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Co-moderator:  Jefferson Gatrall, Associate Professor, Director of Medical Humanities MSU

Roberta Friedman and Daniel Loewenthal

Produced by Roberta Friedman

Friedman's projects have ranged from the commercial, such as her work for George Lucas on Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back specializing in sparks, matte work, and swords, to the experimental, such as the interactive video The Erl King, the first interactive art piece, which was acquired by the Guggenheim Museum for its permanent collection.  She worked with Michael Moore on "The Awful Truth," his weekly documentary series. for Bravo Channel and Britain’s Channel 4 in the U.K. She has also worked for HBO, A&E, WNET and more. She was the executive producer of HERE Family!, a television series about gay, lesbian and transgender families., that was broadcast on the HERE! Network. Friedman is currently an Associate Professor and the coordinator of the film program in the School of Communication & Media at Montclair State University.

Produced/Directed/Edited by Daniel Loewenthal DGA

Daniel Loewenthal has edited over 40 feature films. He has worked for major film studios (Paramount, Orion, Turner Productions) and independent producers (Dino Dilaurentis and Cannon films). Dan has edited in nearly every genre and format: action, comedy, independent films, music videos, commercials, infomercials, corporate videos, pieces for museum art installations and content for the web. He is also an accomplished director for short films and features. Until moving to New York he was a managing partner and president, of his company in Los Angeles, producing and directing projects that included a Discovery Channel series, Direct Response ads, documentaries, corporate videos and post-supervision and editing on feature films. He most recently produced the feature film Good Friday, and edited the feature film Lost Cat Corona.

He currently teaches editing in the School of Communication and Media  at Montclair State University