Crew
HUGO CAMACHO-WEISMAN
DIRECTOR
Hugo Camacho-Weisman grew up on the streets of Havana, Cuba in the 1960s. His mother was nurse at the Castro Public Hospital, where his father Barry Weisman was a Visiting Professor of Hematology from Mt. Sinai, New York. Camacho-Weisman graduated from the University of Miami with a BA in Corporate Communication. He then attended the University of Chicago with a Master's Degree in Cinema Studies. Camacho-Weisman was then an Associate Press correspondent in Northern Iceland, Egypt, Paraguay, and Madagascar. His first film, Alien Intervention At The Polls, told the real story of otherworldly involvement in the events surrounding the much-contested Bush-Gore election in 2000. Using a smattering of in-depth interviews of NASA technologist, air traffic controllers, agronomists, and former political advisers to Nixon, Camacho-Weisman chronicles the behind-the-scenes manipulation from advanced alien life forms that helped Bush take over the White House despite losing the popular vote. Camacho Weisman's second film DOG: Eyes and Ears of a Four Legged Furry, is an animated documentary verite exploration of urban public transportation systems from the perspective of canines. "I wanted to tell the story of mass transit from the outside in, low to the ground" says Camacho-Weisman, "and that journey brought me to dogs. They have an honesty that humans cannot reach." DOG won the 2004 Cannes Palme d'Or, and the Audience Award for Best Animated Documentary at the Albuquerque Animated Non-Fiction Film Festival in 2005. Camacho-Weisman lives in Boca Raton, Florida with his father.
ROBERT D. TIBBINS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Robert, son of the eccentric nanotechnology entrepreneur Martin Luger Tibbins, grew up in Andover, Massachusetts. Home schooled as a child, he enjoyed a youth of horseback riding, summers in Prague, and an award-winning amateur taxidermy collection. He received a BFA in Transcendental Poetry from Naropa University in 1991, when he was awarded the prestigious Friend of Buddha for his family's generous contributions to the campus. In 1994 he joined Tibbins Corp. as a controlling partner, and assumed the role of Honorary Chairman and Head of Philanthropy. Robert is the cofounder of Lightstick Inc., a late-nineties drum and bass record label known for breaking the groups Eyesore and Lip Gloss Wow! In 1999, he disabled this venture and began Down & Out, a video jockey collective that toured Morocco, Spain, and Goa. From 1999 through 2005, Robert was on sabbatical in the Far East, until he met Jim McGreevy while vacationing in Boca Raton, Florida, who promptly exposed Robert to the devolutionary teachings of J.D. Cornelius and the Institute for Devolutionary Studies. At that point, Robert resolved to finance a film that would bring the issue of devolution to a mainstream audience so that something could be done.
ANTHONY "BALLS" BANADACCIO
PRODUCER
Anthony graduated from Notre Dame University in 1988. He was an All-American linebacker from the Fighting Irish. Anthony "Balls" was drafted in the 5th round by the NFL's New York Jets organization. He played in six games over three seasons until a tragic knee hyperextension took him to the sidelines. During his time in physical therapy, Anthony gained a new love for the documentary films of Werner Herzog, Errol Morris, and the Maysles Brothers. In 1999, Anthony met Jonas Friedelman, a former production intern in Michael Moore's production shingle. They made six documentary films together in the next five years, including the award-winning The Spleen, Night Before The Duck Exploded, and Vesuvius Exposed. In 2006, Anthony "Balls" saw The Secret and decided to focus on more socially relevant films.
HAJJ RAJAGOPOLAKRISHNA-WEISMAN
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Estranged half brother to director Hugo Camacho-Weisman, the two met in Boca Raton in 2004 at a double-booked dinner with their father, Dr. Barry Weisman. The half brothers hit it off instantly, despite not knowing of each other's existence, and decided to begin collaborating. Hajj, a native of Guyana, claims that he taught himself cinematography without ever watching even a single moment of television.