Director and co-writer, Tiffany Shlain, honored by Newsweek as one of the "Women Shaping the 21st Century," is an award-winning filmmaker and founder of The Webby Awards. For this film she has partnered with her long time Webby collaborator, co-writer Maya Draisin and co-writer and Emmy Award Winning producer Xandra Castleton.
Learn more about Tiffany's new film, The Tribe.

Tiffany Shlain
Director and co-writer

Director's Statement
Sundance Highlights
t@tiffanyshlain.com

Honored by Newsweek as one of the “Women Shaping the 21st Century,” Tiffany Shlain is founder of The Webby Awards, co-founder of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, an award-winning filmmaker, and a mother. Her films have been selected at over 70 film festivals around the world, including Sundance, Tribeca, and Rotterdam, have won over 20 awards, including Audience and Grand Jury Prizes, along the way, and have been translated into six languages. Her last two films include The Tribe and “Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness.” Tiffany lectures worldwide on the Internet and her filmmaking and was an Artist-in-Residence at the Headland Center for the Arts. She served as the on-air Internet expert for Good Morning America. Currently, she is the director of The Moxie Institute, an organization that creates media and experiences around social issues using emerging technologies. Tiffany is an Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow. www.tiffanyshlain.com Tiffany Shlain's Filmography

Xandra Castleton
Producer and Co-Writer

xandra@sfgrotto.org
www.sfgrotto.org/grottofilms

XANDRA CASTLETON is a writer and filmmaker whose first feature film, Full Grown Men, is currently in post-production. Xandra writes, develops and produces films through Grottofilms, the company she runs with her husband and partner, David Munro. The first two Grottofilms productions were the award-winning short films Compulsory Breathing and Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, which she co-wrote. Prior to founding Grottofilms, Xandra was the series producer of Independent View, a public television show about independent film, which earned her an Emmy award for her portrait of director John Waters. www.grottofilms.com www.fullgrownmenthemovie.com.

Maya Draisin
Co-Writer

Maya Draisin is the Director of Special Projects at WIRED Magazine and co-founder of the Webby Awards and the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, an organization dedicated to the creative, technical, and professional progress of the Internet. Her career is guided by the belief that a well-crafted message in any medium improves lives – educating, entertaining, and moving people to action. She is currently working on a green showcase home, the WIRED LivingHome in Los Angeles. In April 2004, Maya was appointed to the San Francisco Arts Commission, where she has been instrumental in securing funding and negotiating the City's political environment to install high-impact public artworks. She was made Vice President in June 2006.

	• Film  •  Finance  •  Distribution  •  Special Thanks FILM CREDITS Directed by Tiffany Shlain Written by Tiffany Shlain, Maya Draisin, Xandra Castleton Produced by Xandra Castleton Edited by Jennifer Steinman Design/Collage Art by Gil Gershoni Design by Gershoni Sound Design by Dave Nelson Outpost Studios Music Composed by Mark De Gli Antoni A Grottofilms Production Inspired by Ilha das Flores, by Jorge Furtado Starring: Narrator......Liz Marks Ashley Adams......Sarah Mueller Chad......Marcus Berry Bud LaCroix......Mark Pauline Mr. Adams......John Newmeyer Mrs. Adams......Nancy G. Heine Mr. Lee......Sud Zhu Xu Mrs. Lee......Rui Hui Li Xu Lee's son......Benson Wend Da Xu Lee's daughter......Tina Lee Lee Grandchildren......Cory & Nicy Lee Frog......Fred the Frog Stunt Frog......Sam No frogs were harmed on the set of this film Cinematographer Sophia Constantinou Archival Images Getty Images/Image Bank Films Craig Baldwin Efootage.com Production Manager/Live Shoot Katherine Zilavy Production Manager/Distribution Molli Amara Simon Gaffer Bill Basquin Dialogue Editor Jeff Darby Foley Artist Dian Langlois DOLBY Sound Consultant Dan Sperry Make-up Corrine Spingola Prop Goddess Rae Richman Lighting Assistants Peggy Kim David Marbry Jill Vanoncini Research Whit Morris Marti Hearst Jennifer Fogelman Danielle Beverly Opening Title Design Golan Levin Avid Digitizer Christine Cannavo Video Post Production Facility E2 Editorial Emeryville, CA "Lulei Lulei" performed by D'Yara Irina Mikhailova www.mp3.com/irina FINANCE CREDITS The Financing of this Film was Made Possible by Planned Parenthood Golden Gate and the Generous Spirit of... Dian Harrison Kim Meredith Quinn Delaney Roy E. Hahn & Linda G. Montgomery Gary & Laura Lauder Nadine North Laurie Patterson & Richard North Patterson Darian Weltman Swig Founding Circle of Supporters: Susie Tompkins Buell Nan Tucker McEvoy Yen Chuang Foundation Gregory Gretsch Jane Metcalfe Marcia & John Goldman Fiscal Sponsor Bay Area Video Coalition DISTRIBUTION CREDITS Executive Producer/Distribution Tiffany Shlain Producer/Distribution Maya Draisin Production Manager/Distribution Molli Amara Simon SPECIAL THANKS Ken Goldberg, David Munro, Leonard Shlain, Carole Jaffe, Kimberly Brooks, Jordan Shlain, Amy Gershoni, Sarah Varney, Charley Patton, Ari Wallach, Barbara Ely, Therese Wilson, Ina Gyemant Lillian Rosenthal, Josh Rosen, Joanne Winter Isa Hendry, Karen Keef, Ann Goldberg, Larry Hillman Adele Goldberg, Elena Man, Peter Kaufman, Chris Martin, Amy Critchett, Noah Hawley, Susan Hoffman, Dorka Keen , Joanne Winters, Jennifer Morla, Adam Werbach, Lyn Merrill, Kitka, Joel Bachar, Julie Burton, Dave Skaff, Amy Tobin, Anne Gyemant, Cate Reigner, Michael Vavricek David-Michel Davies, Jane Ganahl , Nathan Shedroff, Torryne Choate, Scott Balcerek, Laurie Blavin, Margot McGowan, Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfyne, DJ Polywog, Eiming Jung, Scott Compton, David Skaff, Cynthia Lohr, Jeanne Meyers, Michael Corey, Jay Capela , Andrea Dew, Noelle Colombe, Michelle Maine, Nancy Ganis, Zoe Duskin, Naomi Wolf, Marilyn Fabe, Arnie Baskin, Les Blank, Gail Silva, Gloria Steinem.

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