LOCAL VOICES - Key Persons
Allen Mattison of Trister, Ross, Schadler & Gold, PLLC serves as legal representation for Local Voices. He has helped nonprofit organizations to navigate the campaign finance and corporate laws in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
is the acclaimed documentary director of HAPPY VALLEY; 12.12.12: THE CONCERT FOR SANDY RELIEF; RE:GENERATION; THE TILLMAN STORY and MY KID COULD PAINT THAT; which have collectively garnered him some of the film industry's highest honors and widespread critical praise. He also co-produced Academy Award nominated documentary Trouble the Water. Amir's branded film Re:Generation was awarded a Bronze Lion at Cannes.
is a critically-acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning and Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her 2006 documentary Deliver Us From Evil, and went to direct BAFTA-nominated West of Memphis, which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and won numerous awards. Berg's first narrative feature, Every Secret Thing, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2014, and her 2015 documentary, Prophet's Prey, premiered at Sundance.
Job Titles:
- Accountant
- Head
- Founding Partner of Political Compliance Management Services
Brian Foucart of PCMS is a founding partner of Political Compliance Management Services (PCMS, LLC) a leading Democratic compliance firm and handles accounting for Local Voices. He has over 20 years of experience in compliance, budgeting and financial operations of political campaigns and committees.
first feature film, VESSEL (2015), premiered at South by Southwest Film Festival and won the Audience Award in the Documentary Competition, as well as a Special Jury Award for Political Courage. Awards include the inaugural Peter Wintonick Award from Sheffield DocFest, an Honorable mention for the Moving Mountains Award at Mountainfilm in Telluride, and the Adrienne Shelly Excellence in Filmmaking Award. Whitten founded Sovereignty Productions in 2008, following a Fulbright Fellowship to Indonesia, and was the Director of Communications at Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program.
has been featured in Time Magazine, along with her filmmaking partner, Rachel Grady as an innovator of the documentary craft. Heidi and Rachel were nominated for an Academy Award in 2007 for their film JESUS CAMP. Their 2012 film DETROPIA won an Emmy and their most recent film, NORMAN LEAR JUST ANOTHER VERSION OF YOU premiere at Sundance. Their projects have been seen seen on a variety of networks including CBS, National Geographic, HBO, A&E, PBS, VH1, Al Jazeera, MTV and CNN.
In 2012, Houston helped form Local Voices and handled day to day operations in 2012 and 2016. Previously he served as a fundraiser and organizer for Obama's 2008 campaign and organized and ran offices in 5 states. Houston is also a prolific independent film producer, having recently produced films such as The Hero, Support The Girls, and Hearts Beat Loud. Before entering the film business, he worked in international corporate finance for Lehman Brothers and ING Barings.
is the director of the award winning short film ANNA SPILT THE OIL, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival; and MONDOMIX, the documentary series on World Music highlighting over 200 artist portraits and broadcast on French TV throughout the world. Allen and his wife Bella LeNestour cofounded Possible Pictures which produced the documentary WIJDAN - MYSTERY OF THE GNAWA TRANCE among others.
is an award-winning filmmaker. Jacobson's 2006 film TOOTS premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival before winning the National Board of Review's Top Documentary Award. Jacobson's film A Place at the Table premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival was nominated for Best Feature Documentary by the Producers Guild of America and won the IDA's prestigious Pare Lorentz Award. Jacobson's directorial debut was American Standoff, produced by two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple. Her newest film, Solitary, will premiere at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival.
Lee is an Emmy Award winning filmmaker and is the visionary founder and Creative Director of Local Voices. He is currently creating a doc series on the future of high schools in partnership with the XQ Super School program founded by Laurene Powell Jobs and Russlynn Ali. He is also known for his film BULLY, which is widely considered to be one of most impactful documentaries of all time. His outreach campaign, The Bully Project, reached over 4 million middle and high school students.
is a two-time Academy Award nominated filmmaker. He is the director of STREET FIGHT, RACING DREAMS, IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT, POINT AND SHOOT, and executive producer of MISTAKEN FOR STRANGERS. Curry's first film, STREET FIGHT, won the Audience Awards at the Tribeca Film Festival, AFI/Discovery SilverDocs Festival, and Hot Docs Festival. It also received the Jury Prize at Hot Docs and was nominated for a Writer's Guild of America (WGA) Award. The film went on to be nominated for an Academy Award and an Emmy.
has been featured in Time Magazine, along with her filmmaking partner, Heidi Ewing, as an innovator of the documentary craft. Heidi and Rachel were nominated for an Academy Award in 2007 for their film JESUS CAMP. Their 2012 film DETROPIA won an Emmy and their most recent film NORMAN LEAR JUST ANOTHER VERSION OF YOU premiered at Sundance. Their projects have been seen on a variety of networks including CBS, National Geographic, HBO, A&E, PBS, VH1, Al Jazeera, MTV and CNN.
is the co-director/producer of the documentary film SONS OF PERDITION, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, screened at over 45 festivals and was acquired by the Oprah Winfrey Network. Measom is also the producer of the feature film, TAKE, starring Minnie Driver and Jeremy Renner. He has written, produced and directed over one hundred commercials, short documentaries and industrials for a wide range of national and international clients. He is currently working on a documentary about the cultural effects of MTV.