Producer Robert
Caputo is a freelance photographer, writer, and producer whose
introduction to the film world was as a cameraman in Tanzania for the TV series
Jane Goodall and the World of Animal Behavior. He
lived in Kenya from 1976 to 1979 working as a wildlife photographer and
photographic stringer for Time, Life, and other
magazines.
Since 1980, Bob has been a regular contributor to National
Geographic Magazine, crafting text and photos for numerous stories in the
US, Africa, Asia, and South America.
He has won awards from the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA)
Pictures of the Year and from Communications Arts. He also received the Lowell
Thomas Award from the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation.
Bob appeared in and wrote the narration for the National
Geographic Explorer film Zaire River
Journey. He has published two children's photographic books about
wildlife and two photographic essay books, Journey up the
Nile and Kenya Journal.
Bob wrote the story for and was associate producer of the TNT Original film
Glory & Honor. He co-authored The National Geographic Photographers' Field Guide in
1999 and has since authored three other books in the Field
Guide series: Landscapes, People and Portraits, and Travel.
In 2002 and 2003, Bob and fellow photographer Cary Wolinsky wrote and hosted Get the Picture, a regular five-minute feature of humor
and photo tips on the National Geographic Channel's evening news program. He has
taught at workshops in Europe and America and given talks at many venues
including National Geographic's Masters of Photography series.
In 1985, Bob co-founded Aurora & Quanta Productions, a photo stock agency and
new-media production house based in Portland, Maine. He currently lives with his
wife and children on a farm in Pennsylvania.
www.robertcaputo.com
Director/Co-Producer Franco
Sacchi is a freelance director, editor, and producer. Franco co-directed,
produced, and edited American Eunuchs, a feature
length documentary that aired in 2004 on the Sundance Channel and on Channel 5
in the UK. It was also shown at several national and international film
festivals, including the prestigious International Documentary Film Festival in
Amsterdam (IDFA).
Franco collaborates on an ongoing basis with two news magazines of RAI
International (the international branch of Italian Public Television) as a
broadcast journalist/producer.
Franco also worked for over six years in the Department of Educational Services
at Avid Technology. Clients included ABC, 20/20,
ESPN, NBC Dateline, Telemundo, RAI (Italian
National Public Television), and many others.
He graduated with a degree in Political Science from the University of Bologna
and earned an MA in Visual Arts from Emerson College.
Still Photographer/Associate Producer
Aimee Corrigan is a freelance photographer, writer, and producer whose
first documentary project, The Village Heals: HIV/AIDS in
Rural Zimbabwe, was presented at The University of Zimbabwe in 2001.
Since then, Aimee has produced media for several organizations in Boston and
London; including Life is good Inc., Action for Southern Africa, Project
Joy, and The Panos Institute.
Aimee is the Practicum Manager at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at
Boston University. Based on the philosophy that media can make a difference, the
CDIA Practicum creates partnerships with non-profit organizations around the
world. As Practicum Manager, Aimee has coordinated web, photo, video, and 3D
productions that capture the spirit of dozens of non-profits in Boston and
beyond.
Aimee is currently producing a documentary on Hurricane Katrina's impact on
Mississippi's poorest children. Her photographs from Nollywood will be on
exhibition around the United States.
www.aimeecorrigan.com