Ruth Thomas Suh
Director/Co-Producer
Ruth graduated from Middlebury College, later receiving a Masters in journalism from NYU and a Masters in Social Work from Columbia University. “Belonging” and “Reject” are inspired by the work of her late father, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Herbert E. Thomas and his book The Shame Response to Rejection. She was awarded a proclamation from the City of New York for contributions to the arts and to the community. She previously held senior positions at Time Warner, J. Walter Thompson, and Agency.com. She served for ten years on the Board of The Korean-American Family Service Center, an organization working to end domestic violence. She lives in New York City with her family.
KURT ENGFEHR
Producer
Kurt is an award-winning director, editor and producer, and has done work for HBO, MSNBC, CBS and ABC. He was editor and co-producer on the acclaimed documentary films “Trumbo”, “Fahrenheit 9/11” and Academy Award winner “Bowling for Columbine”and won the American Cinema Editors Award for best documentary editing for his work on Bowling for Columbine. Most recently, Kurt co-directed the films, “The Yes Men Fix the World” (HBO premiere), “Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead” and “The Kids Menu.” He edited “A People Uncounted”, a 2012 Producers Guild of America nomination for Best Documentary. Currently is an editor at Axios documentary unit and won a 2021 Emmy award for editing.
Simone Giuliani
Composer
Simone is an award-winning music producer, Film & TV composer, arranger and keyboard player born in Florence, Italy and currently based in Los Angeles and New York. He has worked with international artists including Beyoncé, Andrea Bocelli and the Wu Tang Clan as well as the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic. Simone served as Music Director and conductor for “Music for Mercy”, a concert for Pope Francis’ Year of the Jubilee. His TV and film work includes writing and produced original music for The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) and scoring films including as “Weed the People” (Netflix), “Unseen” (Amazon Must-Watch Documentaries 2018) and “Reject” (Kanopy).
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