Here's some of what we do.
Citizen Nation
SERIES CREATOR/SHOWRUNNER: Bret Sigler
CITIZEN NATION is an inspiring four-part coming-of-age docu-series following teenagers from across America as they face off in the nation's premier civics competition. Culminating in a championship showdown in the nation’s capital, high school students with diverse personal and political backgrounds grapple with critical questions about democracy. Available on PBS, PRIME VIDEO or YOUTUBE.
IN REAL LIFE: VOICES OF NATURE
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
EMMY AWARD NOMINEE (Outstanding Science and Technology Coverage)
Scripps Longform explores how artificial intelligence opens up new possibilities for scientists communicating with animals — from sending messages to elephants on the plains of Kenya to mimicking honey bees and bat sounds — and what it means for all of us sharing this planet.
The Secret Song
PRODUCER/CAMERA: Todd Dayton
The Secret Song is an immersive view into the final chapter in Doug Goodkin’s 45-year career teaching music to children in San Francisco. In what could have been a celebratory victory lap, the veteran teacher finds his efforts to instill community, self-confidence and cultural connectivity interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. When classrooms across the world are shuttered, Goodkin and his students surmount adversity through the sense of belonging nurtured by a remarkable music program.
Now streaming on PBS, AppleTV, Amazon, and Xfinity.
Educational/institutional sales through GOOD DOCS.
SXSW EDU
SF DocFest
Cinequest
United Nations Association Film Festival
Sedona Film Festival
—Marion Herrman Excellence in Filmmaking Award
Vero Beach Film Festival
Lone Star Film Festival
Columbus International Film & Animation Festival
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
—Kate Hearst Award for Human Connectivity
Tacoma Film Festival
Montana International Film Festival
Louisville Festival of Film
Sarasota Film Festival
Worldwide Women’s Film Festival
Madrid International Film Festival
Toronto International Women Film Festival
Barcelona Indie Filmmakers Fest
MADFA
Orlando Film Festival
ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE
CO-DIRECTOR/EDITOR: Bret Sigler
VICE/RETRO REPORT
DOUBLE EMMY AWARD Nominee (Outstanding News Special, Best Story in a Newsmagazine)
GOLD TELLY AWARD WINNER (Political Commentary)
SILVER TELLY AWARD WINNER (News/News Feature)
MIRROR AWARD Nominee
Premiering just before the 2020 election, ENEMIES uses firsthand accounts from leading journalists and media figures to take a candid look at how the press covered then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016, why their tumultuous relationship with him became one of the defining themes & legacies of his presidency, and what lessons they learned from that election.
Retro Report
MAJOR MALFUNCTION: REVISITING CHALLENGER
PRODUCER/EDITOR: Bret Sigler
Emmy Awards "Outstanding Editing" Winner
Webby Awards "Best Editing" Honoree
New York Times "Best of “ Video Selection
FOCAL International "Best Use of Archival Material"
DNA CRIMES: THE PROMISE AND PERIL OF GENETIC GENEALOGY
CO-PRODUCER/EDITOR: Bret Sigler
THE TRUTH ABOUT LEAD
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
THE SHADOW OF WACO
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
SYBIL: A BRILLIANT HYSTERIC?
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
CRACK BABIES: A TALE FROM THE DRUG WARS
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
Y2K: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING?
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
FREEING WILLY
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
NEJM Double Take series
Justice Disorder: Mental Health and Incarceration in the United States
CAMERA: Todd Dayton
Healing within Kinship: Community and Care on Navajo Nation
CAMERA: Todd Dayton
Health Care on the Edge: Challenges of Refugee Medicine
CAMERA: Todd Dayton
Edutopia: What Works in Education
NEWCOMERS AND NATIVE LANGUAGES
CAMERA/EDITOR: Todd Dayton
CONFRONTING TRAUMA WITH ART
EDITOR: Todd Dayton
RESPONDING TO STUDENT SUICIDE
CAMERA/EDITOR: Todd Dayton
DIVERSITY AND REPRESENTATION IN READING
CAMERA/EDITOR: Todd Dayton
AUTISM ROBOTS
EDITOR: Todd Dayton
A MONTESSORI PUBLIC SCHOOL
EDITOR: Todd Dayton
DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
CAMERA/EDITOR: Todd Dayton
CO-TEACHING
CAMERA/EDITOR: Todd Dayton
Open Secret
EDITOR/CO-WRITER: Bret Sigler
Al Jazeera America Presents
HotDocs
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Indie Grits Film Festival
Kansas International Film Festival
Steve Lickteig's personal film chronicles his 20-year search for his birth parents; why a whole town kept the truth from him; and how his family's tumultuous history revolves around the lives of two unconventional women.
