interns
Geri Cole
Libertad Gills
Kyle Rougeau
Adam Saewitz
Sarah Schutzki
Interns, Loggers & Transcribers
Dakken Abbe
Roshen Abraham
Marleny Abreu
Maria Rosa Badia-Gener
Amanda Berg
Sage Bierster
Sarah Bissey
Robert Castellon
Tathagata Chaudhuly
Amanda Cobb
Luis Cordero
Jake Dallara
James Demitri
Angela Evans
Zach Fox
Sarah Frank
Melina Gills
Lowell Greenblatt
Jeremy Daniel
Grossman-Greene
Laurel Ibey
Raven Jansen
Adam Keleman
Megan Lancelot
Shawn Ledbetter
Jackie Linge
Susan Madriduena
Valentina Maffucci
Christopher Maguire
Verity Marshall
Michael T. Martin
Liza Mueller
Adam Pate
Casey Puccini
Dave Quillin
Eric J. Reitmeyer
Taiki Sugioka
John Sartori
Michael Serebreny
Matthew Stechel
Amy Stein
Sarah Steiner
Matthew Troyansky
Samuel Tuthill
Elia Weg
Film Legal
Sloss Law
Shatzkin & Mayer, P.C.
Production Accountant
Tom Hugues, Reel Numbers Entertainment
Production Insurance
Dennis Reiff & Associates