Screen Credits — Gary Coates | motion picture color

SCREEN CREDITS
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FEATURE FICTION FILMS

7000 Miles
Directed by Amy Glazer
Cinequest Film Festival 2023

Junho
Directed by David Boo

By The Grace Of...
Directed by Dylan Reid

Beautiful Dreamer
Directed by Amy Glazer
Frameline Film Festival 2020

Thousand Pieces of Gold (4K Restoration)
Directed by Nancy Kelly who co-produced with Kenji Yamamoto
Mill Valley Film Festival 2019

39 1/2
Directed by Kara Herold
Mill Valley Film Festival 2019

Love and Taxes
directed by Jacob Kornbluth

White Rabbit
directed by Bill Kinder

Abducted
directed by Lucy Phillips and Glen Scantlebury

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NON-FICTION FILMS

ISLAND IN BETWEEN
Directed by S. Leo Chiang
New York Times OP-DOC
Nominated for Documentary Short Academy Award 2024

GIANTS RISING
Directed by Lisa Landers
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2024

EMPOWERED: ENERGY HEROES
a PBS series directed by Kiki Goshay

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Directed by Judy Irving
4K Restoration July 2023

LOS CENZONTLES
Linda and La Marisoul: An Afternoon at Los Cenzontles

CROSSINGS | Directed by Deann Borshay Liem
CAAM Film Festival May 2023

GOLDMAN ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE 2023 | Produced by the Mill Valley Film Group

WEATHERING THE FUTURE | PBS NOVA | Produced by Kikim Media

STAND | Showtime | Directed by Joslyn Rose Lyons

Elemental | PIXAR Creative Content Nonfiction Extras
Lightyear | PIXAR Creative Content Nonfiction Extras
Turning Red | PIXAR Creative Content Nonfiction Extras

TOWN DESTROYER
Directed by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman
Mill Valley Film Festival October 2022

SANTOS: SKIN TO SKIN
Directed by Kathryn Golden
Mill Valley Film Festival October 2022
SXSW Film Festival March 2022

COLD REFUGE
Directed by Judy Irving
Maine International Film Festival August 2022

THE NEW ENVIRONMENTALISTS
Mill Valley Film Festival October 2022

KIKIM MEDIA
Our Beautiful Planet

LOS CENZONTLES
P'urhépecha Uékani

Impresario
Directed by Lauretta Molitor
Premiere at Frameline Film Festival June 2022

What About China?
Directed by Trinh T. Minh-ha
Whitney Biennial and San Francisco International Film Festival (Persistence of Vision Award ) April 2022

American Justice on Trial
Directed by Andrew Abrahams and Herb Ferrette
Premiere at the San Francisco International Film Festival April 2022

Logic Paralyzes the Heart
Directed by Lynn Hershman
Premiere at the Venice Biennale April 2022
Mill Valley Film Festival 2023

Inside Pixar | in Dolby Vision 4K Ultra HD
Directed by Erica Milsom and Tony Kaplan

THE CREATIVE HIGH
Directed by Adriana Marchione and Produced by Dianne Griffin
San Francisco Independent Film Festival February 2022

Crossings
Directed by Deann Borshay Liem
Hawaii International Film Festival October 2021

PBS NOVA | Secrets In Our DNA
Kikim Media

Los Hermanos
Directed by Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider
Mill Valley Film Festival 2020

Truth to Power: Barbara Lee Speaks For Me
Directed by Abby Ginzberg
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 2020

The Ornament Of The World
A film by Michael Schwarz and Kiki Kapany
Premiered on PBS December 2019

Waging Change
Directed by Abby Ginzberg
New York Doc Film Festival 2019

WildAid: Journey to Save the Sea Turtles
Directed by Andrew Wegst

Journey to Hokusai
Directed by Chikara Motomura
Mill Valley Film Festival 2019

Through The Windows
Directed by Petey Barma and Bret Parker
Frameline Film Festival 2019

Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America
Directed by Tom Shepard
San Francisco International Film Festival 2019
Frameline Film Festival 2019

Q Ball
Directed by Michael Tolajian
San Francisco International Film Festival 2019

End Game
Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
Sundance Film Festival 2018 and San Francisco International Film Festival 2018
Nominated for Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject 2019

The Providers
Directed by Laura Green and Anna Moot-Levin
PBS Independent Lens Spring 2019
Full Frame Film Festival 2018

Rodents of Unusual Size
Directed by Chris Metzler, Jeff Springer, and Quinn Costello
PBS Independent Lens January 2019
Full Frame Film Festival 2018

An American Story: Norman Mineta and His Legacy
Directed by Dianne Fukami
CAAM Film Festival 2018

Have You Heard From Johannesburg:Oliver Tambo
Directed by Connie Field
Doclands Film Festival 2018

I Am Maris
Directed by Laura VanZee Taylor
Mill Valley Film Festival 2018
Ashland Film Festival 2018