Oh, Saigon on PBS/NETFLIX
EDITOR/CO-WRITER: Bret Sigler
Best Feature Documentary, Brooklyn Arts Council
Grand Jury Prize, LA-Asian-Pacific Film Festival
MOMA Documentary Fortnight Selection
Doan Hoang's personal documentary explores what happened to a family torn apart in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.
Sky Blossom on Universal
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
UNIVERSAL PICTURES/MSNBC-PEACOCK
Christopher Award Winner
Best Editing, European Cinematography Awards
Best Documentary, London Independent Film Awards
Best Documentary, Vancouver Intl Film Festival
Best US Documentary, Pacific Beach Intl Film Festival
Best Feature Documentary, Elko Intl Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature Nominee, Movies for Grownups
Best Editing Nominee, Asian Film Festival
Special Screening at The Kennedy Center
Sky Blossom gives an uplifting window into the lives of 24.5 million children and millennials caring for family with tough medical conditions, doing things often seen only in hospitals. They are cheerleaders, breadwinners, and students – but they also live double lives – quietly growing up as America’s youngest caregivers.
VICE
ASCENDING AFGHANISTAN: RISING WOMEN
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
Banff Mountain Film Festival Special Jury Mention
Best Cultural Film, Kendal Mountain Film Festival
Best Documentary Film Audience Award, Durango Film Festival
ASCENDING AFGHANISTAN: RETURNING HOME
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
On August 6, 2015, a team of 13 young Afghan climbers set out to make history as the first women in the country to summit the Afghan mountain peak of Mir Samir. The film follows the team on their weeks-long expedition against the advice of their elders in an attempt to change the country's narrative as one of the most dangerous places for women in the world.
i+create
An occasional series about creators and the creative process.
i+create=parks: Patricia Algara
PRODUCER/CAMERA/EDITOR: Todd Dayton
i+create=music: John Beaver
PRODUCER/CAMERA/EDITOR: Todd Dayton
—Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema
i+create=art: Alynn-Mags
PRODUCER/CAMERA/EDITOR: Todd Dayton
—Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema
After the Island on PBS
DIRECTOR/EDITOR/DP: Todd Dayton, Bret Sigler
Best of Fest, Sundial Film Festival
Allen is a drug-slinging hustler. Rosalyn is a heroin-addicted shoplifter. Getting out of New York City's Rikers Island is another chance to finally turn their lives around. It won't be easy.
Coming Home on MSNBC
EDITORS: Todd Dayton, Bret Sigler
MSNBC Special Presentation Hour
Chris Award Winner
CINE Golden Eagle Winner
The Iraq War didn't end when our veterans returned to the U.S. For these men and women, it was just the beginning of a long road home.
Journey to the Center of the Brain on MSNBC
CO-DIRECTOR/EDITOR: Bret Sigler
CAMERA: Todd Dayton
MSNBC special presentation hour
MSNBC explores the elite world of neurosurgery – following doctors and patients as they navigate their way through cutting-edge, life-altering surgeries. Scared about the road ahead, patients rely on their doctors to lead them down an uncertain path.
Tabloid Wars on Bravo
PRODUCER/CAMERA: Bret Sigler
SOUND: Todd Dayton
Bravo six-part documentary series
Every day is a deadline as the journalists of the New York Daily News pursue New York City's grittiest stories.
The Predator Next Door on MSNBC
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
MSNBC Special Presentation Hour
MSNBC takes a long look at how we deal with sex offenders in America while following sexual offenders and their victims as they try to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of heinous crime.
One Dream: 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
EDITOR/FIELD AUDIO: Bret Sigler
Webby Award Finalist (documentary series)
Fifty years ago 250,000 people converged on the National Mall for a March on Washington. It became not just the largest political demonstration to date in American history, but also the beginning of a new era, defined by the phrase “I have a dream.”
Postcards from Climate Change
What will climate change look like where you live? Here's what's happening in California.
POSTCARD FROM FIRE COUNTRY
PRODUCER/CAMERA/EDITOR: Todd Dayton
- G2 Green Earth Film Festival
POSTCARD FROM THE SACRAMENTO DELTA
PRODUCER/CAMERA/EDITOR: Todd Dayton
- San Francisco Green Film Festival
After Hurricane Sandy: Election Night in the Rockaways for TIME
PRODUCER/EDITOR: Bret Sigler
ASME National Magazine Award finalist (multimedia category)
Just days after Hurricane Sandy devastated Rockaway, Queens, residents emerged from a cold, black night to vote in the 2012 presidential election.
Into the Haven
EDITOR: Todd Dayton
Anthony Ream's personal documentary shines a light on HIV and AIDS in South Africa, giving an intimate glimpse inside a sanctuary for the children orphaned by the pandemic.
Born in Goma
EDITOR: Todd Dayton
Chris Carpenter is an American pediatrician doing international medicine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, when his life is changed by three young patients.
