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I’m an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has screened on PBS Frontline, National Geographic, Al Jazeera, CBS, and major streaming platforms worldwide. I lead Inside Out Media as founder and executive director, directing, writing, and producing projects that inform, engage, and inspire audiences across festivals, theaters, and digital platforms. I’ve raised millions in grants and commissions and have been honored with a Writers Guild Award for outstanding documentary screenplay. As a creator and leader, I’ve built and managed multi-disciplinary teams across continents, shepherding investigations and current-event storytelling from concept through broadcast and festival presentation.…I’m an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has screened on PBS Frontline, National Geographic, Al Jazeera, CBS, and major streaming platforms worldwide. I lead Inside Out Media as founder and executive director, directing, writing, and producing projects that inform, engage, and inspire audiences across festivals, theaters, and digital platforms. I’ve raised millions in grants and commissions and have been honored with a Writers Guild Award for outstanding documentary screenplay. As a creator and leader, I’ve built and managed multi-disciplinary teams across continents, shepherding investigations and current-event storytelling from concept through broadcast and festival presentation.

Marc Shaffer

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I’m an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has screened on PBS Frontline, National Geographic, Al Jazeera, CBS, and major streaming platforms worldwide. I lead Inside Out Media as founder and executive director, directing, writing, and producing projects that inform, engage, and inspire audiences across festivals, theaters, and digital platforms. I’ve raised millions in grants and commissions and have been honored with a Writers Guild Award for outstanding documentary screenplay. As a creator and leader, I’ve built and managed multi-disciplinary teams across continents, shepherding investigations and current-event storytelling from concept through broadcast and festival presentation.…I’m an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has screened on PBS Frontline, National Geographic, Al Jazeera, CBS, and major streaming platforms worldwide. I lead Inside Out Media as founder and executive director, directing, writing, and producing projects that inform, engage, and inspire audiences across festivals, theaters, and digital platforms. I’ve raised millions in grants and commissions and have been honored with a Writers Guild Award for outstanding documentary screenplay. As a creator and leader, I’ve built and managed multi-disciplinary teams across continents, shepherding investigations and current-event storytelling from concept through broadcast and festival presentation.

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I’m an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has screened on PBS Frontline, National Geographic, Al Jazeera, CBS, and major streaming platforms worldwide. I lead Inside Out Media as founder and executive director, directing, writing, and producing projects that inform, engage, and inspire audiences across festivals, theaters, and digital platforms. I’ve raised millions in grants and commissions and have been honored with a Writers Guild Award for outstanding documentary screenplay.

As a creator and leader, I’ve built and managed multi-disciplinary teams across continents, shepherding investigations and current-event storytelling from concept through broadcast and festival presentation.

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Executive Director and Documentary Filmmaker at Inside Out Media

January 1, 2001 - Present

Founder and executive director of a non-profit film production company. Wrote, directed, produced, and managed teams for major films appearing on PBS, PBS Frontline, National Geographic, AppleTV, Amazon Prime, YouTube, and other major streamers, in festivals and theaters. Raised millions of dollars in grants and commissions. Honors include Writers Guild Award for outstanding documentary screenplay.

Writer, Senior Producer, Director at Investigative Directorate, Al Jazeera

January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2016

Projects include award-winning Broken Dreams: The Boeing 787, the most watched film in Al Jazeera English language history. Managed production teams and directed filming on three continents.

Writer, Director at Switchback and Actual Films

January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2013

Wrote and directed independent PBS feature documentary American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco.

Writer, Director, Producer at National Geographic Television

January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2012

Wrote, directed, and produced five award-winning investigative and current events documentaries commissioned by National Geographic Television.

Writer, Producer, Director at PBS Frontline

January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2009

Wrote, directed, and produced three award-winning investigative documentaries for celebrated PBS investigative documentary program. Nominated for Writers Guild Award.

Writer, Producer, Director at WNET

January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2009

Emmy-nominated filmmaker for Exposé, national PBS series profiling top investigative reporters. Wrote, produced, and directed Blueprint America, centerpiece documentary for national transmedia public television project on sustainable approaches to transportation.

Writer, Series Producer, Director at Remaking American Medicine

January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2006

Part of leadership team on this award-winning, four-hour, prime-time PBS series on problems plaguing U.S. healthcare.

Writer, Director, Producer at Hedrick Smith Productions

January 1, 1995 - December 31, 2001

Produced national PBS documentaries with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hedrick Smith.

Associate Producer at CBS News

January 1, 1987 - December 31, 1995

Produced stories for prime-time newsmagazines and talk shows.

Writer, Senior Producer, Director at Al Jazeera

January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2016

Worked in the Investigative Directorate. Projects include award-winning Broken Dreams: The Boeing 787, the most watched film in Al Jazeera English language history. Managed production teams and directed filming across three continents.