End of the Rainbow

Robert Nugent is from Albury, New South Wales. He holds a degree in natural resource management. During his gap year, he worked on a World Bank project in Somalia where he met an old locust hunter who mentored him. He eventually went to work for the United Nations, running projects in war zones — against locusts in Afghanistan and rice pests in Cambodia. After 11 years, he left the UN to pursue a masters in documentary at the Australian Film Television and Radio School. He is working on a film for the Australian War Memorial, using footage he shot as an official cinematographer for them in Iraq. His company, Visible Impact Assessment, evaluates how film can be used by communities to monitor and evaluate change. It has active projects in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Indonesia. He is in development on a film on war and locusts.

Mitzi Goldman has written, produced, edited, and directed documentaries for more than 20 years. Her films have been screened around the world in festivals in Germany, South Africa, the UK, France, Spain, the USA, and in Australia. Mitzi’s documentaries deal with social issues, personal history, and cultural heritage, and have received nominations and awards, including an ATOM award for Best Social Issues Documentary. Her credits include Snakes And Ladders; Things I Call Mine; Many Homes, Many Names; Hatred, Ports Of Destiny, Parra, , and End of the Rainbow. Throughout her career she has combined documentary production with teaching, research, and writing. She is co-head of documentary at the Australian Film Television and Radio School and an executive officer of the Documentary Australia Foundation — a philanthropic initiative to encourage private grants into the documentary sector. Mitzi holds a PhD in Cultural Studies and is on the board of directors of the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC).

Jean-Pierre Gibrat is an independent producer, director, and author. He is CEO of Trans Europe Film, based in Paris. He is President of the Association Science & Television (AST) and of Pariscience Festival. He has produced, directed, and written many films for television, museums and cultural organizations, including Guggenheim, an American Dream, winner, Best Historic documentary Award at the World Media Festival Hamburg 2002; Leonardo da Vinci, The Universe of Science, winner, Bronze Dragon for Science Popularization at the International Scientific Film Festival of Beijing 2002; A Beast of the Moon, winner, Mitrani Award Fipa 2002; The Heritage of the XXth Century, winner, AVICOM Award Taipei, Taiwan 2004; In the Secret of Emotions, winner, Festival Award Teleciencia de Vila Real, Portugal 2004, and Director’s Award at the Festival Film Orsay 2004. His recent film Alice in the Land of Cockroaches won the Athena Innovation Prize 2nd International Science Film Festival of Athens, 2007.

Michel Zwecker has spent much of his working life in the non-profit sector as communications and marketing director. Michel spent many years as communications director for Medecins Sans Frontieres, (MSF) first in Barcelona, Spain then in Sydney, Australia. Born and raised in Barcelona, he is currently development manager at the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA). Michel has been involved in documentary production through his role as communications director as well as independently. He is currently involved in documentary collaborations between the philanthropic, not-for-profit, and documentary sectors around high-impact stories to raise awareness of issues of social and environmental significance.