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HEATHER WINTERS Producer
Heather Winters is a producer/writer and most recently co-Executive Produced the Academy Award® nominated documentary film, SUPER SIZE ME. Feature film and television credits include several independent feature films and the animated TV series THUNDERCATS, SILVERHAWKS, THE COMIC STRIP and MTV's REAL WORLD. An accomplished writer and musician, Winters is a native of Miami Beach and a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College. Her company, STUDIO-ON-HUDSON, specializes in the production and financing of independent feature films and documentaries. Awards include 2004 TELLY® Award, 2003 PLATINUM BEST IN SHOW AURORA Award, 2000 CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FIRST PLACE Award, 2000 U.S. INTERNATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL, and multiple awards of creative excellence.
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SARA SACKNER Director
CLASS ACT is Sara's fourth feature-length documentary. She is the executive producer of the feature-length documentary, TIE-DIED: ROCK 'N ROLL'S MOST DEADICATED FANS, about the loyal followers of the Grateful Dead which had its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 1995. Sackner produced the critically acclaimed documentary, PAINTING THE TOWN, about the New York artist, Richard Osterweil, who crashes his way into high society. Her narrative feature films include, INTIMATE BETRAYAL starring Richard Edson, Jessica Hecht, Dwier Brown, Cristi Conaway, James Eckhouse, and Annabelle Gurwitch. Sara recently produced and directed the feature length documentary, CONCRETE! a chronicle of the world's largest private collection of word and image art, ensconced in a home-museum. CONCRETE! premiered at the Miami Jewish Film Festival in March 2005.
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JOE MORLEY Executive Producer
Executive Producer and Co-Writer of CLASS ACT, Joe is a partner in STUDIO-ON-HUDSON with Producer Heather Winters.† He shares the co-Executive Producer credits on the STUDIO-ON-HUDSON film THE PARTY HEADS, and the Sundance award winning and Academy Award® nominated documentary, SUPER SIZE ME.† An accomplished writer/producer in his own right, Joe has produced more than 100 live events and video projects.† He is a working playwright whose scripts are seen in the off Broadway theaters.
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MORGAN SPURLOCK Executive Producer
Morgan Spurlock is the writer/producer/director of the Academy Award nominated film SUPER SIZE ME. The feature length documentary film, Spurlock's first, was named to more than 35 "Top Ten" lists in 2004 and is currently the 6th highest grossing documentary of all time. The film was also awarded the inaugural Writer's Guild of America Documentary Screenplay Award, and the Best Director Prizes at the Sundance and Edinburgh Film Festivals.
Spurlock is currently in production on the third season of his highly acclaimed F/X original series 30 DAYS. The show examines social issues in America by immersing individuals in a life that requires them to "see the world through another's eyes," and has been praised by such diverse groups as the Muslim Public Affairs Council and the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law. In 2006, the series was nominated for a Producer's Guild Award and GLAAD Award for best non-fiction television series.
An accomplished playwright, Spurlock is a native of West Virginia and a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Upcoming projects include the satirical and irreverent PUBLIC NUISANCE for Comedy Central and feature length documentaries about the commercialization of Christmas (fall 2006) and an adaptation of the New York Times bestseller THE REPUBULICAN WAR ON SCIENCE (2007).
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