Andrew Goldberg
Producer/Director
Emmy Award-winning producer/director Andrew Goldberg is the founder and owner of Two Cats Productions in New York City. For nearly 15 years he has produced and directed news and documentaries for such networks at PBS, ABC and CBS, along with numerous networks internationally.
His recent film, Jerusalem: Center of the World, aired April 1st, 2009 on the PBS National Program Service garnering ratings nearly 40% higher than the PBS national average. Praised for its multicultural approach, one newspaper called it “a generous-to-all rendering of history... filtered through three religions yet wrested free of the emotion and dogma that colors most views of the Holy City.” The Los Angeles Times called it “a yeoman’s task…timely and timeless.” and New York Newsday described it as “Wonderful… Grade A.” Hosted by Ray Suarez of the PBS NewsHour, the two-hour film explores Jerusalem’s history, culture and impact on the world.
His earlier film, The Armenian Genocide received extraordinary reviews and coverage in almost every major newspaper in the US including The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe. The NJ Star Ledger called it “…serious, literate and ultimately heartbreaking.” Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times described it as a “powerful” film that “…honors the victims of the Genocide.” The film, which was screened at the US Congress in an event hosted by three US Representatives, has been licensed internationally to networks in Canada, Australia, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Finland and many other countries. Narrated by Julianna Margulies, the film features additional narrations from Ed Harris, Natalie Portman, Orlando Bloom, Laura Linney, Paul Rudd, Jared Leto and others. This production of this film followed three other PBS/Public Television films by Andrew about the Armenians including The Armenian Americans (NETA Award, NYF Worldmedal), Images of the Armenian Spirit (Telly Award), and The Armenians: A Story of Survival (CINE Golden Eagle award).
His 2003 PBS film, They Came to America explores stories of why people come to the United States, and what it means to –in their own words— to be American. The film which features interviews with Frank McCourt, Cheech Marin, Alex Yemenidjian (CEO of MGM) and others, won the CINE Golden Eagle for outstanding programming. According to The Wall Street Journal: “The producers knew what they were doing… An impressive 90 minutes… and a consistently affecting one.”
He also produced the acclaimed Proud To Serve: The Men and Women of the US Army, hosted by the legendary Walter Cronkite. The film, which aired nationwide on PBS stations tells the story through first person narratives, of what it means to be an American soldier and why they choose to serve. The Wall Street Journal wrote of the film that it was “...absorbing,” and “...not to be missed.” adding “...they are all narratives, extraordinary in their detail, to say nothing of their power to move.” The film was underwritten by Dell, United Technologies, Veterans Life Insurance, Vibram Shoes, and Balfour Rings.
In addition to many other prime-time PBS films, Goldberg has written and produced for Good Morning America’s “Weekend Window”, CBS News Sunday Morning, National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and NOW With David Brancaccio. His work has been supported by more than 50 foundations including the Avanessians Family Foundation and The Aimwell Foundation.
He holds a BA in History from Northwestern University and an MBA (concentrations in Marketing and Policy) from The Graduate School of Business at The University of Chicago. He and his fiancée live in New York City.
Julia Silverton
Senior Development Consultant
The newest addition to Two Cats, Julia Silverton is always in pursuit of an exciting story, or at least that's what she tells everyone at parties.
As a dual US and UK citizen, Julia started her career hosting and producing two weekly UK television series. Over the next 15 years, she was fortunate enough to interview a couple of U.S. Presidents, then wander around some war zones and live to tell the tales. She's seen more than her fair share of basement edit bays and hot, sweaty control rooms. Perhaps that's where she developed her love of ceiling fans.
After writing, directing and executive producing award-winning reality shows, documentaries, and music videos for channels in England and America including ITV, NBC, CBS as well as numerous cable outlets such as A&E, TLC, MTV, VH-1 and all those other three lettered networks, Julia finally left her sunny LA life behind and headed to the Big Apple to start off 2010 with a bang – and a couple of cats. Along for the ride is the son she never had, her golden retriever, Tommy. Yes, he's a dog, but for the record, he loves to cuddle with cats if they let him. But they usually don't.
