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Director and founder of Reelaid: Andy Lauer
Mr. Lauer’s film career as a writer/director has taken him to the toughest of conditions (the North Pole) and to the most unique (underwater, inside shark cages). He has made films in regions as diverse as Central America, the South Pacific and Southeast Asia. He founded ReelAid (Reelaid.org) to make the tools of film production more readily available to organizations engaged in helping others, both locally and globally.
His documentary The Tehuacan Project (executive producer Brad Pitt, narration by Academy Award winner Adrien Brody), gave voice to the plight of deaf children in Mexico, and highlighted efforts to make education available to the children and their families.
His current project The Hill that Chris Climbed: Gridiron Heroes Story (executive producer Peter Berg) is the powerful story of high school football player Chris Canales whose life was dramatically altered by a spinal cord injury during a game.
Lauer is also in the final stages of Sahaya - Going Beyond, a documentary about an organization that joins forces with a community in India to battle HIV/AIDS and build a better future. |

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Lauer received critical acclaim for his multi-award winning short film, Little Cuba, and as an Emmy-nominated actor, he has co-starred on the big screen in Gunshy (Liam Neeson and Sandra Bullock), Screamers (Peter Weller), and Never On Tuesday (Peter Berg). He has also appeared in For the Boys (Bette Midler), Oliver Stone's The Doors (Val Kilmer) and Born on the Fourth of July (Tom Cruise). Lauer is best known to America as "Charlie" on the hit NBC comedy series Caroline in the City. He has a supporting role in "Iron Man 3".
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We are extremely humbled, honored and grateful to have the generous support of these amazing artists, who share their talent pro bono:
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Narrator:
Academy Award Winner
& United Nations Goodwill Ambassador
Jeremy Irons
Click here to see Mr. Irons' biography.
The lower photograph shows Mr. Irons together with Reelaid director Andy Lauer, Sahaya president Ramin Yazdani and founder Koen Van Rompay on June 12, 2012, the day the narration was recorded.
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Theme song: May it be
by four-time Grammy Award winner
Enya
Click here to learn more about Enya's music
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In addition, we are also very grateful to the following artists and publishers for providing their songs pro bono for the soundtrack of our movie:
by Deepak Ram
Published by Seher Music Publishing (ASCAP)
From the album "Searching for Satyam" by Deepak Ram
Courtesy of Golden Horn Records
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By Sanjay Divecha - music, KC Loy - lyrics
Courtesy of Blue Frog Records
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By Kiran Ahluwalia
From the album “Beyond boundaries”
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Composed and Produced by Niraj Chag
Vocals by Swati Natekar
Taken from the album 'Along the dusty road'
Courtesy of Buzz-erk Records
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Composed and Produced by Matthew Atticus Berger
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Additional songs:
Song of the Nightingale
From the recording entitled “The Folk music of Kashmir”,
FW04350/FE 4350
Provided courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. ©1962.
Used by permission.
Homeward Journey
By Satish Vyas
© 2002; Courtesy of Times Music, India
Maavan Te Tiyan
By Rajeshwari Sachdev
From the film "The perfect husband"
©2003;
Courtesy of Times Music, India
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Director of Photography |
Josh Gibson |
Editor |
Rory Owen Delaney
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Associate Producers |
Dr. Ramin Yazdani
Durai Selvam
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Executive Producers |
Jon Huertas
Leslie Flores and Gregg Miller
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Produced by |
Andy Lauer/ Reelaid
Koen Van Rompay/ Sahaya International
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First Assistant Editor |
Erik Lauer |
Second Assistant Editor |
Tony Tomasino |
Art Director |
Brian Kim |
Communications Director |
Dr. Senthil Cheetancheri |
Technical Advisor |
Mary Jane Loibl |
Sound supervisor |
Robert C. Bigelow |
Sound editor/mixer |
Michal Huang |
Additional Photography |
Josh Gibson |
Production Assistants |
R. Vijayakumar
I. Antonysamy
Mrs. Susila
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Special thanks to |
The Bonifas family (John, Sandy, Josh, Kristofer and Kristin)
EMI, Nicky Ryan and Andre Carrol
Assistant to Mr. Jeremy Irons: Katy Riddell
Assistant to Mr. Lauer: Omead Afshar
Francine Orr - Special Envoy to Sahaya International
Kevin Boersma - Templeton Rye Spirits
Lydia Feliciano - El Conquistador Resort and Spa
Diego Garcia - Rocaliza Tours
Fred Specktor
and Yoni Liebling at Creative Artists Agency
Felix Rosario Mac911
Melissa, Maya, Parker, Kai and Pikey
Mr. D. Selvam
Miss. D. Suguna
Mr. Velmurugan and family
Tamilarasan
Mrs. Amudha and Family |
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