Director/Producer: Jan Selby

Jan Selby is an EMMY© award-winning independent director and producer of documentary films based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Her first film as director/producer, A Circle and Three Lines (2009), explains the history of the peace symbol. It premiered at the Big Sky Documentary film festival (MT) in 2010. Jan won the “Emerging Filmmaker Award” at the Minnesota History Center’s “1968 Project” Film Festival and the film earned first place in the international documentary film category at the Sundial Film Festival (CA).  Screening highlights include the Heart  of Gold Film Festival (Australia), the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival (CA), the Peace on Earth Film Festival (IL), the Global Peace Film Festival (FL), and the Woodstock Film Festival (NY). Jan was honored to receive a regional EMMY© for A Circle and Three Lines.

In college, Jan aspired to being a filmmaker, yet ended up pursuing a “more practical” career in marketing, working in corporate environments and as an independent consultant for clients worldwide such as Apple Computer and Boston Scientific.

Jan has produced numerous documentaries for corporate (e.g., Best Buy, Blue Cross Blue Shield MN) and nonprofit clients (Cabrini Partnership, Hamline University), as well as the feature-length documentary FRITZ: The Walter Mondale Story. FRITZ has screened at the Women with Vision 2010 International Film Festival (Walker Art Center, Minneapolis), George Washington University (Washington, D.C.), the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs (University of MN), and has been broadcast on numerous PBS stations.

Jan is a member of IFP Minnesota Center for Media Arts, Minnesota Women in Film and Television, The D-Word, and Minnesota Women in Marketing and Communications.

Production Crew

Videographer: Brandon Hamilton

A recent college graduate living in the San Francisco Bay Area (Ken’s shoot was in Sebastopol, California).

Co-Editor: Ben Gottlieb

Ben is a student at Minneapolis Community and Technical College (Minnesota).

Original Music: Rodney Tahija

Rodney is a Twin Cities’ musician and composer.

Colorist: Oscar Obozo

Oscar is known as the best colorist in the midwest. He works at Pixel Farm in Minneapolis.

Re-recording Mixer: Jesse Marks

Jesse works his mixing magic at Pixel Farm in Minneapolis.

Technical Advisor: Kevin McKeever

Kevin is a freelance cinematographer, editor and still photographer. His website is http://www.image-generation.com/

Production Assistant: Sam Sobieck

Sam graduated from St. Catherine’s University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and now works at Sage Communications.

Marketing Assistant: Amira Cohen

Amira graduated from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. She is currently working at Darn Good Documentaries.

Documentary Muse: Melody Gilbert

Award-winning documentary filmmaker (and Darn Good Documentaries co-founder) Melody Gilbert offered inspiration plus technical and moral support.

I held several rough-cut screenings for fellow filmmakers, family, and friends. Their input and support made this a better film.

Special Thanks to..

Ken and jan Kolsbun

A. Michele Boutique, Saint Paul MN

Dunn Bros Coffee, Grand Avenue, Saint Paul MN

Minnesota Historical Society and The 1968 Project

The Peace Pavilion, MN State Fair

Rebel Ink Baby, Saint Paul MN

The talented people at Pixel Farm (www.pixelfarm.com), Channel Z (www.channelzedit.com), and the ADS Group (www.theadsgroupdifference.com) for their support.

Friends and Family who supported me in so many ways:

Amanda Becker                                Adam Belisle                               Sandy Date
Denise Dzik                                       Randal Dietrich                           Camille Edesess
David, Daniel, Andrew and Lily Ellis                                                    Gabi Fjare
Sally Gagne                                      Lori Fink Garelick                        Mark Heitke
Mike Jackson                                    Delle Jacobs                                Marikay Klein
David Krame                                     Douglas Lang                              Steve Miles Milan
Nick Miller                                          Pam Mondale                             Berit Mondale
Addie Phelps                                     Jack Probst                                 Jean Probst
Jenna Probst                                     Tom Probst                                  Leah Rosenthal
Lucia Sandberg                                 Martha Sandberg                      Jill Sandeen
Chris Schunicht                                 Meera Sury                                Mark Wollemann
Mariko Yoshimura-Rank

Video and Photo Sources

Amistad Digital Resource
archive.org
Greenpeace.org
Guardian News and Media
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Ken Kolsbun
Peter Marshall
National Geographic Books
Jack Probst
Spread the Peace
United States Library of Congress
worldmarchireland.com