Crew | Tuvalu Documentary

Loyola University Chicago Crew:

John Goheen

Director

As one of America’s premier visual storytellers John’s work has been recognized as some of the best in the business. Winning more than 300 local, regional, and national awards. He is the first three-time winner of television’s top award for photojournalism - the National Press Photographers Association’s Television News Photographer of the Year.

Jacob Pieczynski

Executive Producer

Jacob currently is a second-year Digital Storytelling graduate student at Loyola University Chicago. He is an an award-winning storyteller who has directed projects for non-profit organizations in Milwaukee and Chicago. Jacob specializes in telling stories with meaning and purpose.

Kaitlin McMurry

Production Manager/Executive Producer

Kaitlin is an award-winning Chicago-based filmmaker who received her Masters degree in Digital Media and Storytelling from Loyola University Chicago. Most recently she directed, Ashes to Ashes, a documentary about the impact of coal ash in Alabama, which was selected for a variety of film festivals throughout the U.S.

Annie Kate Raglow

Executive Producer/Social Media Manager

Annie Kate is a multimedia journalism major with a minor in music at Loyola University Chicago. She is a campus correspondent for 'Her Campus LUC', and a founding Academic Excellence Chairperson for Kappa Delta sorority. Annie Kate intends to pursue a career in documentary journalism.

Tuvalu Youth Crew:

Howard Elisaia Tremaine

Producer/Camera Operator

Peni Elisala

Producer/Camera Operator

Bernard Kato Ewekia

Producer/Camera Operator

Nanoua Lilivau Ewekia

Producer/Camera Operator

Feagaiga Tuivaitupu

Lilipeti Suiti Faava

Producer/Camera Operator

Auiluma Lotoala

Apinelu Nikolasi

Producer/Camera Operator

Hawaii Paeniu

Ioane Vaguna

Producer/Camera Operator

Sapeta Penivao

Producer/Camera Operator

Lifuka Adco Simeti

Producer/Camera Operator

Robert Pesega

Producer/Camera Operator

Tanu Fale Sumeo

Producer/Camera Operator

Holland Mafoa Panapa

Taotao Tukia LagafaoaMaui

Producer/Camera Operator

Location:

Funafuti, Tuvalu

Capital of Tuvalu

Tuvalu is a place most have never heard of and those who have would have a hard time placing it on a map. Tuvalu is tiny. Halfway between Australia and Hawaii, this daisy-chain of nine "islands" is one of the world's smallest countries with a population of less than 11,000.