Filmmakers
Helpman Productions
Helpman Productions is dedicated to stimulating awareness and fostering discussion and participation on social and political issues. Funded by donations, Helpman develops and produces documentaries concerning critical social themes; the films are widely distributed and made available at no or minimal cost to organizations involved in the issues. Helpman Productions Inc., is a registered 501(c)(3) charity. For more information, or if you have an organization that would like copies of a specific film, email contact@helpmanproductions.org.
Producer and Director
Maxine Trump
Maxine Trump worked for the BBC in London for seven years as a development executive for scripted comedy before emmigrating to the USA. This is the first feature documentary Maxine has directed. She has directed a long running series of interstitual social issue documentaries for the TV network TNT in the USA. She has also directed a series of fifteen short interstitials for the network Sundance Channel. Her short film “Silent Life” was nominated at the IFC/ARPA Hollywood film festival. She also made a ten-minute documentary for the MSC campaign expedition to the Bering Sea, Alaska, and a seven-minute documentary for the New York City Greenmarket organization.
She has won BDA awards for her work in television in the USA,. She is a freelance director having worked on numerous commercial projects for network TV and agency clients, including National Geographic, PBS, BBC America, Animal Planet, Comedy Central etc. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Producer and Editor
Josh Granger
Josh worked as story producer for the first season of the award-winning real-life series “Random 1” on A&E. He has also produced a number of 60-minute shows for National Geographic Television: an episode of their flagship Explorer series, two episodes of “Dogtown,” a special on the stadiums of the World Cup and the Indian Air Force-centered “Mission Udaan.”
As a producer and editor he has worked for the past 15 years producing and editing documentary programming for channels such as A&E, TBS, TNT, National Geographic and BBC America, worked for 3 years in the marketing department at TheLearning Channel and has received two Broadcast Design Awards for his work in television.
Director of Photography
Curt Wallin
Director of Photography Curt Wallin taught rain forest ecology in Guatemala and Belize before discovering his true calling as a cinematographer. Curt has worked extensively for the International Olympic Committee and filmed over 30 features for them. He has worked as a DP for many broadcasters including NBC, PBS, BBC, Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, A&E, History Channel, etc.
