ANDREW ABRAHAMS Senior Producer/President
Founder and president of Open Eye Pictures, Andrew (also credited as Andy Abrahams Wilson) is a two-time Oscar-shortlisted and Emmy-nominated producer/director of creative non-fiction films. He is also a cinematographer and photographer. He studied at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism and USC's School of Cinema, ultimately receiving a master's degree in Visual Anthropology. Andrew’s approach emphasizes visual imagery as a way to bridge disparate parts, peoples and ideas... » view full bio & filmography
JACOB WEBER Assistant Producer
Jacob is an aspiring filmmaker currently studying cinema at San Francisco State University. Jacob fell in love with visual art through photography, which taught him how to compose an image and shape light. During his studies at SFSU, Jacob realized the power visual art holds to help tell the stories of those without a voice in today's society. Giving a voice to those silenced is Jacob’s goal as a producer in film and television.
ALEX ALBERS Editor
Alex is an experienced documentary editor whose work has premiered on PBS, Fox Sports, Netflix, Amazon Prime as well as film festivals across the country and around the world. After receiving a BA in Liberal Arts from Sarah Lawrence College, she began collaborating on a variety of documentary projects including Netflix’s MAKING OF A MURDERER, the Emmy-nominated Q BALL, and the Emmy-winning Netflix film FIRE IN PARADISE. She served as lead editor on the award-winning documentary WOMEN'S MARCH and BEAKMAN. Most recently, she worked as a co-editor on PERFECT SWEAT, a documentary travel series.
AARON MATHES Editor
Aaron has been editing picture for over twenty years. He graduated from Harvard with an ambition to write, but soon discovered the story-telling power in editing and fell in love. Since then Aaron has cut documentary feature films as well as television series for Netflix, PBS, Bravo, MTV, BET, A&E, and others. In 2008 he won a regional Emmy award in the New York market for his work on the series “NYC Soundtracks,” and more recently he was lead editor on a documentary feature for executive producer Rob Reiner, to be released in 2024. For Open Eye Pictures, he edited DOG WAR and is an additional editor of COMPLICATED. Aaron approaches every film committed to telling the subjects’ stories with clarity, empathy and honesty.
LISA HINMAN
Board Treasurer
Lisa has been an editor, producer and executive producer in the commercial video industry for over 30 years. She is founder and President of Bonfire Labs, a high-end creative studio in San Francisco. Clients include Google, Salesforce, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Sony, McDonalds, Palm, HP, AT&T, Adidas and Yahoo. Prior to coming to California, Lisa was a television director at production houses and television stations in Philadelphia and Cleveland, where she also worked independently as a film and video editor. She is past President of the Association of Independent Creative Editors, an international trade association that represents the interests of independent creative editorial companies and their editors.
BRUCE GRANT
Board Secretary
Bruce is an Australian national living in San Francisco California. He has worked in three industries – digital media, financial markets and financial software. In digital media Mr Grant co-founded Skuff TV, Australia's premier independent actions sports media brand watched by millions each month around the world. Bruce holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from University of New South Wales and a Masters in Business from London Business School.