Home
CITIZEN NATION
SERIES CREATOR/SHOWRUNNER: Bret Sigler
CITIZEN NATION is an inspiring four-part coming-of-age docu-series following teenagers from across America as they face off in the nation's premier civics competition. Culminating in a championship showdown in the nation’s capital, high school students with diverse personal and political backgrounds grapple with critical questions about democracy. Available on PBS, PRIME VIDEO or YOUTUBE.
In Real Life
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
EMMY AWARD NOMINEE (Outstanding Science and Technology Coverage)
Scripps Longform explores how artificial intelligence opens up new possibilities for scientists communicating with animals — from sending messages to elephants on the plains of Kenya to mimicking honey bees and bat sounds — and what it means for all of us sharing this planet.
The Secret Song
PRODUCER/CAMERA: Todd Dayton
The Secret Song is an immersive view into the final chapter in Doug Goodkin’s 45-year career teaching music to children in San Francisco. In what could have been a celebratory victory lap, the veteran teacher finds his efforts to instill community, self-confidence and cultural connectivity interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. When classrooms across the world are shuttered, Goodkin and his students surmount adversity through the sense of belonging nurtured by a remarkable music program.
Now streaming on PBS, AppleTV, Amazon, and Xfinity.
Educational/institutional sales through GOOD DOCS.
SXSW EDU
SF DocFest
Cinequest
United Nations Association Film Festival
Sedona Film Festival
—Marion Herrman Excellence in Filmmaking Award
Vero Beach Film Festival
Lone Star Film Festival
Columbus International Film & Animation Festival
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
—Kate Hearst Award for Human Connectivity
Tacoma Film Festival
Montana International Film Festival
Louisville Festival of Film
Sarasota Film Festival
Worldwide Women’s Film Festival
Madrid International Film Festival
Toronto International Women Film Festival
Barcelona Indie Filmmakers Fest
MADFA
Orlando Film Festival
Enemies of the People
CO-DIRECTOR/EDITOR: Bret Sigler
VICE/RETRO REPORT
DOUBLE EMMY AWARD Nominee (Outstanding News Special, Best Story in a Newsmagazine)
GOLD TELLY AWARD WINNER (Political Commentary)
SILVER TELLY AWARD WINNER (News/News Feature)
MIRROR AWARD Nominee
Premiering just before the 2020 election, ENEMIES uses firsthand accounts from leading journalists and media figures to take a candid look at how the press covered then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016, why their tumultuous relationship with him became one of the defining themes & legacies of his presidency, and what lessons they learned from that election.
Retro Report
MAJOR MALFUNCTION: REVISITING CHALLENGER
PRODUCER/EDITOR: Bret Sigler
Emmy Awards "Outstanding Editing" Winner
Webby Awards "Best Editing" Honoree
New York Times "Best of “ Video Selection
FOCAL International "Best Use of Archival Material"
DNA CRIMES: THE PROMISE AND PERIL OF GENETIC GENEALOGY
CO-PRODUCER/EDITOR: Bret Sigler
THE TRUTH ABOUT LEAD
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
THE SHADOW OF WACO
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
SYBIL: A BRILLIANT HYSTERIC?
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
CRACK BABIES: A TALE FROM THE DRUG WARS
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
Y2K: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING?
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
FREEING WILLY
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
NEJM Double Take
Justice Disorder: Mental Health and Incarceration in the United States
CAMERA: Todd Dayton
Healing within Kinship: Community and Care on Navajo Nation
CAMERA: Todd Dayton
Health Care on the Edge: Challenges of Refugee Medicine
CAMERA: Todd Dayton
Edutopia
Edutopia: What Works in Education
NEWCOMERS AND NATIVE LANGUAGES
CAMERA/EDITOR: Todd Dayton
CONFRONTING TRAUMA WITH ART
EDITOR: Todd Dayton
RESPONDING TO STUDENT SUICIDE
CAMERA/EDITOR: Todd Dayton
DIVERSITY AND REPRESENTATION IN READING
CAMERA/EDITOR: Todd Dayton
AUTISM ROBOTS
EDITOR: Todd Dayton
A MONTESSORI PUBLIC SCHOOL
EDITOR: Todd Dayton
DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
CAMERA/EDITOR: Todd Dayton
CO-TEACHING
CAMERA/EDITOR: Todd Dayton
Open Secret
EDITOR/CO-WRITER: Bret Sigler
Al Jazeera America Presents
HotDocs
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Indie Grits Film Festival
Kansas International Film Festival
Steve Lickteig's personal film chronicles his 20-year search for his birth parents; why a whole town kept the truth from him; and how his family's tumultuous history revolves around the lives of two unconventional women.
