Jerry Blumenthal, one of the founding partners of Kartemquin Films, has been a director, producer, editor and sound recordist with Kartemquin since 1967. He is currently editing Kartemquin's documentary in progress, Prisoner Of Her Past. Blumenthal's Vietnam, Long Time Coming (done with Quinn and Peter Gilbert) aired on NBC and earned a national Emmy and the Directors Guild of America Award for Best Documentary of 1999. Among his many other films, Blumenthal lists The Last Pullman Car, the two Taylor Chain films, The Chicago Maternity Center Story, and the Palestinian story in Kartemquin's seven-hour PBS series, The New Americans (2003).
President and founding member of Kartemquin Films, Gordon Quinn has been making documentaries for nearly 40 years. He is currently executive producing several films including Terra Incognita: Exploring the World of Stem Cell Research, Prisoner of Her Past, In the Family and Milking the Rhino. Kartemquin's best-known film, Hoop Dreams (1994) was executive produced by Gordon. Recent works include Stevie (2002), for which Gordon, who was the film's executive producer, producer and cinematographer, won the Cinematography Award at the Sundance Film Festival, 5 Girls(2001), Refrigerator Mothers (2002),and Vietnam Long Time Coming (1999). Gordon executive produced The New Americans (2004) and directed the Palestinian segment of this award winning seven-hour PBS series.