MARC SHAFFER INSIDE OUT MEDIA, INC. 1431 Trestle Glen Road, Oakland, CA 94610 W: 510.835.7111 • C: 510.468.4610 • marcashaffer@comcast.net www.insideoutmedia.org Documentary Credits Director/Senior Producer: UNTITLED Al Jazeera Worldwide Media Networks, in production • Direct and senior produce feature-­‐‑length documentary. Director/Senior Producer/Writer: BROKEN DREAMS: THE BOEING 787 Al Jazeera Worldwide Media Networks, 2014 • Award winning film uncovers a trail of unprecedented problems with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to a flawed business strategy fixated with Wall Street returns and reveals fresh concerns about the quality of Boeing'ʹs signature aircraft. The most-­‐‑watched documentary in the history of Al Jazeera English. Director/Writer: AMERICAN JERUSALEM: JEWS AND THE MAKING OF SAN FRANCISCO Actual Films / Switchback Films, 2013 (theatrical release) / 2014 (PBS) •
Lured by the Gold Rush, European outcasts help transform a coastal outpost at the edge of the New World, and in turn re-­‐‑invent themselves as San Francisco Jews. Award winning film named by the San Francisco Chronicle one of the 10 best films of 2013. More than 1000 showings on PBS stations nationwide and sold out screenings in festivals around the world. Director/Producer/Writer: MARIJUANA GOLD RUSH National Geographic Channel, Inside Out Media / National Geographic Television, 2011 •
National Emmy Nominee. From Main Street to Wall Street a whole new crowd is clamoring to cash in on medical marijuana. But as marijuana moves towards the mainstream, is America ready for a marijuana green rush? Director/Writer/Producer: GANG WAR USA National Geographic Channel, Inside Out Media / National Geographic Television, 2011 • Award winning film traces murder of two innocent men in North Carolina by members of the MS-­‐‑13 gang to a shot caller deported years earlier from the United States, now imprisoned in El Salvador. Is the U.S. policy of deporting gang members making transnational gangs more dangerous? Producer: SUBURBAN SURVEILLANCE National Geographic Channel, Winton-­‐‑duPont Films, 2011 • Award winning film examines two controversial FBI counter-­‐‑terror cases that raise question of whether the FBI pursued the suspects because they were terrorists or because they were Muslims. Marc Shaffer ♦ Documentary Filmmaker
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Co-­‐‑Director/Co-­‐‑Producer: CAN THE GULF SURVIVE? National Geographic Explorer, National Geographic Television, 2010 • Emmy Award winning investigation into the effort to protect the Gulf of Mexico from the devastating effects of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Lone journalist and filmmaker present inside BP headquarters when the well was capped. Director/Producer/Writer: INTERROGATING SADDAM National Geographic Channel, Winton-­‐‑duPont Films, 2010 • Award winning story of the FBI interrogation of Saddam Hussein as told by lead interrogator FBI agent George Piro and his team. Director/Producer/Writer: BLUEPRINT AMERICA: ROAD TO THE FUTURE WNET/PBS, 2009 •
The story of America'ʹs dangerous love affair with automobiles and suburban sprawl. Centerpiece documentary of multi-­‐‑million dollar PBS multi-­‐‑platform project on national infrastructure. Producer: POISONED WATERS PBS FRONTLINE, Hedrick Smith Productions, 2009 • Two-hour award winning documentary traces the destruction of America’s waterways, with a special
