DIRECTOR
Victoria Mills is a full-time practicing psychoanalyst with more than twenty-five years of experience. The award-winning documentary, MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS: MIRRORS THAT BIND was her first film. Victoria leads workshops with universities, national womenís organizations, and grass-roots community groups for the film, and continues to be involved in outreach to these communities. She is on the faculty of many professional psychoanalytic organizations, and supervises graduate students at several universities. In her many years as an analyst, Victoria has worked extensively with people of different cultures who have experienced trauma, including those who suffered from the disaster of 9/11.

PRODUCER
Hayley Downs is a documentary filmmaker, producer and non-profit consultant. She has worked with documentary companies including Big Mouth Productions, Parnassus Works, Bloomin' Pictures and Albert Maysles Films. ÝA native of Central Florida, her video installations and short experimental documentary filmsí MOVE, COLESLAW WRESTLING and BOAR HOG, exploring multi-generational Florida folk culture, have shown at underground film festivals including New York, Chicago and San Francisco, and museum, galleries and art fairs including the Museum of Contemporary Art Miami and Art Basel. She also edited Descargo Gusano, a music video for the Latin Grammy nominated group, The Spam Allstars. As a fundraising and communications strategist, Hayley designed and steered successful campaigns for charitable organizations including Miami Light Project, Picture Projects, HeartShare Human Services, DebRA of America, Toy Industry Foundation and Cardozo School of Law among others. Hayley is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Motion Picture Productions and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

PRODUCER
Kathy Leichter is a documentary producer and director, fundraising consultant, media activist, teacher and the co-founder of Mint Leaf Productions. ÝIn addition to producing HIDDEN BATTLES, Kathy is currently directing MOTHER LAND, a personal documentary about healing from traumatic separation between mother and child. She recently produced and directed PASSING ON, which features Elsa, her ninety-two year old, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother. ÝKathy is the award-winning co-producer/co-director of A DAY'S WORK, A DAY'S PAY and now serves as Project Director of The Workfare Media Initiative, training welfare recipients to show the film and lead discussions with diverse communities. Kathy recently co-produced the award-winning documentaries SPIT IT OUT, and MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS: MIRRORS THAT BIND. She is the mother of two sons, Otto and Theo.

EDITOR
David Mehlman edited and sound designed The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation, an animated documentary that won this yearís Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. This film was produced in association with Shadowbox Films, and will air on Cinemax. His documentaries have shown on PBS, ABC, MTV, LOGO, at film festivals both internationally and throughout the United States. Recent projects include Iím a Gun Owner, which he directed, produced and edited for MTVís acclaimed True Life series; and he edited Gender Rebel, an hour-long documentary about gender queers for LOGO. David received a master's degree in Documentary Film and Video Production from Stanford University. He founded Shadowbox Films, Inc. in 1998, and lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son.

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Jerusalem-born Danae Elon graduated from NYU in 1995, recipient of the Kodak National Cinematography and Tisch Achievement in Cinematography Awards. Her first documentary NEVER AGAIN FOREVER participated in over 20 international festivals, broadcast on Austrian TV and won awards at the San Francisco and Chicago festivals. Her second film, WILD MINT, screened internationally, and CUT was broadcast on Israeli TV, winning a cinematography award at the Jerusalem FF. Danaeís latest film, ANOTHER ROAD HOME, was released theatrically in the United States in April 2005 and screened at many international festivals. She is currently developing a documentary about Guatemala's civil war.