Ritoma
Directed by Ruby Yang

Bias
Directed by Robin Hauser
Mill Valley Film Festival 2018
Bentonville Film Festival 2018

Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone
Directed by Chris Metzler, Jeff Springer, and Lev Anderson

American Creed
Directed by Sam Ball
National PBS broadcast February 2018

Chasing Portraits
Directed by Elizabeth Rynecki
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 2018

Adios Amor
Directed by Laurie Coyle
Cinequest Film Festival 2018

From Baghdad to the Bay
Directed by Erin Palmquist
Cinequest Film Festival 2018, winner of Best Documentary Feature

Yours in Sisterhood
Directed by Irene Lusztig
Berlinale Film Festival 2018

Leitis in Waiting
Directed by Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson
Frameline Film Festival 2018

Mata Hari-The Naked Spy
Directed by Susan Wolf and Machiel Amorison
Santa Fe Film Festival 2018

And Then They Came For Us
Directed by Abby Ginzberg and Ken Schneider

Evolution of Organic
directed by Mark Kitchell
San Francisco International Green Film Festival 2017

The Women's March
directed by Mischa Hedges
San Francisco International Green Film Festival 2017

Tania Libre
directed by Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Berlinale Film Festival and San Francisco International Film Festival 2017

Men: A Love Story
directed by Mimi Chakarova
Theatrical Premiere Telluride Film Festival September 2016

Company Town
directed by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman
Theatrical Premiere Mill Valley Film Festival October 2016

The Return
directed by Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane del la Vega
Theatrical Premiere Tribeca Film Festival 2016 | San Francisco International Film Fetsival 2016 | PBS POV Broadcast premiere 2016

OutRun
directed by Johnny Symons and S. Leo Chiang
Theatrical Premiere Full Frame Film Festival March 2016

Agents of Change
directed by Frank Dawson and Abby Ginzberg

The Other Kids
directed by Chris Brown
Theatrical Premiere CineQuest Film Festival March 2016

Painted Nails
directed by Erica Jordan and Dianne Griffin
Theatrical Premiere CineQuest Film Festival March 2016 and CAAM Film Festival March 2016

Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story
directed by Ben Wang
Theatrical Premiere Center for Asian American Media Film Festival March 2016 | Audience Award

Dogtown Redemption
directed by Amir Soltani and Chihiro Wimbush
Theatrical Premiere Mill Valley Film Festival October 2015

Surviving Skokie
directed by Eli Adler and Blair Gershkow
Theatrical Premiere Mill Valley Film Festival October 2015

In Defense of Food
directed by Michael Schwarz
Theatrical Premiere Mill Valley Film Festival October 2015

Beyond Measure
directed by Vicki Abeles
Theatrical Premiere Mill Valley Film Festival October 2015

CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap
directed by Robin Hauser Reynolds
Theatrical Premiere TRIBECA Film Festival April 2015

MIND/GAME
directed by Rick Goldsmith
Theatrical Premiere Nashville Film Festival April 2015

Return to Dak To
directed by Christopher Upham
Theatrical Premiere Black Maria Film Festival April 2015

The MIA's On Tiger Mountain
directed by Norman Lloyd
Theatrical Premiere GI Film Film Festival May 2015

Feelings Are Facts
directed by Jack Walsh
Theatrical Premiere Berlin Film Festival February 2015

Pelican Dreams
directed by Judy Irving
Theatrical Premiere October 2014

Finding The Gold Within
directed by Karina Epperlein
Mill Valley Film Festival Premiere October 2014

States of Grace
directed by Helen Cohen and Mark Lipman
Mill Valley Film Festival Premiere October 2014

Plastic Man: The Artful Life of Jerry Ross Barrish
directed by William Farley
Mill Valley Film Festival Premiere October 2014

F R E E
directed by Suzanne Lafetra and David Collier
Mill Valley Film Festival Premiere October 2014

Regarding Susan Sontag
directed by Nancy Kates
World Premiere TRIBECA Film Festival 2014

Impossible Light
directed by Jeremy Ambers
World Premiere SXSW 2014 and San Francisco International FIlm Festival 2014

To Be Takei
directed by Jennifer Kroot, editor/co-director Bill Weber
World Premiere Sundance 2014

The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came To Eden
directed by Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller
Premiere Telluride 2013 and Berlinale 2014 and Theatrical Release April 2014

A Fragile Trust
directed by Samantha Grant

Standing on Sacred Ground
directed by Toby McLeod

Angel Azul
directed by Marcy Cravat

Havana Curveball
directed by Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider

From Ghost Town to Havana
directed by Eugene Corr

Lloyd and Marion
directed by Amelia Chua

On Life's Terms: Mothers in Recovery
directed by Sheila Ganz

Sweet Dreams
directed by Lisa and Rob Fruchtman

Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
directed by Stephen Silha and Eric Slade

Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine
directed by Connie Field

The Myth of the Buddha's Birthplace
directed by James Freeman

UPAJ
directed by Hoku Uchiyama | produced by Antara Bhardwaj

Rebels With a Cause
directed by Nancy Kelly and Kenji Yamamoto

After Winter, Spring
directed by Judith Lit

Without a Net
directed by Kelly J. Richardson

To Chris Marker: An Unsent Letter
directed by Emiko Omori

Perfect Strangers
directed by Jan Krawitz

Informant
directed by Jamie Meltzer
premieres at the San Francisco International Film Festival 2012

Wonder Women: The Untold Story of America's Superheroines
directed by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
premiered at SXSW Film Festival 2012

Seeking Asian Female
directed by Debbie Lum
premiered at the SXSW Film Festival 2012

Mr. Cao Goes to Washington
directed by Leo Chiang
premiered at The Asian American Film Festival 2012

Symphony of the Soil
directed by Deborah Koons Garcia
premiered at The Environmental Film Festival 2012

A Fierce Green Fire
directed by Mark Kitchell
premiered at The Sundance Film Festival 2012

We Were Here
directed by David Weissman and edited by Bill Weber
premieres on PBS Independent Lens June 2012

You're Looking At Me Like I Live Here And I Don't
directed by Scott Kirschenbaum
premiered on PBS Independent Lens March 29

Better This World
directed by Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega,
winners of Best Documentary Feature at the 2011 San Francisco International Film Festival
Better this World also premiered at South by Southwest Film Festival 2011

Connected
directed by Tiffany Shlain

The Barber of Birmingham
directed by Gail Dolgin and Robin Fryday
nominated for Best Documentary Short Film in the 2012 Oscar competition

Trust: Second Acts in Young Lives
directed by Nancy Kelly and Kenji Yamamoto

John Allair Digs In!
directed by John Korty

Warriors of Quigang
Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Nominated for Academy Award Best Short Documentary Film 2011

The Power of Two
Mark Smolowitz

August to June
Tom and Amy Valens

Between Two Worlds
Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow

Blue Ray DVD Documentary Content
PIXAR Animation
Soul
Onward
Coco
Finding Dory
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
Monsters University
Brave
Finding Nemo
Up
Wall E
Cars 2 and 3
Toy Story 3 and 4
The Incredibles 1 and 2

The Most Dangerous Man in America
Judy Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
Nominated for Academy Award Best Feature Documentary 2010

In The Shadow of Buddha
Heather Kessinger

Every War Has Two Losers
Haydn Reiss

Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
John Antonelli

Have You Heard From Johannesburg: The Bottom Line
Connie Field

Race To Nowhere
Vicki Abeles

Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
John Korty

My Summer in Tehran
Justine Shapiro

Elwood Snock and The Land of Lo Fi
Lisa Foti-Straus and Susannah Morse

The Bass Player and His Son
Niall McKay and Marissa Aroy

Sex in '69
Telling Pictures

D Tour
Jim Granato
:: Winner Best Bay Area Documentary Feature 2009 San Francisco International Film Festival Golden Gate Award ::
:: Premiered on Independent Lens Fall 2009 ::

Speaking in Tongues
PatchWorks Films
:: Winner Audience Award Best Documentary Feature 2009 San Francisco International Film Festival ::

Al Mas Alla
Lourdes Portillo
:: Winner Persistence of Vision Award 2009 San Francisco International Film Festival ::

Smile Pinki
Principe Productions
:: Oscar Winner for Best Documentary Short 2009 ::

A Village Called Versailles
S. Leo Chiang
:: Premiered on PBS Independent Lens 2010 ::

Ask Not
Johnny Symons

:: Premiered on PBS Independent Lens Summer 2009 ::

In The Matter Of Cha Jung Hee
Deann Borshay Liem

Global Focus-The New Environmentalists
Mill Valley Film Group

Mustang-Journey of Transformation
Mill Valley Film Group

Read Me Differently
Sarah Entine

Paper or Plastic
Ensemble Pictures

Girls Rock
Arne Johnson and Shane King

Ultra Marathon Man
JB Benna

Welcome to Nollywood
Jamie Meltzer

Going on 13
Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Dawn Valadez

It's Still Elementary
GroundSpark

Koryo Saram
Y. David Chung and Matt Dibble

Knee Deep
Michael Chandler
: Winner of
Documentary Feature Competition 2007 Florida Film Festival :

The Key of G
Robert Arnold
: Winner of
Best Bay Area Documentary Feature
2007 San Francisco Film Festival :

Mirrors of Privilege:Making Whiteness Visible
Shakti Butler

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Restorations

Thousand Pierces of Gold

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

Dark Circle

Teknolust

The Cockettes

Surname Viet Given Name Nam

Reassemblage

The Grateful Dead Movie