Joan Saffa
Director
Producer
Joan Saffa is an award-winning producer and director known for her work in documentary and non-fiction television, with programs broadcast on major networks including PBS, CBS, CNBC, Turner Broadcasting, the Disney Channel, the History Channel, and HBO, as well as internationally. Her work has earned numerous honors, including national and Bay Area Emmys, Cine Golden Eagles, a George Foster Peabody Award, an ASCAP Broadcast Award, and recognition from major film festivals in San Francisco, Hawaii, and New York. Her documentaries span biographies, cultural and historical subjects, and health topics, and she spent a decade collaborating with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony on Keeping Score, a PBS music series that premiered on Great Performances in 2004 and continued with several acclaimed national broadcasts.
Lauren Saffa
Director
Cinematographer
Editor
Lauren Saffa is a documentary filmmaker and editor known for Emmy award-winning work that brings socially resonant stories to the screen. Her recent projects include Rebecca (Tribeca 2025), a feature on musician Becky G; Social Studies (Emmy nominated, 2025), directed by Lauren Greenfield; and Subject (Tribeca 2022), exploring documentary ethics. Her past work includes Blackfeet Boxing (Emmy winner, 2021), The Cost of Silence (Sundance 2020), Hooligan Sparrow (Oscar-shortlisted), and series for HBO and Netflix. She began her career with Another World (Berlin 2014) and has collaborated with director Fisher Stevens on multiple projects. A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and Gallatin, she also studied in Cuba at La Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano. Growing up as the daughter of veteran documentary filmmaker Joan Saffa, Lauren has schlepped a boom for her mom from a young age in diverse locations around the world.
Jamie LeJeune
Cinematographer
Colorist
Jamie LeJeune is a cinematographer and colorist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His work on award-winning documentaries has been broadcast on PBS and distributed on major streaming platforms including Netflix and Disney+. As a technical consultant, Jamie specializes in guiding filmmakers through complex workflows from pre-production to final delivery. He also teaches color grading at institutions including UC Berkeley, San Francisco State, and Tulane University.
Andreas Foivos Apostolou
Music Composer
Andreas Foivos ("Fevos") Apostolou is a Greek pianist and composer from Athens with an international career spanning Europe, Asia, and the United States. A prizewinner of the IBLA Grand Prize, he is known for premiering contemporary works and composing music for concert and film, collaborating with leading artists and filmmakers. He is also a co-founder of the Unprecedented Music Association in Los Angeles and an active educator, with academic work that includes the rediscovery of a lost piano sonata by Leo Ornstein.
