OUR PARTNERS IN CRIME

Chris Rowe is an   

Emmy-winning producer and director with three decades in unscripted television. His credits include Live PD, Nightwatch, and Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. He is the creator of EMBEDDED, a solo documentary series on policing across the U.S., and currently serves as Head of Othram Studios, producing and directing the investigative series Trace Identity.

Leane Vandeman is a veteran documentary producer, director, and showrunner with 20+ years in unscripted television. A protégé of Oscar-winning documentarian Arnold Shapiro, her credits include Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup (Hulu/Lifetime), The Gabby Petito Story (Lifetime), Women on Death Row (A&E), The DNA of Murder with Paul Holes (Oxygen), and Emmy Award–winning Teen Files (Paramount).

Conor McCarthy is a   

Writer, director, and producer based in Washington, D.C. with credits spanning true crime, documentary, and unscripted series. His work includes I Just Killed My Dad (Netflix), Wild Crime (Disney+), and Gone (Oxygen). Most recently, he co-executive produced and directed The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story, currently streaming on Hulu and Disney+.

Madeline Radman is a  

Showrunner and producer with credits spanning true crime, sports, and natural history. She has served as Showrunner on Cold Case Files: The Rifkin Murders (A&E), The Golden State Killer: It’s Not Over (ID), and Evil Twins (ID), and as Co-EP on Panic 911 (A&E). Earlier in her career, she produced for NBC Sports across three Olympic Games: Sydney, Salt Lake City, and Athens.

Dana Melton is a   

writer and producer with 200+ hours of true crime television across cable and streaming. Recent credits include Co-EP on Oxygen’s Accident, Suicide or Murder and Murdered by Morning, and A&E’s Tell Me How I Died. She began in scripted TV — including Desperate Housewives and CSI: NY — and has also written console video games and a bestselling young adult trilogy.

Susan Carney is a   

DGA Director and Executive Producer with nearly 30 years filming inside jails and prisons across the U.S. and internationally. Her credits include Jailbirds, Unlocked, and Unsolved Mysteries (Netflix), Lockup and Life After Lockup (MSNBC), Born Behind Bars (A&E), and Rock and a Hard Place with Dwayne Johnson (HBO). She is one of the foremost prison documentary filmmakers in nonfiction television.

Anton Floquet is a   

Director and cinematographer with 30+ years in documentary production across 30 countries. His DP credits include 15 true-crime series — Cold Case Files: Murder in Paradise (Hulu/A&E), Stalking Samantha (Hulu), Daughters of the Cult (Hulu), Evil Lives Here (ID), Dr. Death (Peacock), and Emmy-nominated Believer (Sundance/HBO). He also teaches Cinematography and Documentary Lighting at FIDM Los Angeles.

W. D. Hogan is a   

DGA director and IATSE storyboard artist whose work spans true crime, unscripted television, and feature films. His credits include Unusual Suspects: Deadly Intent, Deadliest Warrior, and the IMAX 3D documentary Asteroid Hunters, narrated by Daisy Ridley and produced with NASA and JPL. He recently optioned a book on the Dixie Mafia and is developing an unscripted travel series with Boomerang Media.

Joe Van Ek is an EP and Post Production Supervisor whose credits include Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up, Below Deck, The DNA of Murder with Paul Holes and Inside the FBI: New York. 

George Rivera is a   

true-crime writer and producer with 50+ episodes across seven Investigation Discovery series, including its highest-rated series premiere and a People’s Choice Award nominee. He has interviewed cops, criminals, and killers across the U.S. and has projects in development at CBS Studios, Campanario, and with writer-producer Michael Ferris (Terminator Salvation).

Sandi Williams is an   

Emmy Award-winning producer and Director of Production with 10+ years of executive-level management across documentaries, film, and TV. With eight years in true crime for A&E, Discovery/ID, CNN, Hulu, and Netflix, she pairs deep production expertise with a Master of Science in Legal Studies from Cornell Law School, specializing in Intellectual Property and Contract Law.

Lisa Werner is a   

Senior research producer with 20+ years in television and documentary filmmaking, spanning true crime, animals, and engineering. A licensed private investigator (OSC-certified) with 4+ years of OSINT experience, including litigation support and complex investigations. She also volunteers with Skull Games’ counter-sex trafficking task force.

Reshma Patricia Crawford   

is an Associate and development producer with a decade of nonfiction credits for A&E, Hulu, and Lifetime. She holds an MFA in Screenwriting from Hollins University, writes suspense and thriller fiction, and contributes investigative articles to A&E Crime + Investigation. She brings sharp creative instincts and organizational discipline to every stage of production.

Ian Arwas is  a top-tier

Storyteller and editor with 30+ years of television experience on both sides of the Atlantic, including landmark science programming for the BBC. Since arriving in the U.S. in 2010, he has earned a reputation for dynamic storytelling and team leadership, with credits on Discovery’s Shark Week, PBS, and Hulu.

Liv Borgmann is a   

database and operations consultant specializing in research and development workflows for media teams. She has helped numerous true crime production teams transform complex investigative processes into structured, searchable systems. Her experience spans broader media operations and marketing workflows across companies of all sizes, including NBC-Universal and A+E Factual Studios. 

Anabella Funk is an   

award-winning documentary filmmaker from Austin, Texas. Her feature Price of Paradise received the Austin PBS Made in Austin Finishing Funds Grant, won Best Documentary at the Athens International Film Festival, and earned selections at The Hague, Montreal Women Film Festival, FFI Edinburgh, and a nomination at the Oscar-qualifying Hawaiʻi International Film Festival. She currently serves on the Board of WIFT Austin.

Kamya Kandhari is a   

Creative producer and storyteller with a decade of experience across television and digital media. Her credits include My 600-lb Life and Where Are They Now (TLC), along with Bigg Boss and TED Talks India. A 2022 finalist for the Disney Entertainment Television Directing Program, she brings a cross-cultural perspective to bold, inclusive storytelling. Based in Austin, Texas she serves on the Board of WIFT Austin.