Roger Ebert has said, “After twenty years of reviewing films, I haven’t found another filmmaker who intrigues me more...Errol Morris is like a magician, and as great a filmmaker as Hitchcock or Fellini.” Errol Morris’ films have won many awards, including an Oscar for “The Fog of War,” the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for “A Brief History of Time,” the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival for “Standard Operating Procedure,” and the Edgar from the Mystery Writers of America for “The Thin Blue Line.” His films have been honored by the National Society of Film Critics and the National Board of Review. Morris’ work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Roger Ebert, a champion of Morris’ work, called his first film, “Gates of Heaven,” one of the ten best films of all time. The Guardian listed him as one of the ten most important film directors in the world. Morris is the author of two New York Times bestsellers, “Believing is Seeing” and “A Wilderness of Error,” and is a regular contributor to The New York Times opinion pages and Op-Docs series. His most recent book, “The Ashtray,” was published in 2018. Morris has directed over 1000 television commercials, including campaigns for Apple, Levi’s, Nike, Target, Citibank, and Miller High Life. He has directed short films for the 2002 and 2007 Academy Awards, ESPN, and many charitable and political organizations. In 2001, Morris won an Emmy for Photobooth, a commercial for PBS. Morris has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a MacArthur Fellowship. In 2007, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was a graduate student at Princeton University and the University of California-Berkeley. He has received the Columbia Journalism Award and honorary degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Brandeis University, and Middlebury College. Morris lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with his wife, Julia Sheehan, an art historian, and their French Bulldog, Esmeralda.
Jacob Soboroff Journalist/Author/Executive ProducerJacob Soboroff is a Political and National Correspondent for NBC News and the author of the New York Times best seller and Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist “Separated: Inside an American Tragedy.” For his reporting on the Trump administration’s child separation policy, he received the Walter Cronkite Award for Individual Achievement by a National Journalist and the Hillman Prize for Broadcast Journalism. He is also the recipient of a Ruben Salazar Journalism Award from the California Chicano News Media Association, and in 2022 was nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy® Award for his reporting from Haiti. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Nicole Cari and their two children.
Robert Fernandez Producer
Robert Fernandez is CEO/Co-Owner of Moxie Pictures, a production company with offices in New York, Los Angeles, and London. He is a recipient of the Palme D’Or (Cannes Lions) for Top Global Production Company (1998 & 2001) as well as every major advertising award, including 6 Emmy’s. He has produced films that have won numerous major documentary film awards including The Academy Award, Independent Spirit Award, Sundance Documentary Grand Jury award and the IDA Best Feature of the year. In 1998 Robert produced his first feature film, “Above Freezing,” directed by Frank Todaro. In 2003 he produced the first (of many) collaborations with Errol Morris, as the Co-Producer of the 2004 Academy Award winning documentary, “The Fog of War.” Robert was the Executive Producer of “Standard Operating Procedure” (2008), which won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival as well as Executive Producer of both “Tabloid” (2010) and “The B-Side” (2017). In 2013, Robert produced “The Unknown Known” and in 2017, was producer of the critically acclaimed Netflix series “Wormwood.” In 2018, he produced “American Dharma” and in 2020, “My Psychedelic Love Story,” which premiered on Showtime in November 2020. In 2023, he produced “Tune Out the Noise,” which will premiere fall of 2023 and has just completed his 10th film with Errol Morris, “Separated” (Participant and NBC News Studios) which will premiere in late 2024. In addition, Robert is the Executive Producer of “Dina,” which won the Grand Jury Documentary prize at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and was the 2017 International Documentary Association (IDA) Best Film of the year. Also in 2017, Robert was the producer of the Tomas Leach documentary, “The Lure” that premiered at DOC NYC, as well as Executive Producer of the Greg Kohs directed film, AlphaGo that premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival and was acquired by Netflix. In 2022, Robert produced the Tomas Leach documentary, “A Brilliant Curling Story” for The Olympic Channel. As well, Robert was the Executive Producer of the Kief Davidson directed and Emmy nominated Netflix limited series, “Meltdown: Three Mile Island.” Premiering the fall of 2023, Robert is the producer on his first film with director Lee Hirsch, “The First Class.” He is a producer on the documentary “Some Kind of Monster” directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky. He was also the Executive Producer of “The Life,” a weekly television series on ESPN as well as programming for Bravo, IFC, AMC, MTV, Animal Planet, NBC and ABC. He was also the producer of the opening films to the 74tth and 79th Annual Academy Awards. He is Executive Producer on Moxie’s first foray into narrative feature film with “Austenland,” an official selection of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and acquired by SONY Pictures. He is also the producer of the narrative feature, “The Mend “ hat was an official selection of the 2014 SXSW Film Festival. In 2015, Robert produced Errol Morris’ successful ESPN Short Film Series, “It’s Not Crazy, It’s Sports” that premiered in primetime on ESPN. In addition, Robert has been a leader in the commercial production industry. Robert is the current Treasurer of the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), after serving three terms as Chairman and four terms as Vice-Chairman. Robert has been a member of the AICP National Board since 2000 and is on the Board of Trustees for Producers Health Benefits Plan (PHBP) and was a trustee from 2000 to 2022 for the Directors Guild Training Program (ADTPNY). He has been a member of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) since 1992 and is a member of the Producers Guild of America (PGA), the British Academy for Film and Television (BAFTA) and the Television Academy. In 2008, Robert was selected a chairperson of the 17th annual AICP Show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which is one of the most prestigious advertising award shows in the world. Robert resides in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with his wife of 35 years, Lisa. His sons, Timothy and Matthew, and 4 Grandchildren also live in Bucks County.
Molly O'Brien Producer, Head of Documentary, NBC News Studios
As Head of Documentary at NBC News Studios, Molly provides collaborative and strategic oversight to NBC News Studios’ premium documentary business. She is an Academy Award shortlisted and a prime-time Emmy award winning filmmaker with nearly three decades of experience making documentary series and feature films. Prior to NBC News Studios, Molly was Executive Producer, Special Projects at Fork Films in New York, founding producer of Sundance Institute’s Catalyst Initiative, professor of wildlife and environmental filmmaking at Chapman University, and a freelance producer/director working on dozens of projects in the reality, advocacy, and documentary feature film and series space.
Steven Hathaway Editor/Producer
Steven Hathaway is an editor and producer of documentary films, including “The Pigeon Tunnel,” “My Psychedelic Love Story,” “American Dharma,” “Wormwood,” and “The B-Side.” His work has premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival. It has played on Netflix, Showtime, and ESPN. In 2003, he was an associate editor on “The Fog of War,” which won an Academy Award. He lives in Concord, Massachusetts with his wife and French bulldog.