For a complete list of Julia's credits, click here
Douglas Chang
Producer
Producer Douglas Chang has spent most of his career bridging the worlds of public television and independent film, serving as a writer and/or producer on several documentary films for PBS, and as an advisor on many more. He has also played an integral role on two landmark public television series: as supervising producer of "P.O.V.", which earned a Peabody Award, three duPont-Columbia Awards and nine national Emmys during his tenure; and as a producer on the first two seasons of "City Arts," where he worked with some of the world's most prominent artists. From 2001 to 2003, he served as Director of Programming for KCET, the flagship PBS station in Los Angeles, reaching the second largest public television market in the United States.
Doug is also a writer and director of fiction films. His recent feature Absent Father was nominated for "Best Picture" at the Religion Today Film Festival in Trento, Italy, and was an official selection of the 2008 Dhaka International Film Festival. He is currently at work on a new feature film about five jazz musicians, whose intersecting stories reveal competing ideas about freedom in both their music and their lives. The film, entitled Chaography: Variations on the Theme of Freedom is slated to star acclaimed jazz artists Stacy Dillard and Eric Reed, among others.
Amy Brillhart
Producer
Confirmed cat lover Amy Brillhart began her career in television news for WTLV in Jacksonville, Florida then WTVT, Tampa's Fox affiliate. Moving into entertainment programming, she produced a how-to series presented to PBS stations by WEDU-TV. In 1998, Ms. Brillhart relocated to New York City to expand into independent feature films. She also began freelancing at A&E Television Networks on Biography, then Our Generation for the History Channel, Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege and Justice for Court TV and for Two Cats Productions; she was an associate producer on the Two Cats Productions film for PBS, Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century: The Resurgence.
Robyn Fitzsimmons
Production Coordinator
After interning in radio and a brief stint in finance, Robyn made her way to Two Cats Productions. When she is not scooping cat litter or perfecting her FedExing skills, she can be found managing the office and assisting the producers in whatever way she can. Robyn enjoys listening to talk radio, eating bagels, and saying "axe" instead of "ask."
John Rinehimer
Composer
John Rinehimer is a composer, conductor, orchestrator, and the owner of Apache Recording Studios, which composes and creates music for TV, film, theater and commercials. As an instrumentalist, he performed in The Joffrey Ballet as well as many Broadway shows including Grease, They're Playing My Song, Big River, and Jacques Brell is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. He has also done studio work for RCA Records and performed classical guitar work on many TV commercials. John arranged and orchestrated the score to Yanni, Live at the Acropolis, one of the largest selling pop instrumental CD's in history and second largest selling video. He also wrote arrangements for The Springhill Singing Disaster, which was nominated for a Drama Desk Award, and he orchestrated the opera A Flurry Tale which was presented by George Plimton and premiered at the Clark Theater at Lincoln Center. Prior to that he orchestrated and conducted The News, which was nominated for a Tony Award for best score and received the Miami Herald Drama Award for best music direction. He lives in NYC with his wife Barrie.
Maciej Bugajak
Director of Photography
DP Maciej Bugajak has been shooting non-stop since finishing film school in Lodz, Poland. During his career, which began in 1978, he has worked for Polish TV, NBC News, ABC News and countless other networks worldwide. Some of his coverage has included: the Olympics in Athens and Torino, the Czech Velvet Revolution, two (count ‘em) government coups in Russia, the Balkan wars, and The Intifadas in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. He has also shot many documentaries with names no one can understand including: Czy znasz czlowieka ukrytego w szafie, Zolnierze wykleci, Bezpieka-Pretorianie komunizmu, and Swiadomy przekaz (in production). Additionally he has worked on several Two Cats Productions including A Yiddish World Remembered, The Armenian Genocide, Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century: The Resurgence and Jerusalem: Center of the World (in production). He likes tasty foods and trains that are, “for example, very fast.”
