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About the Filmmakers
CC GOLDWATER (Producer)
CC Goldwater founded Sweet Pea Films in 2005. Her first film, MR.
CONSERVATIVE: GOLDWATER ON GOLDWATER, is a documentary that
offers an intriguing glimpse into the public and private life of Senator Barry
Goldwater. The film had its world premiere at the Full Frame Documentary
Festival in April 2006 in Durham, North Carolina and will debut on HBO
September 18, 2006.
Ms. Goldwater has served as a television entertainment correspondent in
New York for "Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee," and in Los Angeles with
"Hollywood Close-Up." In addition to her television work, Ms. Goldwater has
contributed to several regional and national travel and lifestyle publications,
including ITEM and METRO New York. She has also partnered in a public
relations firm in New York and a public relations/advertising firm in Scottsdale,
Arizona.
Ms. Goldwater was born and raised in Paradise Valley, Arizona, where
she currently resides.
JULIE ANDERSON (Director)
Julie Anderson, director of MR. CONSERVATIVE: GOLDWATER ON
GOLDWATER, has a long career in television production. She began her work
as a producer at ESPN, contributing on SportsCenter, the Olympics, the NFL
and NBA. She later worked as a production liaison for Lorne Michaels at
"Saturday Night Live." After a five-year stint as a documentary filmmaker at
HBO Sports, Anderson was hired as an executive at HBO Original
Programming by Sheila Nevins, President of HBO Documentaries.
Over her ten years at HBO, Anderson produced and directed many
award-winning features and documentaries, including the Peabody Award-
winning documentary "Dare To Compete: The Struggle of Women in Sports,"
about the history of the fight for women's equality in sports, and the Emmy®
Award-winning "Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World." She served as associate
producer on the Academy Award®-nominated "4 Little Girls," about the 1963
bombing of the Birmingham Baptist Church in Alabama.
Anderson recently departed her position as Director of Documentary
Programming at HBO to found her own production company, Lioness
Productions. She has been producing, consulting and developing projects for
among others, Russell Simmons' production company, The Simmons Lathan
Media Group, Court TV, BET as well as a wide variety of cable and network
broadcast companies.
Over her career, Anderson has garnered four Emmy® Awards, several
CableACE Awards, and two Peabody Awards for her work on documentary
films. She was a 2001 Sundance Institute Fellow and is a consultant for the
Hamptons International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, and Aspen Comedy
Festivals.
A native of Scarsdale, NY, Anderson graduated from the University of
Vermont and now lives in New York City.
TANI COHEN (Producer)
Tani Cohen, producer of MR. CONSERVATIVE: GOLDWATER ON
GOLDWATER, recently produced the 2005 feature film "The Dust Factory"
starring Hayden Panettiere, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Ryan Kelley. Cohen
received an Emmy nomination for executive producing the 2001 Showtime
Original feature "Snow In August."
Cohen started her film career at Brian de Palma's Fetch Productions. The
feature films "Scarface" and "Body Double" were produced during her tenure
there. Since then, many festivals have recognized Cohen's work as an
independent film producer, and three of her projects have screened in
competition at the Sundance Film Festival: "Inside Monkey Zetterland," "Egg
Salad" and "Guinevere."
Additionally, Cohen produced "The Souler Opposite," which was featured
at the AFI Film Festival, and co-produced "How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog,"
which screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. Cohen served as
consulting producer on the independent film, "Living 'til the End," which made its
premiere at the Hamptons Film Festival in October 2004. Cohen also served as
the producer of "Septuplets" and "An American Town" for 20th Century Fox
Television, and co-produced the films "Replicant" and "Forever Lulu."
Friends for over 30 years, Cohen and CC Goldwater have devoted the last
four years to MR. CONSERVATIVE: GOLDWATER ON GOLDWATER. They
formed Sweet Pea Films in 2005 to produce the film. Cohen is a native of
Coronado, California and currently resides in Los Angeles.
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