FILM CREDITS
Lori Chodos - Editor
Lori Chodos was born in Toronto, Canada. Upon moving to New York, she
started working for various filmmakers and ended up receiving her MFA in
film. She has worked for experimental theater company The Wooster Group,
created television shows for New York Public Television, and interned at
Maysles Films. She has directed and edited a number of award-winning short films and has just finished her first music video. She is a co-founder of the independent production company Basement Pictures.
Dan Akiba - Camera
akiba33@yahoo.com
Dan Akiba has shot documentaries for A&E, Bravo, and New York Public
Television, as well as many independent documentary films. While receiving his MFA in cinematography from The City College of New York, Dan produced, directed, and shot his first documentary, “My Brother’s Wedding.” In the
film Dan explores his feelings about his brother’s conversion from a secular Jewish upbringing to a Hassidic lifestyle. The film has played at numerous Jewish film festivals, won an audience award at the Newport Beach film festival, and was sold to WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts. Dan currently resides in New York, working as a freelance cameraperson.
Soren Sorensen - Music
www.Sorensen-Mechlowicz.com
Soren Sorensen began writing music for television and film shortly after
graduating from Boston's famed Berklee College Of Music in 1998. Working as a production assistant on various film and television projects, Sorensen met many young Boston-area filmmakers, including Jay Heyman and Dan Akiba, who helped him get some of his first film scoring jobs. His credits include "Hooked: Illegal Drugs And How They Got That Way," a four-part series for the History Channel, "Owned Islands" for the Travel Channel, and Dan Akiba's award-winning documentary short, "My Brother's Wedding." He has also written music for CNN International and College Sports Television.
Currently, he is living in New York working on a collection of original
songs with pianist, Brian Mechlowicz.
Produced and Directed by:
Jay Heyman
Edited by:
Lori Chodos
Camera:
Dan Akiba
Written by:
Jay Heyman
Lori Chodos
Original Music:
Soren Sorensen
Featuring:
Maurice Bernstein
Jay Heyman
Peggy Heyman
Bill Heyman
Lynn Hansen
Mark Heyman
Joan Pinkham
Risa Jaraslow
John Balamos
Hebrew Orphan Asylum Alumni Association:
Elliot Becker
Hy Bogen
Edith Cabrera
Isaac Calderon
Charles Emma
Al Greenberg
Fay Howard
Hy Kampel
Seymour Kerner
Sidney Schwartz
Michael Stoll
Arnold Wagner
Bill Wayne
Post-Production Supervisor:
Brian Smith
Story Consultant:
Dan Akiba
Additional Editing:
Jay Heyman
Dan Miller
Additional Camera:
Jay Heyman
Jay Levy
Color Correction:
Michael Pecci | www.MikePecci.com
Music Produced by:
Soren Sorensen
Dave Weissman
Cello:
Bernard Augustin
Violin:
Cynthia Marcus
Synthesizer and Guitar:
Soren Sorensen
Narration and Music Sound Engineer:
Dave Weissman
Narration and Music Recorded at:
Full House Productions
New York, NY
Post-Production Sound Mixer:
Kevin Jette
Soundtrack Boston Recording Studios
Archive Material Provided by:
Maurice Bernstein
The Heyman Family
Joan Pinkham
American Jewish Historical Society
Museum of the City of New York
New York Weill Cornell Medical Center Archives
Jewish Child Care Association
Dance Performance Footage Provided by:
Risa Jaraslow
Performance Music by:
Leo Janacek
Very Special Thanks to:
Grandpa Bernie
Bill & Peggy Heyman
Lynn, Chris, Laura, & Kyle Hansen
Mark Heyman
Doris Heyman
Norm & Joan Rosen
Sebastian Corradino
Dan Akiba
Jane Barowitz
Florence Bernstein
Hy Bogen
Jo Frances Brown
Sophie Carlhian
Lori Chodos
Mark Colucci
Ted Comet
Rex Dean
Leona Ferrer
Gregg Fine
Jake Forster
Allen Furst
Al Greenberg
Juli Greenberg
Jane Gulick
Tina Havemeyer
Ben Israel
Johanna Jainchill
Risa Jaraslow
Brad Kimbrough
Agi Klausz
Steve McCarthy
Steve McNulty
Dan Miller
Roxanna Morgenstern
Lisa Nagid
Joan Pinkham
Paul Richards
Jiles Robinson
Casey Robinson
Amy Santamaria
Abigail Schoolman
Lyn Slome
Lucia Small
Brian Smith
Dave Slade
Soren Sorensen
Robert Sorrentino
David Tobis
Greg Voll
Wenjin Xing
Zhenqin Xing
92nd St. Y
American Jewish Historical Society
The Esplanade
HOA Alumni Association
Jewish Child Care Association
