Courtney Engelstein has worked in film and television production for over 10 years, moving from the art department on Hollywood movies to producing and writing for hit cable documentary programs.
She spent 2 years in Thailand working on character driven documentary programs that profiled people living with HIV/AIDS. Since moving back to the States, her interest in social issue filmmaking led to work with filmmakers like Jonathan Stack and Jennifer Dworkin.
She has produced, directed and shot history, science, crime, and verité programming at prestigious companies and for various outlets, including Discovery, PBS, National Geographic, and NBC’s Peacock Productions. She has recently completed a short animated documentary on one man’s experience with addiction.
Chapter: Brooklyn
Projects
- Shooter, SoHo Repertory Theater, 2009
- Producer / Director, Have to Get Back Down There, 2009
- Post Producer, Rescue Ink Unleashed, for National Geographic Channel, 2009
- Shooter, Secret Forest; Sleep Tight; Steve, 2009
- Producer / Director / Writer, Paige Birgfeld, for Investigation Discovery, 2008-9
- Producer / Director / Writer, Lee Cutler, for Investigation Discovery, 2008
- Field Producer, Heather Tallchief, for TruTV, 2008
- Producer / Director / Writer, Vision of Evil, for TruTV, 2007-8
- Field Producer, Real Life Superheroes, for Current TV, 2007
- Post Producer / Writer, Attention Seekers, for Discovery Times, 2007
- Post Producer / Writer, Revenge, for Discovery Times, 2007
- Producer / Director / Writer, Short Snorter, for PBS, 2006-7
- Producer / Director / Writer, Philadelphia Freedom Paper, for PBS, 2006
- Producer, Discovery Rewind 2006, for Discovery International, 2006
Information
Superpower
Cooking.
