Ganges: River to Heaven - Film Makers</ title>  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <link href="style/main_style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">  </head> <body> <div align="center"> <div class="container"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr valign="top"> <td width="190" rowspan="2"> <img src="images/spacer.gif" width="180" height="1"></td> <td width="478"> <div align="center"><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="450" height="1"><br><br><div align="center"> <img src="assets/logo-black_trans.gif" width="200" height="81" border="0"><br> <span class="footer"> </span></div> <span class="footer">  </span> </td> <td width="132" align="right" class="sidebar"> <p><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="2" height="1"> <img src="assets/spacer.gif" width="120" height="8"> <br> <a href="synopsis.html">Synopsis</a><br> <a href="news.html">News</a><br> <a href="filmakers.html">Filmakers</a><br> <a href="http://www.gangesrivertoheaven.com/gallery/main.php" target="_blank">Photo Gallery</a><br> <a href="trailer.html">Trailer</a><br> <a href="index.html">Home</a></p> <p><br> </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="maincontent">  <h1>Filmmakers</h1> <div align="center"><img src="assets/crew.jpg" width="400" height="264" border="1"></div> <h2>Gayle Ferraro, Director</h2> <p class="p1"><img src="assets/headshot_gayle.jpg" width="260" height="216" class="floatleft">Gayle Ferraro, founder of Aerial Productions (<a href="http://www.aerial-productions.com">www.aerial-productions.com</a>), has sought to bring personal accounts of extraordinary stories to the film circuit. Ferraro’s third film, <strong>GANGES: River to Heaven</strong> (2003) is currently screening on the international festival circuit. Ms. Ferraro and her small crew traveled to Varanasi, India on the Ganges to document the legendary burning ghats where averages of more then 200 bodies are brought daily for cremation to achieve Moksha. Staying at a hospice close to the ghats, the film documents the passing of family members as believers make the holy journey.</p> <p class="p2">Ferraro’s second film, <strong>Anonymously Yours</strong> (2002) takes the viewer deep in to the uncharted world of sex trafficking in Southeast Asia. Four women's strikingly different stories are pieced together to reveal an institution that enslaves as many as forty million women worldwide. Through their shocking, video-taped testimonies, Burmese prostitutes initiate Western audiences to the widespread corruption and staggering poverty that are the status quo in much of the world, and the primary causes behind the fastest-growing industry on earth. This film has special engagement screenings and airs on the Sundance Channel.</p> <p class="p2">Ferraro’s first film, <strong>Sixteen Decisions</strong> (2000) focused on the courageous efforts of impoverished Bangladeshi women endeavoring to overcome poverty through micro-enterprise. The debut film garners critical praise and attention as it continues to build an audience. This film has special engagement screenings and airs on the Sundance Channel.</p> <p class="p2">Ferraro received masters’ degrees in Public Administration from Harvard University and Mass Communication from Boston University, and studied international human rights law at Oxford University. </p> <p class="p3"><strong>Filmography</strong><br> 2000 <em>Sixteen Decisions</em><br> 2002 <em>Anonymously Yours</em><br> 2003 <em>Ganges: River to Heaven</em><br> 2005 <em>Redemption (work in progress)</em></p> <h2>Laurie K. Gilbert, Cinematographer</h2> <p class="p1"><img src="assets/headshot_laurie.jpg" width="121" height="131" class="floatleft">Laurie K. Gilbert s.o.c. is an Australian cinematographer operating globally from a production base in S.E.Asia. He has more than 30 years professional experience shooting motion picture material for feature films, commercials and documentaries, in a total of 47 countries and he operates in all current professional acquisition formats . He is accredited in Hollywood as a helicopter aerial and offshore marine expert and has earned a substantial collection of prestigious gold and silver awards for the craft of cinematography. For detailed credit information, see :<br> <a href="http://www.limage.tv">www.limage.tv</a> and <a href="http://www.ukscreen.com/crew/laurie">www.ukscreen.com/crew/laurie</a></p> <p class="p1"><em><br> </em> </p> <h2>Keiko Deguchi, Editor</h2> <p class="p1"><img src="assets/headshot-keiko.jpg" width="121" height="143" border="1" class="floatleft">Keiko Deguchi came to US from Japan to study cinema studies at NYU graduate school. After receiving a MA, she started working as an assistant editor on feature films such as <strong>Carlito's Way</strong> (Brian DePalma), <strong>Kansas City</strong> (Robert Altman), <strong>Michael</strong> (Nora Ephron), among many others. She edited narrative feature films <strong>The Real Blonde</strong> (Tom DiCillo), <strong>The Business of Strangers</strong> (Patrick Stettner) <strong>The Boynton Beach Bereavement Club</strong> (Susan Seidelman), and is currently editing <strong>Fur</strong> (Steven Shainberg). Her collaboration with Gayle Ferraro started on Ferraro's previous film "Anonymously Yours".</p> <p class="p3">Her <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214874/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD0xfGZiPXV8cG49MHxrdz0xfHE9a2Vpa28gZGVndWNoaXxmdD0xfG14PTIwfGxtPTUwMHxjbz0xfGh0bWw9MXxubT0x;fc=1;ft=19">full resume</a> can be seen on imdb.</p> <p class="p3"><br> </p> <h2>Claudio Ragazzi, Music Composer</h2> <p class="p1"><img src="assets/headshot-claudio.jpg" width="120" height="152" class="floatleft">Composer and guitarist Claudio Ragazzi has been writing award winning music for film and television scoring dozens of projects and performing with some of today's most respected musicians at renowned concert halls. <p class="p2">Ragazzi’s performances include those at Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl, The Blue Note Jazz Club, and Lincoln Center to name a few. He has performed with some of today’s most influential and respected musicians, including Gary Burton, Yo-Yo Ma, Randy Brecker, saxophone legends Joe Lovano, Paquito De Rivera, and with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.</p> <p class="p2">Ragazzi attended Berklee College of Music where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and was the recipient of the Duke Ellington Master's Award receiving the Boston Music Awards that same year for his CD <strong>AMAZONIA</strong>.</p> <p class="p2">Ragazzi went on to compose music for various ballets, plays, documentary and feature films, as well as animation, jingles and commercials. In 1998 he scored Brad Anderson's hit film <strong>Next Stop Wonderland</strong> produced by Miramax reaching Billboard’s top ten list for more than twelve weeks.</p> <p class="p2">Other production credits include the music score for the multi award wining film <strong>The Blue Diner</strong>, the staging of William Shakespeare's <strong>The Twelfth Night</strong>, directed by Sam Weissman (George of the Jungle), the music collaboration with Mason Daring creating the music for John Sayles film <strong>Casa de los Babys</strong> starring Rita Moreno and numerous productions for the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, National Geographic, Telemundo, Univision and PBS, including the children series Sesame Street, Arthur, and Postcards from Buster as well as multiple films for American Experience, and NOVA. </p>  <p align="center"><span class="footer"><a href="synopsis.html"><br> <br> <br> Synopsis</a> | <a href="news.html">News</a> | <a href="filmakers.html">Filmakers </a> | <a href="http://www.gangesrivertoheaven.com/gallery/main.php" target="_blank">Photo Gallery</a>| <a href="trailer.html">Trailer</a> </span></p> <p align="center"><span class="footer">© 2005, 2006 Aerial Productions, All Rights Reserved</span><br> <br> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </body> </html>