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The Quest specials
have been syndicated to over 90 million households on PBS and aired
in 28 of the top 30 markets. The Quest has elicited a sensational
audience response, consistently captured top ratings, enjoyed the
position of top selling video off the air, and has successfully
raised 5 million pledge dollars for PBS's fund-raising efforts.
Quest specials from â96 and â99 are still being broadcast today!
The Quest has also aired on six Canadian networks, Europe,
Some of her selected Producing credits include: "Living in the Light with Shakti Gawain"; "Expulsion & Memory", which featured the historic reconciliation of the King of Spain and the President of Israel. The 1992 Universal Spiritual Gathering in Toledo, the three hour "By My Spirit" Televised Concert Event with Zubin Mehta, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Placido Domingo, in the presence of Queen Sophia, for Spain's Quinto Centenario (King Juan Carlos and the Spanish Government). People from all parts of the world joined hands in an affirmation of humankindâs eternal hope for peace, tolerance and co-existence. Producer/Moderator 2 hour,
"Women in the Media", for The Toronto Film Festival, and
Women in Film: Lili Fini-Zanuck, Sharon Stone, Martha Coolidge,
et al. Executive Producer/Producer of "The Creators" for
The Womenâs Network, and " Some of her major multiple camera dramas, as associate director include Twentieth Century Fox's "Pygmalion" with Peter O'Toole. Showtime's "Pajama Tops"; Script Supervisor: Movies: "Case of Libel" Dan Travanti, Ed Asner; ABC's "Life of Alex", Craig T. Nelson, etc.; Features: Universal's "Silence of the North", Ellen Burstyn, Tom Skerrit; Universal's "Death Hunt", Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson; numerous movies, series, specials. As Chairperson of Community Liaison for Women in Film, she launched the immensely successful Mentorship program. As a lifestyle columnist featuring culture, travel, real estate, and international cuisine, she was a popular guest on nearly every radio and television talk show in the country, and now appears as an occasional guest to help PBS stations with their fund raising efforts. In her inveterate adventures, she has traveled to over 80 countries around the world and was recently honored to be inducted in to the Canadian Whoâs Who. ALVIN H. PERLMUTTER ALVIN H. PERLMUTTER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER and Director of the Independent
Production Fund, has produced highly acclaimed information
programming for over thirty years. Mr. Perlmutterâs television programs
have aired on PBS, the commercial networks and cable in the Currently, he is the executive producer for the recent two-hour special MUSLIMS for PBS's Frontline and four segments on the same theme for ABC Newsâs Nightline. Perlmutter has received numerous awards including six Emmys for The Great American Dream Machine, Adam Smithâs Money World, and Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers; the Peabody Award for The Public Mind with Bill Moyers; and five Ace Awards for excellence in programming on cable television for Consumer Reports Presents, Everything You Want to Know About Smoking and Money Matters. In addition, Mr. Perlmutter originated more than 150 documentaries ranging from investigative to social to cultural issues for National Educational Television (NET) including: NET Journal, Assignment America, Black Journal, The Drinking American, Speak out on Drugs, China from Mao to Mastercard and several art specials from Europe, Russia and the Far East, subjects included: The Constitutional Crisis, The Creative Spirit, Great Tales in Asian Art, The Public Mind and Whose Death is it Anyway? Mr. Perlmutter also produced a series of annual reports from Saigon,
Hong Kong, and other focal points of He is a former National Trustee of the National Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences and a past Governor of the Academyâs New York
Chapter. He also served as a member of the Overseas Press Club of
America. He is a member of the board of directors of the Mr. Perlmutter lectures on broadcasting matters to professional groups
and universities. In addition to having been a Guest Professor at
ANDY In 1992 he founded and managed the Cooperative Development Institute, the Northeast center for cooperative development and co-directed the Northeast Energy Cooperative Development Initiative building an integrated system of energy
cooperatives across New England and He focuses on pioneering new initiatives, strategic partnership building, visioning, spirituality in business and health, public policy, and fundraising/capital formation. Andy Ferguson has twenty-five years experience in business management and development, specializing in organic food and agriculture, sustainable energy, and cooperative and employee ownership. He currently serves on the Boards of Northeast Cooperatives and the National Cooperative Business Association. Andy Ferguson produced the World Conference "Spirit in Business: Ethics, Mindfulness and the Bottom Line in New York City, 2002, which opened with a message from the Dalai Lamaâs emissary and the keynote from the President of American Express. It was a watershed event in the recognition and integration of spirit in corporate leadership and brought together business leaders from throughout the world. Pioneering new initiatives, this Visionary has launched a global institution to further the mission and vision of Spirit in Business. Since its inception it has created over fifty chapters around the world for business people who care. Itâs goal is to create an economy and a world that works for everyone. His latest conference was held in DANNY SCHECHTER Danny Schechter is a television producer
and independent filmmaker who also writes and speaks about media
issues. A veteran of CNN and ABC News, he has produced and directed
fifteen award winning films. He the author of five books, including
Media Wars: News at a Time of Terror, "Falun Gong's Challenge
