FILMMAKING TEAM

Lyn Goldfarb · Director, Producer

Lyn Goldfarb is an Oscar-nominated and award-winning independent filmmaker with 19 documentaries broadcast on PBS and major cable. She began her filmmaking career as a producer of the Academy Award-nominated documentary With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women’s Emergency Brigade.   Her films include: Bridging the Divide: Tom Bradley and the Politics of Race; The New Los Angeles; and Danger: Kids at Work. She produced 3 series broadcast on PBS: The Roman Empire in the First Century; Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire; and California and the American Dream, and has directed episodes of the PBS series The Great Depression, The Great War, and People in Motion. In addition, she produced short documentaries for museums, exhibitions,  non-profits and public television, including Memorial Day Massacre: Workers Die, Film Buried; The First Attack Ads: Hollywood vs, Upton Sinclair; L.A. Working/Trabajamos Los Angeles; and Holy Image, Hallowed Ground:Icons from Sinai (for the J.Paul Getty Museum).

Lyn’s documentaries have received an Academy Award nomination; two Emmy Awards; a George Foster Peabody Award; two du-Pont Columbia Awards; a Golden Mike; a CINE Golden Eagle and three Bronze Telly Awards and have screened at film festivals including: Los Angeles Film Festival; New York Film Festival; Telluride Film Festival; Pan African Film Festival; San Diego Latino Film Festival; Mannheim International Film Festival; and the American Film Institute.

A Los Angeles based filmmaker, she is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the DGA and WGA/w.  She served as a film expert for USC/US State Department’s American Film Showcase.

• Eddy Is My Father

As a documentary filmmaker, I have had the privilege of telling stories of extraordinary people whose lives and work provide insights into our history and our future. 

Three years ago, I began interviewing my father- a man whose values and beliefs have had a profound influence on my life.   At 98 years old, he is curious and innovative, embracing new technologies, writing stories that capture the memories of his life, and still inventing.

I believe that EDDY’S WORLD can provide an opportunity for audiences young and old to engage in a conversation about wisdom in aging, the creative process, and the power of optimism.

Jannat Gargi · Producer

Jannat Gargi is an award-winning creative producer and film executive. She is Head of Documentaries for Westbrook Inc. where she develops and produces premium documentaries and series empowering artists to tell stories that connect the world. Previously, Gargi was Head of Documentaries at VICE Studios, where she led programming strategy, developing a slate of premium documentaries such as FLEE.  Prior to joining VICE Studios, Gargi served as Head of Documentary Films for Vulcan Productions, where she developed and produced a wide range of acclaimed, cause-based documentary feature films and series including Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised), The Reason I Jump (2020), Ghost Fleet (2019), Ballet Now (2018), STEP and Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award winning Body Team 12 (2016). As an independent producer, Gargi co-executive produced the Academy Award-nominated short documentary Knife Skills (2018) and produced the Emmy-nominated feature documentary CIRCO (2010).

Gargi serves on the Board of Directors for the International Documentary Association and Washington FilmWorks and is the Co-Chair of The Redford Center, a non-profit that harnesses the power of media to engage people and galvanize environmental action.

Daniel Zimbaldi · Producer

Daniel Zimbaldi is a Los Angeles based still photographer and documentary filmmaker. His latest film Downup: Peter Shelton will be debuting at the Fine Arts Film Festival in May, 2020.  Daniel has collaborated with artists Chris Burden, Bill Viola and Peter Shelton on film and television productions, including Chris Burden: Newport Harbor Art Museum Retrospective and Eyehand: Peter Shelton. Daniel founded Zona Productions, a Los Angeles based production services and motion control company. He serves as a technology consultant for producers and production companies, and is currently directing and producing fundraising films for non-profits in Los Angeles.

Nancy Blachman-Executive Producer

Nancy Blachman has been partnering with filmmakers and film teams since 2015 to make stories of extraordinary people accessible and encourage viewers to take action.

She has supported documentaries which have received Academy Award nominations, Emmy Awards, as well as festival and audience awards. She has been an Executive Producer on films including: Aftershock, Ailey, Athlete A, Crip Camp, Dark Money, Eddy’s World, The Fight, The Infiltrators, LIFT, Philly DA series, Picture a Scientist and The Social Dilemma.

