Directors
Taggart Siegel
Director, Editor & Producer
Taggart Siegel has produced and directed Emmy-nominated, award-winning documentaries including "Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?" and "The Real Dirt on Farmer John". These films received critical-acclaim during their theatrical release and garnered over 40 international awards. His previous PBS films include "Split Horn", "Between Two Worlds", "Blue Collar and Buddha" and "Heart Broken in Half". Collectively, they capture the struggle of refugees and immigrants in America.
He produced the National Geographic film "Disenchanted Forest" about orangutans in Borneo and was the director of "Shadow of a Pepper Tree". Taggart is the founder and Executive Director of Collective Eye Films, a non-profit media production and distribution organisation based in Portland, Oregon.
Filmography (Selection)
2016: "SEED: The Untold Story" (Documentary)
2010: "Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?" (Documentary)
2005: "The Real Dirt on Farmer John" (Documentary, German cinema release 2007)
1993: "Body Memories" (Documentary)
1986: "Blue Collar & Buddha" (Documentary)
Jon Betz
Director, Editor & Producer
Jon Betz is an Emmy-nominated, award-winning independent documentary filmmaker. His film "Memorize You Saw It" journals his experience as an aid worker living with former child soldiers in Eastern Uganda. Betz is a graduate from Rhode Island School of Design. He is the director of Collective Eye Films.
Filmography (Selection)
2016: "SEED: The Untold Story" (Documentary)
2010: "Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?" (Documentary)
2008: "Memorize You Saw It" (Documentary)