Barbara Kopple

  • Barbara Kopple (she/her) is a two-time Academy Award winning director and a nine-time Emmy Award nominee for her work across television and documentary film. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the Directors Guild of America.

    Read Barbara’s complete biography here.

Hannes Hosp

  • Hannes Hosp (he/him) is an Emmy Award-winning producer whose work focuses on social justice, governmental accountability, and human rights. His editing credits include Barbara Kopple’s Gumbo Coalition, as well as several episodes of the historic PBS documentary series Frontline. He was featured most recently as part of DOC NYC’s 40 Under 40 cohort.

    hannes@cabincreekfilms.com

Genevieve Sawicz

  • Genevieve Sawicz (she/her) has had several years of experience as a story producer for unscripted series on network television, including Project Runway, Jay Leno's Garage, and Cutthroat Kitchen, among others. She is passionate about film diplomacy and additionally produces videos with non-profit organizations to promote international cultural exchange, especially between Japan and the U.S.

Maria Burgos

  • Maria Burgos (she/her) is a producer and creative writer with experience primarily working in unscripted series for network television, including Married at First Sight and Drive With Swizz Beatz. She is the host and curator of a monthly poetry night called SpeakEasy, which takes place at a local bar in Washington Heights.

    production@cabincreekfilms.com

Maureen Dougherty

  • Maureen Dougherty (she/her) studied fine art at Carnegie Mellon University. She has spent the last twenty-five years in the film industry, the last sixteen of which have been at Cabin Creek Films. In 2003, she founded her own production company, MOJO FILMS, Inc, which currently has two films in production.

Jacob Gries

  • Jacob Gries (he/him) is a recent graduate of NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Institute for Journalism, where he received a Master’s degree in longform storytelling. An attentive and engaged media consumer, he has written about a wide range of topics, from politics to digital art to niche professional sports. He has been working for Cabin Creek since September 2022.

    jacob@cabincreekfilms.com

Carly Mattox

  • Carly Mattox (she/her) is a culture writer and researcher whose work has appeared in Documentary Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, and MUBI Notebook, among others. She graduated from the National Film and Television School with a Master’s degree in film programming. In 2024, she was selected to participate in the Critics’ Academy at New York Film Festival.

    assistant@cabincreekfilms.com

Jason Diana Gross

  • Jason Diana Gross (he/him) is a third year student within the Dramatic Writing program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Having spent his teenage years with the Harlem Youth Gardeners, he puts his experience in park maintenance to use on set with fellow film students. An NYC local, he spends his free time writing short plays about nature.

Annabel Wang

  • Annabel Wang (she/her) recently graduated from NYU with a degree in Film and Television, having written, directed, and edited a variety of student narrative projects, music videos, and short form documentaries, including her graduate film The Actor. She aims to further promote unique and underrepresented voices within the filmic medium.

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