Oh, Saigon on PBS/NETFLIX
EDITOR/CO-WRITER: Bret Sigler
Best Feature Documentary, Brooklyn Arts Council
Grand Jury Prize, LA Asian-Pacific Film Festival
MOMA Documentary Fortnight Selection
Doan Hoang's personal documentary explores what happened to a family torn apart in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.
Sky Blossom at The Kennedy Center
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
UNIVERSAL PICTURES/MSNBC-PEACOCK
Christopher Award Winner
Best Editing, European Cinematography Awards
Best Documentary, London Independent Film Awards
Best Documentary, Vancouver Intl Film Festival
Best US Documentary, Pacific Beach Intl Film Festival
Best Feature Documentary, Elko Intl Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature Nominee, Movies for Grownups
Best Editing Nominee, Asian Film Festival
Special Screening at The Kennedy Center
Sky Blossom gives an uplifting window into the lives of 24.5 million children and millennials caring for family with tough medical conditions, doing things often seen only in hospitals. They are cheerleaders, breadwinners, and students – but they also live double lives – quietly growing up as America’s youngest caregivers.
Ascending Afghanistan for VICE
ASCENDING AFGHANISTAN: RISING WOMEN
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
Banff Mountain Film Festival Special Jury Mention
Best Cultural Film, Kendal Mountain Film Festival
Best Documentary Film Audience Award, Durango Film Festival
ASCENDING AFGHANISTAN: RETURNING HOME
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
On August 6, 2015, a team of 13 young Afghan climbers set out to make history as the first women in the country to summit the Afghan mountain peak of Mir Samir. The film follows the team on their weeks-long expedition against the advice of their elders in an attempt to change the country's narrative as one of the most dangerous places for women in the world.
i+create
An occasional series about creators and the creative process.
i+create=parks: Patricia Algara
PRODUCER/CAMERA/EDITOR: Todd Dayton
i+create=music: John Beaver
PRODUCER/CAMERA/EDITOR: Todd Dayton
—Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema
i+create=art: Alynn-Mags
PRODUCER/CAMERA/EDITOR: Todd Dayton
—Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema
After the Island on PBS
DIRECTOR/EDITOR/CAMERA: Todd Dayton and Bret Sigler
Best of Fest, Sundial Film Festival
Allen is a drug-slinging hustler. Rosalyn is a heroin-addicted shoplifter. Getting out of New York City's Rikers Island is another chance to finally turn their lives around. It won't be easy.
Coming Home on MSNBC
EDITORS: Todd Dayton, Bret Sigler
MSNBC Special Presentation Hour
Chris Award Winner
CINE Golden Eagle Winner
The Iraq War didn't end when our veterans returned to the U.S. For these men and women, it was just the beginning of a long road home.
Journey to the Center of the Brain on MSNBC
CO-DIRECTOR/EDITOR: Bret Sigler
CAMERA: Todd Dayton
MSNBC special presentation hour
MSNBC explores the elite world of neurosurgery – following doctors and patients as they navigate their way through cutting-edge, life-altering surgeries. Scared about the road ahead, patients rely on their doctors to lead them down an uncertain path.
Tabloid Wars on Bravo
PRODUCER/CAMERA: Bret Sigler
SOUND: Todd Dayton
Bravo-six-part documentary series
Every day is a deadline as the journalists of the New York Daily News pursue New York City's grittiest stories.
The Predator Next Door on MSNBC
EDITOR: Bret Sigler
MSNBC Special Presentation Hour
MSNBC takes a long look at how we deal with sex offenders in America while following sexual offenders and their victims as they try to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of heinous crime.
One Dream for TIME
EDITOR/FIELD AUDIO: Bret Sigler
Webby Award Finalist (documentary series)
Fifty years ago 250,000 people converged on the National Mall for a March on Washington. It became not just the largest political demonstration to date in American history, but also the beginning of a new era, defined by the phrase “I have a dream.”
Postcards from Climate Change
What will climate change look like where you live? Here's what's happening in California.
POSTCARD FROM FIRE COUNTRY
PRODUCER/CAMERA/EDITOR: Todd Dayton
- G2 Green Earth Film Festival
POSTCARD FROM THE SACRAMENTO DELTA
PRODUCER/CAMERA/EDITOR: Todd Dayton
- San Francisco Green Film Festival
Hurricane Sandy for TIME
PRODUCER/EDITOR: Bret Sigler
ASME National Magazine Award finalist (multimedia category)
Just days after Hurricane Sandy devastated Rockaway, Queens, residents emerged from a cold, black night to vote in the 2012 presidential election.
Into the Haven
EDITOR: Todd Dayton
Anthony Ream's personal documentary shines a light on HIV and AIDS in South Africa, giving an intimate glimpse inside a sanctuary for the children orphaned by the pandemic.
Born In Goma
EDITOR: Todd Dayton
Chris Carpenter is an American pediatrician doing international medicine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, when his life is changed by three young patients.