Impact Partners

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Impact Partners
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  • Dan Cogan
  • Geralyn Dreyfous
  • Jenny Raskin
  • Amy Augustino
  • Kelsey Koening
Website impactpartnersfilm.com

Impact Partners is an American film production and television production company founded in 2007, by Dan Cogan and Geralyn Dreyfous. The company primarily produces documentary films focusing on social issues.

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They have produced such films as The Queen of Versailles (2012), How to Survive a Plague (2012), The Hunting Ground (2015), Icarus , which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Of Fathers and Sons (2017), Won't You Be My Neighbor (2018), and On the Record (2020).

History

In 2007, Dan Cogan and Geralyn Dreyfous founded the company, focusing on financing and producing documentary film and television projects, focusing on social issues. [1]

The company has produced films which have gone on to receive critical acclaim and awards, including Freeheld (2007), which won Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject), [2] The Hunting Ground (2015), which was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking, [3] Icarus (2017), which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, [4] Of Fathers and Sons (2017), which was nominated for Best Documentary Feature, [5] Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes (2018), nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking, [6] and The Apollo which won the Primetime Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. [7]

Apart from films, the company has produced television shows including Immigration Nation for Netflix, [8] Allen v. Farrow for HBO, [9] and The Lincoln Project for Showtime. [10]

In 2018, the company announced it would support the development of 4-8 non-fiction projects a year, ranging between $10k-100k. [11] In January 2020, Jenny Raskin was named executive director of the company. [12]

Filmography

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References

  1. ↑ "About Us". Impact Partners. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  2. ↑ Tehrani, Bijan (February 23, 2008). "Freeheld Wins the Best Documentary Short Film Award". Cinema Without Borders. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  3. ↑ "The Hunting Ground". The Emmys . Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  4. ↑ McNary, Dave (March 4, 2018). "Netflix Wins First Feature Documentary Oscar With 'Icarus'". Variety. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Of Fathers and Sons". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Divide And Conquer: The Story Of Roger Ailes". The Emmys . Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  7. ↑ Hersko, Tyler (September 14, 2020). "'The Apollo' Wins Emmy for Outstanding Documentary". IndieWire . Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Immigration Nation". Impact Partners. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  9. ↑ Siegel, Tatiana (February 5, 2021). "Secret, Explosive Woody Allen Doc Series From Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering Coming to HBO". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Showtime to Release "The Lincoln Project," An Inside Look at How Power and Money Shape Politics in America Today". The Futon Critic . September 12, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  11. ↑ O'Falt, Chris (November 13, 2018). "Oscar-Winning Documentary Backer Now Taking Pitches to Develop and Fund New Non-Fiction Work". IndieWire . Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  12. ↑ Morfoot, Addie (January 8, 2020). "Impact Partners Names Jenny Raskin Executive Director (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved February 20, 2021.
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