KIRBY DICK, Director
Kirby Dick is an Academy and Emmy Award nominated documentary director. His most recent film, OUTRAGE, which was nominated for an Emmy and released by Magnolia Pictures, is a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of powerful closeted politicians and the political and media institutions that protect them. In 2006 he directed THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED, released by IFC Films. A breakthrough investigation of the highly secretive MPAA film ratings system, the film compelled the MPAA to make long overdue changes in the way it rates films.
Dick's prior film, TWIST OF FAITH, is the powerful story of a man confronting the trauma of his past sexual abuse by a Catholic priest. Produced for HBO, TWIST OF FAITH received a 2004 Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature. Dick's other films include, DERRIDA, a complex portrait of the world-renowned French philosopher Jacques Derrida, which won the Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco Film Festival, and the internationally acclaimed SICK: THE LIFE & DEATH OF BOB FLANAGAN, SUPERMASOCHIST, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Grand Prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
Amy Ziering, Producer
Amy Ziering is an Emmy nominated and award-winning Los Angeles producer and director. Her most recent film, OUTRAGE, was produced and distributed by Magnolia Pictures and had its television premiere on HBO. Ziering's previous release, THE MEMORY THIEF, which she produced, stars Mark Webber and Jerry Adler and is a thought provoking examination of the relationship between empathy, narcissism, and trauma. It was NYTIMES critics pick and won several festival awards. Ziering also co-directed and produced DERRIDA, a documentary about the world-renowned French philosopher and the philosophical movement known as deconstruction. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, won the Golden Gate award at the San Francisco Film Festival, and was released theatrically by Zeitgeist Films. Ziering also produced Richard Cohen's critically acclaimed TAYLOR'S CAMPAIGN, a documentary about Ron Taylor, a homeless person who ran for a seat on the Santa Monica City Council. Prior to becoming a filmmaker, Ziering taught literature and film at Yale University and Bennington College.
Doug Blush, Editor, Associate Producer
Doug Blush has been a documentary filmmaker for over fifteen years, as a director, producer, editor, writer and cinematographer. His previous feature documentary editing credits include the crossword-culture hit WORDPLAY, the Academy Award-shortlisted national debt primer I.O.U.S.A., the film adaptation of FREAKONOMICS, and Chain Camera's previous feature documentary OUTRAGE.
Screening on PBS's Independent Lens series in December 2011 is THESE AMAZING SHADOWS, an wide-ranging appreciation of the National Film Registry, and seen recently on HBO and theatrically is SUPERHEROES, an on-the-street documentary tracking the adventures of real life crime-fighters. Along with editorial, Doug also co-wrote THESE AMAZING SHADOWS and is an executive producer of SUPERHEROES.
Doug is co-owner of MadPix, Inc, a production and post production company based in Los Angeles. He has recently completed co-directing, shooting and editing a documentary feature on new understandings of bipolar disorder entitled OF TWO MINDS, with his wife Lisa.
Bil White, Animation and Graphics
Bil White is a director and designer specializing in mixed media animation. He has designed the titles and animations for Kirby Dick's last two films, This Film is Not Yet Rated, and Outrage. He lives in Santa Monica, CA, with his wife and daughter.
