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"Has an eloquence and passion that will open hearts as well as eyes."
- The Seattle Post Intelligencer
The Filmmakers
Co-producer-directors Catherine Ryan and Gary Weimberg have been making award-winning documentaries for over 20 years. Their films, and films they have worked on, have won national Emmy Awards, been nominated for Academy Awards, and been seen and won "best of" awards in festivals around the world. See below for their bios.
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Catherine Ryan |
Catherine Ryan has been producing, directing and editing awarding-winning documentaries for over 20 years. Soldiers of Conscience is her third film to be shown on the prestigious PBS nonfiction series, P.O.V. The other two are “Maria’s Story” (1991), and “The Double Life of Ernesto Gómez Gómez (1999).” Ryan has also produced and directed documentaries for primetime network TV, including “The Story of Mothers & Daughters” (1997, ABC), “The Story of Fathers & Sons” (1999, ABC) and “Teens” (2000, WB). She and Gary have been producing partners, creating independent films for too long to mention.
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Gary Weimberg |
Gary Weimberg has spent the last two decades making award-winning documentaries as a producer, director, editor, writer and occasional cameraman. He has won two national Emmy Awards ("Earth and the American Dream" HBO, 1992; "Loyalty and Betrayal: A History of the American Mob" Fox, 1994). Two other documentaries that he edited were nominated for Academy Awards ("Memorial" 1989; and "Superchief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren," 1991). In 1999, he was nominated as Outstanding Documentary Director by the Director's Guild of America for "The Double Life of Ernesto Gómez Gómez," PBS 1999: a program that contributed directly to the Presidential Pardon and release of 12 US political prisoners. He has edited over 100 documentaries, including the critically acclaimed "Ballets Russes." Most recently, he completed two award winning feature documentaries: "Three Women and a Chateau" and "Soldiers of Conscience," the latter will be presented on October 16th, 2008 on P.O.V., PBS's award-winning non-fiction showcase.