focus on the Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound, to effects of human development. Director/Producer/Writer: EXPOSÉ: AMERICA’S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS WNET/PBS, 2006-­‐‑2008 • National Emmy Nominee. Six half-­‐‑hour episodes profile investigative reporters and their best work for this national series airing on PBS and as part of the Bill Moyers Journal. Director/Series Producer/Writer: REMAKING AMERICAN MEDICINE PBS, Crosskeys Media, 2006 • Award winning 4-­‐‑hour national PBS documentary series examines efforts to improve American health care, including the reduction of medical error and hospital acquired infections. Selected for special primetime feed on PBS. Top selling PBS DVD following broadcast. Director/Producer/Co-­‐‑Writer: BIGGER THAN ENRON PBS FRONTLINE, Hedrick Smith Productions, 2002 • Award winning film investigates accounting scandals at Enron and other major U.S. corporations. Co-­‐‑Director/Co-­‐‑Producer/Co-­‐‑Writer: ROLLOVER: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE SUV PBS FRONTLINE, 2002 • Award winning investigation of the Ford-­‐‑Firestone scandal reveals a hidden history of industry and government inaction on SUV safety and environmental dangers. Director/Producer/Writer: CRITICAL CONDITION PBS, Hedrick Smith Productions, 2000 • National Emmy Nominee. Directed, produced, wrote two of four episodes for this national PBS series exploring America’s troubled healthcare system. Director/Producer/Writer: SEEKING SOLUTIONS Marc Shaffer ♦ Documentary Filmmaker
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PBS, Hedrick Smith Productions, 1999 • Award winning national PBS series on community responses to crime. Special selection for PBS press tour. Director/Producer/Writer: SURVIVING THE BOTTOM LINE: RUNNING WITH THE BULLS PBS, Hedrick Smith Productions, 1998 • Award winning national PBS series on the New Economy. Directed premiere documentary examining Wall Street’s power over corporate America. Co-­‐‑Producer/Co-­‐‑Writer: THE GREENING OF THE FRESHMAN CLASS PBS, The MacNeil-­‐‑Lehrer NewsHour, Hedrick Smith Productions, 1997 • Documentary profiles the 1994 incoming Republican congressional class as it evolved from insurgent outsiders to Washington insiders. Field Producer/Co-­‐‑Writer: THE PEOPLE AND THE POWER GAME PBS, Hedrick Smith Productions, 1996 • Award winning national PBS film critiques impact of lobbies and the news media on the federal government. Additional Experience Director/Producer/Writer: CALIFORNIA CONNECTED PBS, 2004 • Produced award winning stories for this California PBS newsmagazine. Associate Producer: CBS NEWS 1988-­‐‑1995 • Produced, reported, associate produced and wrote investigative and feature stories for newsmagazine programs EYE TO EYE, STREET STORIES, and 48 HOURS. Produced interviews for NIGHTWATCH with host Charlie Rose. Awards Special Jury Award, Houston Worldfest Film Festival, 2015 Nominee, Golden Nymph Award, Current Affairs Documentary, Monte Carlo Television Festival, 2015 Nominee, Royal Television Society Award: Current Affairs International, 2014 Finalist, Investigative Reporters and Editors Award, 2014 Finalist, Hillman Prize, 2014 Cine Golden Eagle, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2007, 2003, 1998 Nominee, National Emmy Award: Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting -­‐‑ Long Form, 2012 National Council on Crime and Delinquency PASS Award, 2112, 2004, 1999 Grantham Prize Award of Special Merit for environmental reporting, 2010 Cine Special Jury Award, 2008 Nominee, National Emmy Award: Outstanding Documentary on a Business Topic, 2007 First Place, Association of Health Care Journalists Award, 2007 Columbus International Film and Video Festival Honorable Mention, 2007 National Mental Health Association Media Award, 2005 Southern California Journalism Award for Investigative Reporting, 2004 Marc Shaffer ♦ Documentary Filmmaker
Education Writers Association National Award for Education Reporting, 2004 International Labor Communications Association Media Award, 2004 Nominee, Writers Guild of America: Best Documentary Script, 2003 Nominee, National Emmy Award: Outstanding Investigative Journalism -­‐‑ Program, 2001 U.S. International Film and Video Festival Silver Screen Award, 2001 Columbus International Film and Video Festival Bronze Plaque, 2000, 1997 Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award, 1999 Houston FilmFest Gold Medal, 1999 U.S. International Film and Video Festival Award for Creative Excellence, 1999 Worldfest Flagstaff Bronze Award, 1998 Houston FilmFest Silver Medal, 1997 4