to He has produced and directed many TV specials and documentary films, including "We Are Family" (2002), "Counting on Democracy" (2002), "Nkosi: A Voice of Africa's AIDS Orphans" (2001) narrated by Danny Glover; "Falun Gong's Challenge to China" (2000); "A Hero for All: Nelson Mandela's Farewell" (l999); "Beyond Life: Timothy Leary Lives" (1997); "Sowing Seeds/Reeping Peace: The World of Seeds of Peace" (1996); "Prisoners of Hope" (1995, co-directed by Barbara Kopple); "Countdown to Freedom: Ten Days that Changed South Africa" (1994), narrated by James Earl Jones and Alfre Woodard; "Sarajevo Ground Zero" (1993); "The Living Canvas" (1992), narrated by Billy Dee Williams; "Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy"(1992, co-directed by Barbara Kopple); "Give Peace a Chance" (1991); "Mandela in America" (1990); "The Making of Sun City" (1987); and "Student Power" (1968). Schechter is co-founder and executive
producer of Globalvision, a A Schechter's professional journalism
career began in 1970, when he was named news director, newscaster,
News Dissector" at WBCN-FM in Schechter left RORY O'CONNOR Rory O'Connor is a documentary filmmaker and journalist. He is also president and co-founder of the international media firm Globalvision, Inc, and The Global Center, an affiliated non-profit educational foundation. He has directed, written and/or produced numerous films and television programs, and served as an executive in charge of three weekly television series, South Africa Now, and Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television (PBS), and Children First (ABC). His broadcast and film work has been honored with a George Polk Award, a Writer's Guild Award, two Emmys, an Iris, a Cine Gold Eagle, and many other awards. O'Connor's most recent films examine the effects of globalization and of poverty around the world, economic reforms and human rights in China, and the origins of ethnic cleansing in Yugoslavia. He also oversees two Internet sites, the not-for-profit MediaChannel.org, and the Globalvision News Network (GVNEWS.NET), an international wire service distributing thousands of articles daily from hundreds of professional news organizations around the world. O'Connor began working in broadcast
journalism as a reporter and producer at WGBH-TV, the PBS flagship
in Prior to his career in broadcasting,
O'Connor was a print journalist for more than a decade, writing
and editing for the Boston Globe, the Phoenix, Boston Magazine,
and The Real Paper, His articles have appeared The Atlantic, Vogue,
Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, The Nation, Newsweek, Details, etc.
He is the co-author of an award-winning non-fiction book entitled
Nukespeak: The Selling of Nuclear Technology in A graduate of Boston College, O'Connor has taught and lectured at a number of universities, including Harvard, MIT, and Columbia, and was most recently an External Fellow ofThe Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy at Rutgers University. Recent Films: 2003: Co-Director, Co-Producer, Writer, "The Hole in the Wall," Documentary, 2001: Co-Director, Co-Producer, Writer, "Voices of the Poor," Independent Documentary, 2000: Executive-in-Charge-of-Production: "Hear Our Voices: The Poor on Poverty," 2000: Executive Producer, "Falun Gong's Challenge to China," Independent Documentay 1999: Director, Writer, "Richard Speck: Born To Raise Hell," Court TV Documentary 1999: Executive Producer, Writer, "Globalization and Human Rights," PBS Documentary Selects: 1993 & 1992 for PBS Frontline: Director, Producer, Writer, The Arming of Saudi Arabia;" "BCCI: The Bank of Crooks and Criminals," "The Resurrection of Reverend Moon," 1992 Executive Producer: "Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy," Warner Bros.1990: Executive Producer, "Nelson Mandela: Free At Last," PBS Documentary GERARD FOURNIER Gerard Fournier is executive producer of the highly acclaimed Quest TV series, renowned for blending eye-opening insights and words of wisdom from the worldâs most influential thinkers and authors. Each of the three separate Quest trilogies concerns itself with the deeper issues important in peopleâs lives today. The series has consistently garnered critical acclaim as the best of its genre for its in-depth approach to contemporary life issues. The latest production is "Women of Wisdom and Power", three one-hour specials, featuring Jane Goodall, Shirley MacLaine, Gloria Steinem, Erica Jong, et al. It has received a sensational response from PBS audiences. Fournier's involvement with the Quest series grew out of and fed into his own search for meaning and clarity in a world filled with so many conflicting voices and values. Research for the series gradually took on a life of its own as Fournier delved deeper and deeper into the collected wisdom of the ages, past and present. Gradually as a result of his searching, there emerged the germ of an idea to synthesize all that he was absorbing into a book that would illuminate and encapsulate for others the gems he had uncovered. Three years later, The Age of Enlightenment II: A Short History of a Rare Commodity ö Truth, is the result. Fournier has also worked as a journalist and a lifestyle columnist ÷ traveling to over 80 countries in the process ÷ and has written for a television dramatic series. A baby boomer himself, his formal education includes a degree in psychology, and the study of three different martial arts disciplines. He is married to soul-mate Lili Fournier, the director of the Quest series and has two grown children. PBS Programmers: Quest is a Pledge Performer!
Quest Viewers The Quest has received a sensational audience response from PBS audiences. Viewers referred to the shows as "inspirational", "healing and powerful", "deeply touching" and "life-changing". "Landmark events of transformative empowerment, beauty, and excellence". "Words of Wisdom from the great leaders of our time. Itâs emotionally very pleasing. It feeds my spirit. Awesome!"
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