DANIEL ANKER – Director, Producer

Daniel Anker, an Academy-Award® nominee and Emmy winner for the film SCOTTSBORO: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY, has produced or directed numerous documentaries and specials, mostly for PBS.  In 2004 he completed two films, IMAGINARY WITNESS: HOLLYWOOD AND THE HOLOCAUST, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and has since been shown at festivals throughout the U.S. and abroad; and MUSIC FROM THE INSIDE OUT, a cinema-verite documentary exploring music through the eyes of the musicians of The Philadelphia Orchestra, recently nominated for the International Documentary Association’s 2004 Distinguished Feature Award.  SCOTTSBORO: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY, which he produced and co-directed, premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival and won numerous festival awards prior to its Oscar® nomination.

A graduate of Harvard University with a degree in music, Anker’s credits include the Peabody Award-winning children’s series MARSALIS ON MUSIC, which was broadcast on PBS, the BBC and BRAVO.   At age 26, he was producer of television broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera.  During his three seasons at the Met he produced the PBS broadcasts of PARSIFAL, ELEKTRA, STIFFELIO, I LOMBARDI, FALSTAFF, LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST and the world premiere of THE GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES.  Anker also produced new documentary material for the PBS rebroadcast of the historic HOROWITZ IN MOSCOW with Charles Kuralt, and the Emmy-nominated CARNEGIE HALL CHRISTMAS.  He associate produced the Emmy-winning TCHAIKOVSKY150th BIRTHDAY GALA FROM LENINGRAD,  the documentary ABBADO IN BERLIN (with Maysles Films), and Julie Taymor’s film OEDIPUS REX.

Other documentary credits include the Emmy-nominated AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film DALEY, THE LAST BOSS (co-producer), and the short THE MAGIC OF LA GUARDIA (producer/director).  Anker also produced several segments for the Emmy Award-winning series City Arts.

Anker's additional awards and honors include a Peabody Award, four national Emmy Award nominations, the Erik Barnouw Award from the Organization of American Historians, and multiple grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts.

TOM HURWITZ - Cinematographer

Tom Hurwitz’s credits as cinematographer include numerous feature documentaries, including historical documentaries, and cinema-vérité films featuring music and musicians.  Hurwitz received the Cinematography Award at the Sundance Film Festival for the film Wild Man Blues.  Other credits include Harlan County USA, The Ten Year Lunch, American Dream, Down and Out in America, and Paul Taylor: Dancemaker.

BOB EISENHARDT - Editor

Bob Eisenhardt has worked on over sixty films including Godfathers and Sons, from Martin Scorcese’s The Blues; Barbara Koppel’s American Standoff; Anna Deavere Smith’s Twilight: Los Angeles; Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood; and the music films Soldiers of Music: Rostropovich Returns to Russia, and Abaddo in Berlin. 

JEAN TSIEN – Editor

Jean Tsien’s documentary credits include Something Within Me, My America …or Honk if you love Buddha, and Scottsboro: An American Tragedy, all of which premiered at Sundance.  She also edited and co-wrote the Peabody Award-winning film Travis.

STAN WARNOW -  Editor

Stan Warnow’s documentary credits include the original Woodstock, which won the Academy Award.   Warnow also worked for as an editor of feature films, most notably working with director Milos Forman on Ragtime and Hair.

THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA

Now in its 105th season, The Philadelphia Orchestra has long been considered one of the world’s leading orchestras.  Internationally renowned for its peerless technique and heartfelt music-making, the Orchestra has maintained the highest standards of traditional symphonic music while remaining at the forefront of new repertories and advanced technologies.  It has been a standard-bearer in the promotion of symphonic music in American life through transcontinental tours, recordings, film projects, and special concerts for children and youth.  In 1939, the Orchestra made film history when it provided the soundtrack for Walt Disney’s Fantasia with music director Leopold Stokowski.  This groundbreaking film did more to popularize symphonic music in the U.S. than any other single film, broadcast, or recording.