The Dr. Couney Story: Babies of the Boardwalk
A documentary film by Julia Mintz
Produced by Dan Sturman
The Dr. Couney Story: Babies of the Boardwalk
A documentary film by Julia Mintz
Produced by Dan Sturman
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DR MARTIN COUNEY: BABIES OF THE BOARDWALK
A Documentary Film (Now In Production)
Produced by Dan Sturman and Noël Raley
Written and Directed by Julia Mintz
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Julia Mintz, Writer / Director
Julia Mintz, Writer / Director
Julia Mintz, Writer / Director
Julia Mintz has worked on many of the country’s most celebrated documentary films. Recent projects include: Mr.SOUL!, aired on PBS, Get Me Roger Stone, NETFLIX, premiered at Tribeca, Equity, a narrative feature, SONY Pictures, premiered Sundance, Muscle Shoals premiered at Sundance aired on PBS Independent Lens, Love Free or Die, winner S
Julia Mintz has worked on many of the country’s most celebrated documentary films. Recent projects include: Mr.SOUL!, aired on PBS, Get Me Roger Stone, NETFLIX, premiered at Tribeca, Equity, a narrative feature, SONY Pictures, premiered Sundance, Muscle Shoals premiered at Sundance aired on PBS Independent Lens, Love Free or Die, winner Sundance Jurors Choice for Independent Lens, Joe Papp in Five Acts, premiered Tribeca airing American Masters, and CA State of Mind: Legacy of Pat Brown, aired on PBS. Julia was on the producing team of Soundtrack for a Revolution, about the civil rights movement, which premiered at Cannes and was nominated for Writers Guild, Producers Guild, and was short-listed for an Academy Award® and Nanking, which won a Peabody, Emmy® and Editorial Award at Sundance, aired on HBO. Other projects include: The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo, Emmy® Award nominee; The Killer Within, Emmy® Award-winner. Mintz's documentary Four Winters, tells the story of the jewish armed resistance in Eastern Europe against Hitler's armies and their collaborators during World War II. Mintz is an award-winning artist, and an accomplished multi-grant recipient for her work in film and visual arts. Mintz has taught seminars and workshops worldwide and has held an adjunct faculty position at LIU NYC.
Dan Sturman, Producer
Julia Mintz, Writer / Director
Julia Mintz, Writer / Director
Dan wrote and directed the Academy Award nominated Soundtrack For a Revolution, and Sundance Award-winning documentary film Nanking, and produced the Academy Award®-winning documentary Twin Towers. Between 2001 and 2003, Sturman produced three seasons of the NBC documentary series Crime and Punishment. He has reported and produced for ABC
Dan wrote and directed the Academy Award nominated Soundtrack For a Revolution, and Sundance Award-winning documentary film Nanking, and produced the Academy Award®-winning documentary Twin Towers. Between 2001 and 2003, Sturman produced three seasons of the NBC documentary series Crime and Punishment. He has reported and produced for ABC News, CBS News, and the BBC while based in Los Angeles; for Reuters and NBC News while based in London; and for ABC News 20/20 in New York. In 1992, Sturman was the associate producer of another Academy Award®-winning documentary, A Time For Justice. The film, produced by Charles Guggenheim, commemorates the lives of the men, women, and children who were killed during the American Civil Rights Movement. Sturman graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University.
Peter Heady, Editor
Julia Mintz, Writer / Director
Barbara Cohen, Composer
Peter has worked with many of the industry's greatest documentary film directors including: Errol Morris Academy Award winning, Fog Of War, Sundance Film Festival Award winner Capturing The Friedmans by Andrew Jarecki, Academy Award® nominated Tupac Resurrection by Lauren Lazin, John Sales’ Casa De Los Babies, Spike Lee’s Jim Brown All Am
Peter has worked with many of the industry's greatest documentary film directors including: Errol Morris Academy Award winning, Fog Of War, Sundance Film Festival Award winner Capturing The Friedmans by Andrew Jarecki, Academy Award® nominated Tupac Resurrection by Lauren Lazin, John Sales’ Casa De Los Babies, Spike Lee’s Jim Brown All American, Geodfrey Reggio’s Naqoyaqatsi, Pieces Of April by Peter Hedges, and Ken Burn’s documentary films including the multi-part series: The War, Baseball, The West, Lewis and Clark and National Parks. Peter is a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology. Peter has worked extensively as both a colorist and editor, lending a unique perspective to his finishing work. Peter is also a frequent speaker at film festivals, technical conferences and roundtable discussions around the country.
Barbara Cohen, Composer
Timothy A. Kuper, Video Editor
Barbara Cohen, Composer
Barbara Cohen is an accomplished composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter whose work embraces a variety of musical genres. In addition to being a successful recording artist with several critically acclaimed solo albums, Cohen’s ability to blend disparate musical elements extends to her scores for feature film and television: i
Barbara Cohen is an accomplished composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter whose work embraces a variety of musical genres. In addition to being a successful recording artist with several critically acclaimed solo albums, Cohen’s ability to blend disparate musical elements extends to her scores for feature film and television: including Emmy- nominated PBS documentary The Judge and the General, the dream-like cabaret-influenced HBO feature Habana Eva, the MTV feature Pedro, PBS/POV The Lost Dream, and Al Jazeera (America) Words of Witness. Cohen’s songs and vocals have also been featured on Warner Bros.’ Red Riding Hood, as well as Fox Pictures’ Broke Down Palace, director Michael Radford’s Dancing at the Blue Iguana and the NBC series Lipstick Jungle and Third Watch. Awards include the prestigious Sundance Film Composer Lab Fellowship, BMI Conducting Workshop, MN. State Arts Board Fellowship Grant for Artistry & Composition, and MN. Music Awards for Artist of the Year & Vocalist of the Year.
Timothy A. Kuper, Video Editor
Timothy A. Kuper, Video Editor
Timothy A. Kuper, Video Editor
A graduate of Ithaca College's Park School of Communications where he studied Film, Photography, and Visual Arts. Tim has edited numerous documentary and narrative short films that have received awards at film festivals like the NYC Chain Film Festival and Asbury Park Film Festival. He has worked as an assistant editor on feature length p
A graduate of Ithaca College's Park School of Communications where he studied Film, Photography, and Visual Arts. Tim has edited numerous documentary and narrative short films that have received awards at film festivals like the NYC Chain Film Festival and Asbury Park Film Festival. He has worked as an assistant editor on feature length projects such as MSNBC's This Happened series. Tim joined New Moon films' editing team as an Assistant Editor and as a field archival researcher in Eastern Europe. In addition to his editorial work, Tim has collaborated and worked in many facets of the Four Winters film and the production company.
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Spellbinding tale by Dawn Raffel!
We're so grateful to Dawn Raffel for her spectacular journalistic memoir about Dr. Martin Couney. Dawn's in-depth research and stunning insights continue to both inspire and ignite our fascination and exploration of Dr. Couney's extraordinary journey and lifesaving work, featured in our documentary film. We can't recommend her fabulous book enough! Check out the wonderful review below!
Review by Melissa Fay Greene -----
- Review by Melissa Fay Greene, two-time National Book Award Finalist for Praying for Sheetrock and The Temple Bombing