Our Production Team
Mark Durand
Writer / Director
Mark Durand has won 4 Emmy & 3 Peabody Awards for shows & films like This Week in Baseball; Bay City Blues, Tales from the Darkside, ESPN’s SportsCentury & 30 for 30 documentary series. In its first 2 years he worked closely with Albert Maysles, Barbara Kopple, Alex Gibney, Steve James & Brett Morgen. 30 for 30 received 4 of the 6 Emmy nominations under his supervision.
Jon Sonneborn
Executive Producer
Jon's musical mystery comedy Morton Meets the Eye (which he wrote, produced and stars in) is scheduled for release in 2026. His stage musical You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet about America's first superstar, Al Jolson, is currently in development.
Laura Gentile
Executive Producer
In 2010 Laura founded and launched ESPNW the company’s first and only woman’s sports network. As an ESPN Executive VP and CMO, she handled marketing for all brands, platforms, shows, & events. She is currently Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Storied Sports.
Selena Roberts
Producer
Selena Roberts is a bestselling author and journalist who spent 16 years at The New York Times and Sports Illustrated. She was honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) five times, presented with the Arthur Ashe Trailblazer award for social commentary, and the Front Page Award from the Newswomen's Club of New York.
Erin Leyden
Producer
Erin is a director/producer/showrunner with a focus on sports documentaries. Before venturing into the freelance space, she worked at ESPN Films and was part of the original production team for the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning 30 for 30 series.
Paul Carruthers
Editor
Paul has won six Emmy and three Peabody awards. He and director Mark Durand teamed up on numerous SportsCentury and 30 for 30 projects, as well as Unsettled Scores, receiving an Emmy nomination for Best Edited Special.
Tamara Holmes
Associate Producer
Tamara has been a star women’s baseball player for the past 30 years. She still plays in tournaments, coaches women's baseball teams is a firefighter and a cross fitness trainer. She appears in Her Game Is Hardball and has been a great help as a consultant to the project.
Johnnie Day Durand
Composer
Johnnie Day has composed music tracks for films like Into the Light: Meaningful Recovery for Psychosis; Bud Greenspan: The Heart of the Games, Unsettled Scores(ESPN), as well as numerous theatrical productions - including Llamadoll, where she conducted six musicians live for two short film series in Burlington, Vermont. youtube.com/@Johnnieday
Melissa Chusid
Executive Producer
Melissa Chusid is an Emmy winning casting director and talent executive with more than 2 decades of experience discovering, booking, and elevating A-list talent across television, film, digital media, sports, and branded content.
Perry Barber
Executive Producer
For 46 years she has umpired amateur and professional baseball from major league spring training, Division I college ball, The Atlantic League, and overseas in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong . She is also an accomplished writer, musician and songwriter who has opened for Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and Hall and & Oates.
Carol Stiff
Executive Producer
Carol is a Naismith Hall of Fame sports media executive, former ESPN Vice President, media rights negotiator, executive producer, she has dedicated more than four decades to advancing women's sports at every level.I. Following a 31-year career at ESPN, she founded Stiff Sports Media Consulting, LLC, and was n advisor to FAST Studios' Women's Sports Network.
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Leslie Hepahy
Executive Producer
Leslie is an author and associate Professor of History and Kent State University and the editor of Enclopedia of Women’s Baseball She has been the Chair of SABR’s Women in Baseball Commitee since 1995
Grant Slater
Producer
Tess Hadley Durand
Narrator
Tess is the writer and narrator of her Nature’s Zodiac podcast, as well as an Author, and Filmmaker. This marks the first time she has narrated a documentary film . She took to it like an experienced vet in a very tight deadline.