According to Liz, a thirty year career in the entertainment industry was just the first step toward her ultimate goal – that of being a documentary filmmaker. Telling real stories are her passion. “Hot Water” is the third of Liz’s documentaries, following the multiple award winning films, “On Sacred Ground” and “Catching Dreams.“
Liz is a fearless activist and grandmother who loves taking on polluters and those who threaten the health of the babies she loves. She's known for climbing fences and filming toxic waste polluters wherever she may find them, most recently calling out the nuclear and uranium industry for contaminating our water supply.
Elizabeth Kucinich is a champion for the environment, and for human and animal rights. She has a long history of activism on behalf of the people and the planet. For years she has spoken out about the dangers and environmental impact of nuclear power.
As a national figure, Elizabeth has spoken out to make nuclear power and nuclear weapons a key issue in elections, and worked with her husband, Dennis Kucinich, to protect the people of Northern Ohio from the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant. Together, they forced the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to keep a close eye on Davis-Besse, a power plant which has been called the most dangerous plant in America. Elizabeth produced this film in order to continue her efforts to educate the world about the dangers of nuclear power.
The 1996 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences special ‘Gordon E. Sawyer Oscar’ for Lifetime Achievement in Technology was awarded to Don, representing the gratitude of the motion picture industry for what was then, forty-three years of involvement, dedication and accomplishment, a career that continues on today. In 2011 Don was awarded the first Fellowship of the Science and Technology Council for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
At the National Association of Theater Owners - Show West in March 1997, Rogers received the Third Annual Ken Mason Inter-Society Award. This award is presented for dedication and specific achievement in enhancing the theater going experience. Rogers has been a member of SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) since 1960 and a Fellow since 1974. He is a Lifetime member of the American Society of Cinematographers, a member of BKST, ACE (the Film Editors Guild) and the Motion Picture Sound Editors Guild.
A film school graduate from California State University, Long Beach in 1988, Kevin dreamed of becoming a filmmaker since he saw Star Wars as a child. It wasn’t until 2001 that Kevin found the story that would become his first feature film. When Kevin’s identical twin brother decided to quit his banking career to run away and join the circus, Kevin’s next film project was born.
When his brother saw a performance of “O” in Las Vegas, his life changed, and he decided to pursue a new career as a professional trapeze artist with the most elite circus in the world, Cirque du Soleil. Kevin and his camera joined him on that journey, and eight years later after traveling the globe, the result was the multiple award winning documentary, “Catching Dreams.”
Starting his own production company in 2008, Kevin has been the Director of Photography on numerous projects, including the feature film ‘The Ridley Project,’ which he shot and directed on location in Costa Rica. He lensed the award winning feature documentary ‘On Sacred Ground’, the story of Native Americans continued struggle to preserve sacred sites in South Dakota, along with the indie homeless drama ‘Wake-up Call’.
For a piano player, he's had quite a ride. During the last ten years alone, Ben Dowling has performed at some of the most prestigious venues in the world - from the Montreau Jazz Festival in Switzerland, to the Blue Note nightclub scene in Tokyo, to New York's Lincoln Center to the Greek Theater and Hollywood Bowl in LA.
A "musician's musician," he was deeply involved in the development of modern sound synthesizers during his tenure with Korg in the late 80's and early 90's, developing the M1, Wavestation and Oasys synths. As a producer, a music director for Grammy and Academy Award winning artists, a synthesist for Joe Zawinul and Michael Jackson, as film score composer for the CINE Golden Eagle winning United Nations documentary A Place To Stand or as a co-writer on The Whispers new Gospel hit, Thou Art With Me, Dowling continues to astound with his recent release of jazz fusion project World Rising, featuring Will Kennedy, Bob Sheppard and Mindi Abair - currently playing on more than 100 jazz stations around the US.
