Our Crew

Jeffrey Wengrofsky (director and producer) has directed, written, and produced ten short documentaries on figures in the cultural underground of the Lower East Side of New York City. The Song of Hiawatha is his first feature-length film.

The Producer of The Song of Hiawatha, Steven Blush, is best known for the film and book, American Hardcore, in addition to authoring eight oral histories of 20th century American music, serving as the publisher of Seconds Magazine, and writing for many magazines.

Samuel Pollard (Creative Consultant) has won Emmy Awards, George Foster Peabody Awards, the George Polk Award, and his editing for Spike Lee has received Academy Award nominations.

Paul Rachman (Creative Consultant) is best known as a founder of the Slamdance Film Festival and for directing American Hardcore.

Laszlo Santha (Creative Consultant) is professor in the Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television at the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University. His films have received many awards internationally.

David Kavanaugh (Editorial crew and Camera Department) has worked on set with Jonas Carpignano (Mediterranea), Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild), Alex Gibney (Mea Maxima Culpa), Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene), and Laurie Anderson (Heart of a Dog) as well as on films by Robert Frank (Don’t Blink), Ramin Bahrani, Lisa Rinzler, Michael Ceustra, and Peter Sollett.

Jason Pollard (Editorial crew) co-edited Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, a film that premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2007. He was the editor for the History Channel documentary Black Preachers in 2005 and also co-edited Sing Your Song, a documentary about the life of singer/activist Harry Belafonte that premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Jason also edited Slavery by Another Name – which aired on PBS in 2012.

Geoff George (Camera Department) is a Detroit-based cinematographer, photographer, and camera professional.

Alex Zarnoski (Editor) is the founder of AjazzNetworks.com and the creator of such web shows as Ajazz Tech, Ajazz Encrypted, The Daily Decrypter, The Tech Portal, and The Salinor Show. He currently writes for the edgy, yet informative, blog R.A.N.T., and produces for the video blog Internet Amazings.

Hanna Park (Assistant Editor) holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Film and Television from New York University. She is currently an intern at Refinery29 and freelance editor.