Raised in Switzerland, Genesis Award-winner Erik Friedl is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker whose documentaries have won over thirty major festival awards. Subjects of Friedl’s camera have included environmental and companion-animal issues (“Kiss the Animals Goodbye“, “The Power of Compassion“, “Protecting the Web“), explorations of Middle Eastern Americana (“The Last Harvest: The Yemenis of the San Joaquin“, “Crossroads Anatolia“) and Mel Stuart’s final directing effort, “Shakespeare in Watts.”