About Us 

Charles River Media Group was created by Don Schechter in 2004. Don recognized that many other talented freelancers in video production, animation, voice over, and other media fields were working independently. CRMG was formed to help bring skilled media producers together under one organization. In just a few short years, Charles River Media Group has flourished, working for clients throughout the United States and abroad. CRMG has an administrative staff in Brookline, MA that supports its contractors in the field.

Our clients include corporations, non-profit and educational institutions, as well as individuals. In 2007, our clients included New Balance, About.com/The N.Y. Times, Houghton Mifflin, Cone Inc., Metacafe, Tufts and Harvard Universities, Argosy Publishing, The State of Massachusetts, and many more. In 2008, Charles River Media Group will see increased use of our High Definition capabilities throughout the country.

Administrative

Don  - Founder
Don founded Charles River Media Group in 2004 after a successful run as a freelance producer and cameraman. Born and raised in New York City, he holds two degrees from Tufts University where he is a part-time lecturer in documentary history and production. Don is currently ecstatic over his recent acquisition of the HPX500 – a High Definition 2/3" 3-CCD 16:9 variable frame rate camera.

Ike - VP Sales
Ike is the latest addition to Charles River Media Group. For decades, Ike worked as a production executive in the printing industry for multi-million dollar corporations. Ike is now heading up sales and scouting for a second CRMG office in the tri-state area.

Nicole - Project Manager
Nicole Prowell is currently pursuing her MA in Documentary Video at Emerson College. She has studied filmmaking at FAMU in Prague and holds a BA in English/Communications and Film Studies from Pace University. Prior to moving to Boston, she worked in New York for IBM and the Jacob Burns Film Center. Her current projects include a documentary about happiness, entitled Happy Hunting.

Production

Lynn
In addition to broadcast on public television and Free Speech TV, filmmaker Lynn Weissman's work has screened at film festivals nationwide and in Canada, and won a Documentary Profile award from the Alliance for Community Media. In 2003, Lynn won Video Artist awards from the Puffin Foundation and Somerville Arts Council.

A decade after earning her first M.S. in Public Health in 1992, Lynn earned another master's degree in Philanthropy and Media from the Visionaries Institute, where she had a full, merit-based scholarship through the generosity of actor-philanthropist Sam Waterston.

 
Bruce
Bruce has worked in the field of film, video and photography for over 30 years. He studied film making at the Orson Wells Film School and Video production for Human services at the College of Public and Community Service, University of Mass Boston.  Bruce's  videos have won awards in film festivals from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco.  He has worked on projects throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Central and South America.

Howard
Howard is a filmmaker and photographer with more than thirty years experience as a practitioner and teacher. He is Co-chair of the Tufts Multimedia Arts Program, as well as the founder and director of TuftsFilmWorks, the university's digital cinema initiative. Currently he is working with Don Schechter on a documentary called A Good Whack - The Making of Tonya and Nancy: The Opera. In addition, his photographic work ranges from traditional portraiture to documentary to experimental image making.

Morgan
Morgan has filmed many live events and weddings for Charles River Media Group over the past three years. He  is currently co-directing a documentary film called Burning in the Sun, about a solar energy entrepreneur in Mali, West Africa.  In addition to videography, Morgan has also worked as field producer for documentary filmmaker John Halpern, and in production roles on a variety of films, including Spike Lee’s HE GOT GAME and SUMMER OF SAM.  Morgan wrote, directed and produced the award winning short film CATABASIS, as well as several other dramatic and documentary shorts.

Isaac
Isaac is a filmmaker with experience in narrative fiction and documentary filmmaking. He currently attends New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Film Program.

Isaac has experience doing international documentary for the United Nations Children’s Fund. (UNICEF) He worked with Swazi journalist James Hall and co-produced three documentaries for UNICEF Swaziland. Isaac oversaw production of Sipho and Joyce, and Every Child has a Voice, and Hope Lives Here, three documentaries that cover the topics of HIV and AIDS and AIDS orphans.

UNICEF Swaziland also commissioned Isaac and James Hall to produce numerous video projects and news segments for national broadcast on Swazi television.
Recently, Isaac’s documentary Sipho and Joyce played in the 2005 Boston International Film Festival and the 2005 Zimbabwe International Film Festival.

Isaac’s documentaries are distributed in over 27 countries and are helping promote awareness of AIDS in Africa and UNICEF’s campaign to help orphans and vulnerable children.

In addition to his documentary work, Isaac worked in post-production on Miramax’s American Splendor and The Station Agent.

Trevor
Trevor has worked on various projects and multi-camera performances with Charles River Media Group.

Current and Past Interns

Allegra Anderson
Michael Taub
Kristen Casazza
Philip Martin