Fast Lane Summer

Directed by:
Eli F. Bleich

Produced by:
Kathleen Pearce
Aaron Bleich
Eli. F. Bleich

Kathleen Pearce
Producer

Kathleen Pearce is a veteran filmmaker and journalist who has spent 20 years producing and directing non-fiction films for national and international television. 

Pearce served as a supervising producer for the Turner Broadcasting series of one-hour films entitled “Wildlife Adventures” that aired on TBS for five years and was also seen on Animal Planet and in international syndication. She produced, directed and wrote “Wildlife Legacy” for the series which profiles the work of artists who have devoted their careers to conservation.

Pearce’s other producer/director/writer credits include an ABC investigation of the illegal trade in endangered species entitled Tiger Trade, which won Hollywood’s Environmental Media Award and a National Emmy nomination, a special on the Library of Congress, hosted by Steve Allen, for American Movie Classics’ Film Preservation Festival, which was honored with cable’s ACE Award, and a two hour documentary for Turner Originals, the World of Audubon 10th Anniversary Special hosted by Lauren Hutton and Richard Dean Anderson.  Pearce also served as a producer for Ted Koppel for specials that aired on ABC and PBS, and for numerous other “Nightline” reports.

Pearce has traveled around the world producing films in India, Africa, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Alaska.  Her programs have won more than two-dozen awards, including Emmys, the George Foster Peabody Award, and the Dupont-Columbia Award for Investigative Reporting.  She has a B.Sc. with honors in Journalism, and has served on the board of directors of Women in Film and Video, Washington, D.C.

Director of Photography:
Ares Demertzis

Edited by:
Judith Herbert