Meet The|Filmmakers

JAMES MOLL, DIRECTOR

James Moll’s work as a documentary filmmaker has earned him an Oscar®, two Emmys® and a Grammy®. Moll has directed and produced such films as Foo Fighters: Back & Forth about the 16-year career of the rock band Foo Fighters; The sports adventure Running the Sahara, executive produced by Matt Damon; Inheritance, bout the daughter of a Nazi concentration camp commander; and and The Last Days, executive produced by Steven Spielberg. Moll’s Universal Studios- based company, Allentown Productions, has also produced numerous programs for television as well as web-based content. In addition to working as a filmmaker, James established the non-profit Shoah Foundation with Steven Spielberg for recording and preserving more than 50,000 ‘Visual Histories’ of Holocaust survivors.

TIM CALANDRELLO, EDITOR

Tim Calandrello is a film and television editor, writer and producer whose career spans more than 15 years across many genres. His talents have been seen in hundreds of film trailers and promos , television shows, music videos, pilots and specials, for clients including Disney, Sony, Apple, RCA Records, NBC, AMC, Showtime, ESPN and Fox, to name a few. Calandrello’s recent feature documentary credits include Farmland and the Grammy® Award-Winning Film Foo Fighters: Back & Forth, for which he was awarded a Gold Record. He has been recognized with four National Academy of Television and Sciences Awards, including Best Short Film, Best Director of a Short Film and Best Documentary on a variety of short subject films and documentaries. Calandrello’s company ‘Twisted Pumpkin Creative’ specializes in producing theatrical trailer campaigns, promos and short subject pieces.

HARRIS DONE, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Director of photography, Harris Done, has worked in many genres over the past 25 years. Most notable has been his long documentary collaboration with USC film school classmate, James Moll. Their work includes the 1999 Oscar® winner The Last Days for executive producer, Steven Spielberg, Price For Peace for NBC, as well as the Emmy® winner Inheritance, the desert epic Running The Sahara, produced and narrated by Matt Damon, and Grammy® winner Foo Fighters: Back & Forth,which chronicled the history of the band, and now Farmland.

Done’s other notable documentary D.P. credits include the up and coming Above And Beyond, From a Whisper to a roar and the cult classic Trekkies.

In addition to his extensive cinematography work, Done has also written, produced and directed several dramatic feature films, including Purgatory Flats and Storm, with Martin Sheen. He has also directed the documentaries War Dogs of the Pacific and Always Faithful.

Allentown Productions

Established in 2001 by director/producer James Moll, Allentown Productions is a Los Angeles based film and television production company specializing in non-fiction entertainment. Moll’s work as a filmmaker has garnered him many accolades, including an Academy Award® for his documentary directorial debut, The Last Days.

Housed on the Universal Studios lot, some of Allentown’s film credits include the Grammy Award® winning Foo Fighters: Back & Forth, the Emmy Award® winning Inheritance, and the epic sports adventure Running the Sahara.

FILM SUBJECTS

LEIGHTON COOLEY

Leighton is a fourth generation poultry farmer, operates four large farms in Georgia with his father. In addition to chickens, he also has a cow-calf operation and grows hay. Leighton and his wife have two sons.

BRAD BELLAH

Brad is a sixth generation cattle rancher, runs beef and cattle operations in Texas and Colorado, including a natural beef herd. The 26-year-old husband and father of a twin son and daughter earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural communications from Texas Tech University.

David Loberg



David is a fifth generation corn and soybean farmer in Nebraska, runs the family farm with this mother. The farms also custom feeds 500 head of cows for a local dairy operation and runs an irrigation business. The 25-year-old and his wife have an infant son.

Sutton Morgan

Sutton is a fourth generation farmer from California, grows, packs and sells onions and potatoes. He also grows melons, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, chard, kale and alfalfa. Sutton hods a degree in business economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

MARGARET SCHLASS

Margaret is a first-generation certified naturally grown vegetable farmer who grows and markets her farms’ produce through a community supported agriculture (CSA) membership program. She also sells produce at the Pittsburgh farmers market and to directly to restaurant owners. Margret earned a bachelor or arts degree in art history and anthropology from the University of Delaware before embarking on her farming career.

RYAN VELDHUIZEN

Ryan is a fourth generation farmer. With his brother and sister, he is taking over the operation of his family’s hog farm in Minnesota. In addition to hogs, the farms grows corn and soybeans, which they use for feed.