About Big Mouth Productions

Based in New York and founded in 1997 by Julia Pimsleur and Katy Chevigny, Big Mouth produces social-issue documentaries that inform and engage a diverse audience. Big Mouth’s documentaries have covered a range of topics including: the U.S. criminal justice system, transracial adoption, diversity and tolerance in America, and alternative healing. Big Mouth films have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival, South by Southwest Film Festival, and the Hollywood Black Film Festival. They have garnered awards at Cinema du Reel Film Festival, Outfest LA, the Urbanworld Film Festival, the New York Latino Film Festival, and the National Council on Crime and Delinquency and have been nominated for IDA awards. Funders include the Donnet Fund, the ET Harmax Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Funding Exchange/Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media, the Independent Television Service (ITVS), the Jerome Foundation, the National Black Programming Consortium, the Playboy Foundation, the Soros Documentary Fund, and the Women in Film Foundation.

FILMOGRAPHY:
Innocent Until Proven Guilty (1999)
Directed by Kirsten Johnson, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, broadcast on HBO Signature.
Nuyorican Dream (2000)
Directed by Laurie Collyer, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, winner at Cinema du Reel (Joris Ivens Award) and Outfest; broadcast on Cinemax.
Brother Born Again (2001)
Directed by Julia Pimsleur, premiered at South by Southwest Film Festival, broadcast on U.S. public television.
Outside Looking In: Transracial Adoption in America (2002)
Directed by Phil Bertelsen, premiered at the Hollywood Black Film Festival, broadcast on U.S. public television (ITVS).
Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today (2002)
Directed by Katy Chevigny, premiered at The Asia Society, distributed by Wellspring Media.
Deadline (2004)
Directed by Katy Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson, premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival documentary competition. Broadcast on Dateline NBC. Foreign sales by TV2/DANMARK, DVD distributed by Home Vision Entertainment.
Arctic Waltz (forthcoming)
Directed by Andrew Walton, in production.

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ARTS ENGINE
Arts Engine, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2000 to promote media that addresses important contemporary social issues. To that end, we produce provocative and engaging independent documentary and educational films addressing issues or populations that are otherwise under-represented in the mainstream media; and administer MediaRights, a nonprofit organization, helps media makers, educators, librarians, nonprofits, and activists use documentaries to encourage action and inspire dialogue on contemporary social issues. MediaRights’ activities include an annual Media That Matters Film Festival and a Youth Media Development Initiative.