Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale
Emmy Winning Documentary 2020

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Troubled Waters: A Turtle’s Tale

Exploring the impact of human behavior on our environment from the perspective of one of South Florida’s most beloved and fragile underwater creatures: the sea turtle. A critical look at the effects of global warming, water pollution, and our “throw-away” plastic lifestyle on this keystone species…and inevitably ourselves.

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Rory Fielding

Fielding is an Emmy award-winning director and producer. He recently produced the national PBS Documentary Troubled Waters featuring Ted Danson, focusing on the human impact facing our oceans and its sea creatures. Troubled Waters began PBS nationwide distribution June, 2020. It was nominated for five Emmys, winning two for Outstanding Photography and Best Director.

He directed 1955, Seven Days of Fall broadcast nationwide on PBS. 1955 earned three major awards including New York Independent Film Festival Award for Best Documentary. 1955 has become a baseball classic, now residing in the Hall of Fame, Cooperstown NY. Rory has directed numerous films including biographies of musical artists, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and others.

His latest film, We’re All Plastic People Now explores the effects of plastic pollution not only on our oceans, but on human health. We’re All Plastic People Now won an Emmy for Long Form Documentary (Environmental). The film has been released nationally by PBS. Ted Danson reprises his role introducing this ground-breaking documentary. We’re All Plastic People Now has been accepted by the prestigious Santa Fe Film Festival, April 2024.

Fielding’s latest film Decent, is truly unique, merging the music score of world-renowned composer Christophe Chagnard, with stunning underwater photography to be performed live worldwide. Descent tells the story of the magical world that lies beneath our oceans and the urgent need to protect it. Descent merges the talents of musicians, poets, composers and graphic artists for a true multimedia experience. Descent Premieres at major Film Festivals 2024-2025.

Rory began his broadcast career as an NBC affiliate news investigative reporter and was twice honored by the Associated Press for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism. He is a graduate of New York University where he served as an Associate Professor of Film & Television and continues to screen his works and guest lecture at major universities. He also serves as an Emmy judge for the Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Cortney Fielding

Is Co-Executive Producer of Rory Fielding Films and part of a father-daughter team. Cortney received her masters degree at the Annenberg School of Journalism at USC, Los Angeles. Her film writing and producing credits include the PBS national documentary ‘Troubled Waters: A Turtle’s Tale’ with Ted Danson and Peter Coyote. Other credits include The LA Times national syndication and NPR. Cortney is slated to Co-Produce and write Fielding Films’ new national documentary ‘Living the Plastic Fantastic: We’re All Plastic People Now’, which highlights the effects of plastic on our human health.

Frazier Nivens

Frazier Nivens is a world-acclaimed underwater cinematographer and ocean conservationist. Filming on the RED Epic Weapon, Frazier has been honored with multiple Emmys for his underwater filmmaking. Credits include National Geographic, Discovery’s Shark Week, Animal Planet, Nature, CNN, BBC, ABC, CBS and NBC. Frazier contributed principal underwater photography to the national PBS Documentary ‘Troubled Waters: A Turtle’s Tale’ with Rory Fielding Films.

Felipe Marrou

Felipe Marrou is an Emmy-winning cinematographer, earning nominations for PBS’ Simply Ming, and the documentary Save Our Reefs. Felipe is also a recurring Director of Photography for Discovery’s Shark Week and has collaborated with Steven Spielberg for his Oscar winning documentary Last Days. Marrou’s credits include CNN, Fox, PBS, ABC and National Geographic.

Marrou filmed the underwater cinematography for the PBS documentary, ‘Troubled Waters: A Turtle’s Tale’ by Rory Fielding Films.

Dave Corona

In Memoriam

Dave Corona has more than 20 years of TV production experience. He started working at KPIX-TV, traveling the country on a magazine show called Mac & Mutley and continued with segments for HGTV, ZDTV, TECH-TV, Knowledge TV, and The Discovery Channel. In 2006 he became the Director of Photography for View from the Bay, ABC TV channel 7.

He has worked on projects around the world, filming King Tut’s tomb in Egypt and documentaries from South Korea, Australia, Hawaii and Fiji.

Along with Disney/ABC he developed the show Food Rush, a national cooking show with Chef Ryan Scott. For the past several years he’s been working the red carpet at the Oscars for ABC.

Dave is the recipient of numerous awards including 7 Emmys.

JERRY CARR

Just 27 when he stepped in front of the camera for the first time, Jerry Carr has gone on to become one of the most admired executives in broadcasting.

Jerry spent eleven years with WBFS TV Miami, where he served as Vice-President and General Manager.
He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of WXEL-TV and WXEL-FM, a PBS station in West Palm Beach, Florida. Jerry made his presence apparent with immediate improvement in the station’s financial status, while elevating program quality.
Mr. Carr is the former Chairman of the Florida Association of Broadcasters. He is also a member of the National Association of Broadcasters and the National Association of Television Programming Executives.

SCOTT ROGO

For over twenty years he has dedicated his efforts to post-production, where the magic is truly made. He honed his craft working at Avid Communications.

Scott has served as Senior Editor for Rory Fielding Films and Fast Focus Media since 2004, including our nationally acclaimed documentaries and music series Live at Capitol Records with Dave Koz. Scott headed post production for the acclaimed documentary ‘1955: Seven Days of Fall’ and PBS documentary ‘Troubled Waters: A Turtle’s Tale’ by Rory Fielding Films. He received an Accolade Award of Excellence for ‘1955’ and will be editing ‘Living the Plastic Fantastic: We’re All Plastic People Now’, set to release in 2022.

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Margaret Baxter
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Phyllis and James Greene
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THEO WEIERSTALL

Theo is an Emmy Award Winning producer, director, editor and writer in Phoenix, Arizona. He has been making short films since 2016 and graduated from the Sidney Poitier New American Film School in 2024.

Theo was an Associate Producer for Rory Fielding’s film We’re All Plastic People Now and is the team’s website and social media content manager.

MIA LAURENZO

Mia Laurenzo is a 37-year veteran of public television in Miami and began her career learning every aspect of video production. Her television experiences include producing for a series, special events and documentaries. As a documentary producer, her films have been distributed to PBS stations nationwide and have earned her six Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards.

Her freelance work with clients includes content writing, editing, video and audio production, marketing and media management for all platforms. She has been a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Suncoast Chapter’s board since 2020. She is currently the 2nd Vice President of the Chapter and Chair of the Student Production Awards Committee.

ROSIE PEARSON

Rosie Pearson served as manager for singer Marisela prior to transitioning to feature films and television. She served as a publicist and producer on films such as the Daytime Emmy nominated Rekindling Christmas. Rosie develops annual professional panels at San Diego’s Comic Con.

What’s most important to Rosie is her charitable contributions, having received major awards from the city of Los Angeles for her Millennium Stars Children’s Music Program, and also honored for her support of Wounded Warriors. Rosie serves on the board of Film It, West Covina, a nonprofit preparing filmmakers the young film makers of tomorrow. She also serves in the Los Angeles Chapter of Academy of Arts and Sciences as a member and Emmy judge.

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