Joshua Zeman (writer/director/producer) has been creating independent films for more than years. Some of Zeman’s past coproducer/producer credits include: The Station Agent, Mysterious Skin, The Hawk is Dying, Choking Man, and Against The Current. He executive produced Ceremony, starring Uma Thurman and directed by Max Winkler. The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival and was released by Magnolia Pictures. Cropsey, Zeman’s critically acclaimed horror documentary, was released in 2010.
At MacDowell, Zeman worked on his first narrative feature film, Whippoorwill, which focused on a well-respected journalist who agrees to interview a family of right-wing extremists in a standoff with the FBI, only to discover that for the first time in his career he isn't just reporting on the story, he is the story.