Lori Cheatle

Producer

Lori Cheatle

Producer

Lori Cheatle is a producer with over 25 years experience and the founder and head of Hard Working Movies, an independent production company based in Brooklyn, NY that develops and produces a wide range of projects, with a focus on director-driven feature documentaries. The award-winning films she’s produced have screened at top international film festivals, including Sundance, Toronto and Berlin, and have been released theatrically and on TV in over 100 countries around the world. Recent titles include KIKI, CAPTIVATED: The Trials of Pamela Smart, 112 WEDDINGS, 51 BIRCH STREET, THE EDGE OF DREAMING and many others.

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August 31, 2017

7th Annual Thesis Showcase Lineup Announced

Join us to celebrate GROUP 7, the class of 2017 with our annual Thesis Showcase. Here we screen each graduate’s work-in-progress thesis films. They inspire and amaze us. We hope you feel the same!

Screenings are Sept. 22-23 at the SVA Theatre, and are free & open to the public. Read More

August 08, 2017

SocDoc Alum David Osit Earns Three Emmy Noms!

A big shout-out to our own David Osit (class of 2011) for his News and Documentary Emmy Awards nominations for his film Thank You For Playing: Best Documentary, Outstanding Editing: Documentary, and Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary. The film is directed and produced by David Osit and Malika Zouhali-Worrall, and David also served as the film's editor, cinematographer, and composer. Read More

August 02, 2017

Toronto Film Festival, IFP Week & PBS "POV" Include SocDoc Titles

It is just the middle of summer and our steadfast SocDoc alumni and faculty are covering themselves in glory! Like iridescent pearls, they are picking up the light from industry, networks and festivals alike and sending it back out into the world.&nb Read More

April 13, 2017

Spring Festivals and Awards Roundup

Tis the season to celebrate documentary filmmaking and SocDocers are certainly joining the fun. From Hot Docs in Canada to Monclair Film Festival in our own backyard and doc labs around the world, we’re thrilled to have such a strong show Read More