Nancy was a judge for the News and Documentary Emmys in 2022 and 2023, and served as a judge for the Jewish Film Institute Residency Fellowship.

Seana Carroll · Editor

Seana Carroll is a narrative and documentary editor and filmmaker. She has collaborated with such artists as Andy Hope, Matthew Barney, Paul and Damon McCarthy, James Franco, Simone Forti and Jason Rhoades.  Most recently, she was a media producer for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  Her films have been exhibited at the 2018 Venice Biennale and Hauser & Wirth Gallery, Los Angeles and the Guadalajara International Book Fair (winner of a Bronze Telly Award).

Seana has taught editing techniques at RED Studios, and assisted with multi-media theater and film classes at CalARTS, USC, and UCLA. She received her BFA in digital media and fine arts at The Corcoran College of Art + Design in Washington, DC, studied electronic media and dance at George Washington University, and photography at the University of Texas in Austin. She lives in Los Feliz with her toddler and partner.

Scott B · Cinematographer

Scott B is a cinematographer and filmmaker whose diverse work is united by an interest in characters and stories driven by passion and obsession.  His latest film “Looking Up, Way Up! The Burt Rutan Story” is currently in production.

He produced, wrote and directed the Peabody Award and Cine Golden Eagle Award-winning specials Black Sky: The Race for Space  and Winning the X-Prize on Discovery. He was Series Producer, Director, Writer and Director of Photography for Virgin Galactic: Will it Fly?  and executive produced, wrote, directed and filmed the series Delta Divers: Diver Down, Racing the Storm and Twin City Bridge: After the Collapse  for National Geographic.

His films have been broadcast on Discovery, National Geographic, History, Lifetime, TLC and Discovery Health.

Scott’s groundbreaking, stylistically daring Super 8 and 16mm films in New York’s downtown Punk scene have been honored in the New York Film Festival, the Berlin Film Festival, the London Film Festival, the Rotterdam Film Festival, in retrospectives at the Whitney Museum and in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

Miriam Cutler · Composer

Three time Emmy nominated Composer, Miriam Cutler has an extensive background in scoring for independent film & TV projects, as well as two circuses. In June, 2013, Miriam joined the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and currently serves on the Branch Executive Committee.

Her work includes HBO, CNN, PBS, Sundance, Emmy, and Oscar nominated films:  RBG, Love Gilda, A Plastic Ocean, Finding Kukan, The Hunting Ground, Ethel, Lost in La Mancha, Thin, Poster Girl, Vito, King’s Point, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib. She co-produced and scored Dark Money and One Lucky Elephant. Miriam is an advisor for the Sundance Documentary Composers Lab,  and has served as a documentary juror for Sundance Film Festival, Spirit Awards, AFI and others. She has traveled the world as a film Expert for USC Cinema/US State Department’s American Film Showcase. Miriam serves on the Executive Committee of the Music Branch of the TV Academy, is a co-founder of The Alliance For Women Film Composers, and has been a long-time Society of Composers and Lyricists Board member.  She co-produced live jazz albums including Joe Williams, Nina Simone, Shirley Horn and Marlena Shaw.

Randy Kubaszak · Motion Graphics Designer

Randy Kubaszak is a content creator of animated shows, art director, producer and motion graphic designer. With a great eye for detail, he has long believed authenticity is essential in creating compelling and organic content. After graduating from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale with a focus on cinematography and art/design, Randy moved to Hollywood, working on shows like Batman Beyond, Power Rangers and King of the Hill.   After a decade of pre and post-production experience, Randy is developing his own animated projects, co-creating two animated pilots for 20th Century Fox, Da’ Boozmans and The Mud Hogs.  Randy has also expanded his production skills and creativity by designing original motion graphic effects in Photoshop and After Effects for an array of award-winning national documentaries including Bridging the Divide: Tom Bradley and the Politics of Race and Guangzhou Dream Factory, as well as short films and social media campaigns.