DIRECTOR: KIRBY DICK Kirby Dick's recent documentary, "Twist Of Faith," about a man who confronts the trauma of past sexual abuse by a Catholic priest, debuted in competition at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Dick's previous film, "Derrida," a complex portrait of the world-renowned French philosopher, premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, won the Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco Film Festival and was released theatrically. The prior year, Dick directed the innovative "Chain Camera," a portrait of contemporary urban teenage life, which also premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival. In 1997, he directed the internationally acclaimed "Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist," which won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Grand Prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Released by Lion's Gate Films, the film earned both an IFP/West Spirit Award nomination and an International Documentary Association nomination for Best Feature Documentary of 1998.
			PRODUCER: EDDIE SCHMIDT Eddie Schmidt produced Kirby Dick's Oscar-nominated, Amnesty International award-winning documentary "Twist of Faith," as well as Dick's acclaimed teenage mosaic, "Chain Camera." Schmidt also produced the explosive musical documentary "Showgirls: Glitz & Angst" for HBO's "America Undercover," and the powerfully intimate hospice chronicle "The End," which premiered at the 2004 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival, for HBO/Cinemax's "Reel Life." Other work includes producing stints on TV's "Blind Date" and "The Competition," as well as creating and producing original DVD content for films such as "Boogie Nights" and "Se7en." Schmidt has also been a contributor to National Public Radio's popular series "This American Life." THIS BLOG IS NOT YET RATED Producer Eddie Schmidt blogs about the film, the festivals and the MPAA.
			CREDITS: Also Produced By: Alison Palmer Bourke (Executive Producer) Megan Parlen (Associate Producer) Evan Shapiro (Executive Producer) Jessica Wolfson (Supervising Producer) Cinematography: Shana Hagan Kirsten Johnson Amy Vincent Film Editing: Matthew Clarke Music Supervisor: Dondi Bastone Private Investigators: Becky Altringer Cheryl Howell Lindsey Howell