Megan Ruffe is a documentary filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. She has worked on several major series with Florentine Films for PBS, including The Vietnam War (2017), College Behind Bars (2019), Hemingway (2021), and Benjamin Franklin (2022). She is currently a co-producer on a series about the American Revolution, slated for broadcast in 2025. Megan has also been working with a small team to develop UNUM, a new digital project that uses Florentine’s library of work to bring historical context to current events. Independently, she directs and produces short documentaries. Megan graduated summa cum laude from the Schreyer Honors College at Penn State University where she studied film and geography. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and on CBS Sunday Morning.

Katy Haas (Director & Producer) is a documentary filmmaker and photographer in Brooklyn, NY. She was a co-producer with Florentine Films on Benjamin Franklin (2022), an associate producer on the series Country Music (2019) and apprentice editor on The Dust Bowl (2012). She attended the Burren College of Art and the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, and received a Bachelor's degree in American Studies from Smith College. Her documentary photo work and films, including The Island and the Whale and Skogafoss, tell human stories of the intersection of economics and the environment. She has been involved with a number of photo educational institutions, including the ICP, Third Ward, InSight, Keene Continuing Ed and the Maine Media Workshops.