American Son

ESPN Films 30 For 30 | Words + Pictures

American Son is an ESPN Films’ 30 For 30 feature-length documentary that tells the story of the improbable rise of Michael Chang, a tennis prodigy who went on to become the youngest player to ever win a Grand Slam. Through Michael’s story, we also examine the story of Asian immigration to America and what is gained and what is lost when a family decides to toss everything aside to chase the American dream. 

Directed by Jay Caspian Kang

Air Date: July 29, 2024

Black GOld

Paramount+ | TIME Studios

Black Gold is the gripping 3-part docuseries story of the cover-up of the century – of the ExxonMobil boss atop a trillion-dollar industry who discovered a shocking truth 40 years ago, created a black ops conspiracy to hide the evidence, and would stop at nothing to keep the money flowing, as the world burned. 

Executive produced by Protozoa / Darren Aronofsky with TIME Studios
Directed by Zach Heinzerling and Gabrielle Schonder

Air Date: 2022

Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes

HBO Original

Journalist Ronan Farrow’s six-part docuseries based on his bestselling book, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators, an investigation into the sexual assault allegations – and cover-up – against movie producer Harvey Weinstein. (*I produced and directed the interviews that accompanied the book’s hit podcast and aired in the HBO doc-series).

Air Date: 2021

Best Band in the Land

60 Minutes

St. Augustine High School in New Orleans is one of the few predominately all Black, all boys Catholic high schools in the country. The school’s band, a beloved institution in the city dating back to 1952, has a new – but old-school – band director who is working to rebuild the program, in spite of a myriad of pandemic challenges.

More than a water crisis

60 Minutes+

When a winter storm swept through Jackson, Mississippi, thousands of residents were left without running water for up to a month – a surreal indignity in a capital city in 2021. But after decades of white flight and shifting demographics, there was more than a water crisis at play.

The Isle of Eigg

60 Minutes
Awards:  Edward R. Murrow for Excellence in Writing &
Overseas Press Club of America “Honored Work”

Tired of being mistreated by a negligent wealthy landlord, a motley crew of 67 residents banded together in 1997 to buy the island for themselves – the first community buyout in the country’s history. 

Chess Country

60 Minutes

A chess boom is underway in the unlikeliest of places: Franklin County, Mississippi, a two-stoplight town where you can’t get a hot meal after 2pm. All thanks to an anonymous donor. 

The Blockade of Qatar

60 Minutes

Qatar’s young Emir discusses the surprising economic and political blockade imposed against his country by neighboring Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt.

The Greek Freak

60 Minutes
Awards: Emmy Nominated

A profile of Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Greek superstar of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks team.

Tim Green

60 Minutes

Football legend Tim Green never shied away from acknowledging the dangers of football. Now Green is suffering from a fatal ailment – ALS – he may have seen coming.

A Survivor’s March

60 Minutes

Profile of Ben Skardon, a 99-year-old World War II veteran who survived the Bataan Death March at the hands of the Japanese in 1942. He now does an 8.5 mile walk in the annual Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico.

The Spy Among Us | Part 1

60 Minutes

A two-part, never-before-told story about Jack Barsky, a former spy for the Soviet Union’s KGB, assigned to the United States during the last years of the Cold War. Barsky, born Albrecht Dittrich in East Germany, led a double life for decades until finally being caught by the FBI.

The Prime Minister: Matteo Renzi

60 Minutes

The brash young Prime Minister of Italy, Matteo Renzi, defends the referendum he initiated to change the country’s constitution by reducing the size of the parliament by two-thirds.