BILLIE MINTZ
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Billie Mintz is an award winning filmmaker and investigative journalist who has produced and directed seven feature length documentaries and spent two successful seasons both in front and behind the camera as a featured host on National Geographic’s signature series “Explorer”. His last feature “The Guardians” which is currently on Amazon Prime, premiered at the 2018 Hot Docs Festival, and has gone on to win numerous awards. His second feature, “The Ponzi Scheme” is an investigation into victims of personal financial fraud which was distributed internationally by Forward Entertainment and premiered on The Sundance Channel. His 2015 feature documentary “Jesus Town USA”, executive produced by SKY ATLANTIC, had its world premiere at AMDOCS (The American Documentary Film Festival in Palm Springs) and international premiere at Hot Docs, before airing on Showtime, CBC and Netflix and has been aired globally. It can now also be seen on Amazon Prime.
Representation: Travis Tammero, CAA
email: travis.tammero@caa.com
DANNY WEBBER
PRODUCER / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Danny is recognized by Who’s Who Legal® and Lexpert® as one of the top entertainment lawyers in Canada. His firm Hall Webber LLP is the official legal counsel to the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and Canadian Screen Awards and represents a diverse clientele on all matters relating to development, production, financing, Intellectual property, licensing, corporate organization and distribution in the film & television, live theatre, music, publishing, interactive media, sponsorship & endorsements, sporting, e-sports and special events industries. He has also executive producer on more than 20 film & television productions and is a founding member, president and chair of the board of the non-profit Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company.
MICHELE FRANCIS
EDITOR
LYDIA AINSWORTH
COMPOSER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
BRUCE COWLEY
Michele Francis is an award winning film editor. After attending the University of Bristol’s prestigious post graduate Film and Television production program she has worked with some of the most leading filmmakers like Atom Egoyan, Sarah Polley, and Bruce McDonald. Over her more than 15 years as an editor in Toronto, Michele’s work spans many genres of film and television.
Lydia Ainsworth is an internationally acclaimed singer, composer, and producer. Her original scores for film and commercials have screened at festivals such as Sundance, Cannes, and Hot Docs. Her albums have been nominated for a Juno award and shortlisted for the Polaris Prize. She has headlined tours in North America, Europe and Japan.
Bruce was the commissioning editor of documentary Channel for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. His commissioned films have won numerous industry and festival awards. Bruce has moderated panels at top festivals globally and has conducted several Master Classes on documentary. A 30 year veteran of the film and television business, he is now a film consultant and executive producer through his own company, The Film Counsel
Credits
Written and Directed by: BILLIE MINTZ
Produced by: DANNY WEBBER BILLIE MINTZ
Featuring: ROMAN LAPSHIN
OZ ALMOG
Introducing
the art work of: VLADIMIR DVORKIN
Edited by: MICHELE FRANCIS
Music by: LYDIA AINSWORTH
Executive Producers BRUCE COWLEY BILLIE MINTZ
DANNY WEBBER
Commissioning Editor JORDANA ROSS
Cinematography by BILLIE MINTZ
Camera Operators BILLIE MINTZ ED GODSELL ERIN HARRIS NEMANJA STOJKOVIC
IGAL HECHT ROMAN LAPSHIN ROB SPENCE RJ MALONEY
RYAN WEATHERBY SONJA AUFDERKLAMM
Sound Recordists INNA DAVIDOVNA
RYAN WEATHERBY
NIKOLA RADIVOJEVIC
NOAH MINTZ
Production Manager DEBORAH SMITH-WEBBER
Field producer, Israel IGAL HECHT
Assistant Editors ROB SPENCE ANDREW CROMEY
Production Coordinator ERIN HARRIS
Story Development Editor RILEY MCNAIR
Dialogue Translation INNA DAVIDOVNA YANA GOLD Production Assistants INNA DAVIDOVNA SIGI FOPPEN ROB SPENCE
KAILEIGH WEBBER Camera Equipment (Serbia) ETAR FILM D.O.O Trailer Editor THARANGA RAMANAYAKE
Editing Services ISRAEL TAMANG
Legal Services DANNY WEBBER, HALL WEBBER LLP Accounting
& Financing Services D&D WEBBER PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION Key-art Graphics JOHN GODFREY Insurance Broker FRONT ROW INSURANCE
Audit & Accounting Services JIMMY YE, KUDLOW MCANN
Post Services Provided by: NICE SHOES Post Supervisor Harv Glazer Post Production Coordinators Adrian Gluvakovich
Charis Mound
Colourist Jim Fleming
Motion Graphics Artists Yandong Qiu
Luis Mejia
Online Editor Adrian Gluvakovich Audio Post-production Services Post City Picture & Sound
Supervising Sound Editor
& RE-recording Mixer Pino Halili
Sound Designer Carla Murray
Sound Effects Editor Thomas Cetnar
Re-recording Mixer Renan Deodato
Digital Components/Website INSTIG8R
Danny Webber
Billie Mintz
Riley McNair
Andrew Cromey
Archive Footage Provided by: Amstel Televisie Vijf B.V. (AT5)
"My Love for Evermore"
Written by: Oliver Baroni & Stephen Thomas
Published by: District 6 Music
Appearing
Oz Almog
Roman Lapshin
Erin Harris
Asya Lapshin
Oleg Lapshin
Natasha Dvorkin
Helen Lapshin
Aaron Finos
Max Dvorkin
Valery Dvorkin
Katya Dvorkin
Kfir Dvorkin
George Haber, Jewish Museum Vienna
Hetty Berg/Museale Zaken
Meir Billet
Jacob Gildor
In memory of Raisa Lapshina
May 25 1940-January 25 2020
Special Thanks
Robin Mirsky
Sue Baker
Vesna Almog
Damian Schleifer
Harv Glazer
Kazz Basma (Sideways Film)
Juan Solera (Sideways Film)
Taylor David
Jeremy Larner
Lauren Counter
Ron and Ricki Mintz
Adam Simon
Cass Austin
Dennis Dimster
Noreen Dimster – Denk
Romeo Candido
Janine, Josh, & Liam Spalding
Gema Jael Hidalgo
Jaime Hidalgo
Swaze Hartog
Susana Vasquez Alzate
Ted Rosnick
Blitz/Berlin
Claudia Neuhauser
Cassandra Clifford
Gerbilly, Marshmellow & Snuggles
Madeline Detoro
Aidan Detoro
Mark Nava
Nikola Čubrilo
Travis Tammero (CAA)
Scott Oranburg
Matthew Baskharoon (WME)
Cameron Kadison (Mortar Media)
Jeremy Tenser
Christiane Kupzik
Maura Axelrod
Ric Bienstock
Robert Lantos
Tharanga Ramanayake
Jennifer Grant
Glenn Berkenkamp
Ari Shofet
Dan Ariely
Sarah Thornton
