Robert Greenwald is a producer, director and political activist. Greenwald is the founder and president of Brave New Films, a new media company that uses moving images to educate, influence, and empower viewers to take action around issues that matter. Under Greenwald's direction, Brave New Films has produced a series of short political videos, including the Fox Attacks and Real McCain campaigns. One of the more notable Real McCain videos focused on McCain's Mansions; after Brave New Films produced this video, McCain notoriously said he was not sure how many houses he owned and a media firestorm ensued. In total, Brave New Film's short videos have been viewed over 45 million times in the past two years, inspired hundreds of thousands of people to take action and forced pressing issues into the mainstream media. Robert Greenwald's Brave New Foundation produced Rethink Afghanistan, a groundbreaking documentary that was released online in real-time; the film features experts from Afghanistan, Pakistan and the U.S. discussing the United States' flawed strategy in Afghanistan. In August of 2009, Brave New Films launched Sick for Profit, a campaign that focuses on the exorbitant amounts of money made by health insurance companies' CEOs. Within one week, the campaign's first video was viewed over 100,000 times. Recently, Brave New Films also launched Senator Sanders Unfiltered, a two-minute weekly show in which Senator Sanders shares his views on an array of critical issues for our country. Read More →

Jim Miller is the Executive Director of Brave New Films. In addition to being on the phone every day with our lawyers to make sure we are doing everything correctly, Jim is responsible for forming our coalitions to help spread our videos throughout the world. We currently have over 1.5 million views per month. His film experience began over 20 years ago working on the film Bull Durham and includes being the Director of Development for The Shooting Gallery, an independent film company which produced 'Sling Blade' and 'You Can Count on Me', and Head of Acquisitions for Cinema Park Distribution. Immediately prior the BNF, Jim produced the star-studded 'Les Girls' charity benefits for the National Breast Cancer Coalition.

Laura Beatty is the Vice President of Marketing & Distribution at Brave New Films where she leads efforts to attract and retain an audience through websites, social media, email, and emerging digital platforms. Before joining Brave New Films, Laura spent thirteen years in marketing for corporations, Internet start-ups, and agencies where she holds a strong track record of developing marketing campaigns for Helio, Nissan, Saturn, Nestle, Cheap Tickets, Fandango, Lower My Bills, and Sapient Interactive. She received a BBA in Marketing from the University of Texas at Austin.

Devin Smith is the Vice President of Operations at Brave New Films. Previously, he was a producer at Robert Greenwald Productions where he co-produced the critically acclaimed documentaries Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism and Uncovered: The War on Iraq. At Brave New Films, Devin has produced Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price and he was also the supervising producer on two documentary television series – The ACLU Freedom Files and The Sierra Club Chronicles. Currently, he oversees the operations and business affairs of the company and is producing Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers. Prior to producing film and television projects in Los Angeles, Devin founded and operated a graphics company (Ideas to Images) in North Carolina. He also worked for several years for indie film company DownHome Entertainment. Devin received his BS degree in business from Wake Forest University’s Wayne Calloway School of Business and Accountancy. He is also a graduate of the American Film Institute (AFI) where he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in Motion Picture Producing.

Kim Parker is the Communications Director at Brave New Films where she spearheads the press strategy for the organization's ongoing and new campaigns. With nearly 10 years of experience in the media realm, Kim has worked at leading PR agencies, Sunshine, Sachs & Associates and HL Group; top art institutions including the California African American Museum; as well as publishing outlets powerHouse Books and The New York Sun. Additionally, Kim volunteers on various policy and political committees, including the Young Professional Finance Committee for Kamala Harris' 2010 campaign for CA Attorney General. Kim holds a BA in Public Policy from Duke University and a MSc in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics.