The Team

Creative Team

Mark Monroe – Writer/Producer
Cody Sheehy – Director
Randy Gebhardt – Executive Producer
Christopher Gebhardt – Executive Producer
Lauren Brinkman – Editor
Paul Leonard-Morgan – Composer

Mark Monroe

Writer/Producer

is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose theatrical writing credits include: “Fed Up” (Sundance 2014); “The Summit”, (Winner, Best Editing Sundance 2013); “Who is Dayani Cristal?”, (Winner, Best Cinematography, Sundance 2013); “Sound City” (Sundance 2013); “The Cove” (Winner, Best Documentary 2010 Academy Awards & Best Documentary Script, W.G.A. 2010); “The Tillman Story”; “Chasing Ice” (Winner, Best Cinematography Sundance 2012); “Stolen Seas”; “Last Play at Shea”; “Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos”, (W.G.A. nomination “Best Documentary Script”, 2007); “Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who”, and writer/director, “Morning Light”, Disney Pictures. A journalism graduate from the University of Oklahoma, Mark began his career in television as a news writer for CNN in Atlanta. Before writing for film, he produced more than sixty hours of biography-style programming for TV.

Cody Sheehy

Director

Cody Sheehy is an Emmy award winning filmmaker responsible for the creative vision and execution of high impact documentary and social media campaigns at Rhumbline Media. His films are focused on stories about our changing world, told from the perspective of people intimately connected to science and the natural environment.

Randy Gebhardt

Executive Producer

After a 30 year business career, Randy created RandomGood with the vision of improving quality of life and environmental conservation around the world, sparked by his passion as a wildlife photographer. Before launching RandomGood, Randy was an entrepreneur and consumer behavior expert. He co-founded Quantum Health, a Coordinated Health/Care company that uses behavioral science to help patients navigate the healthcare system. Randy spent 18 years as an international business strategy consultant and has co-authored two university textbooks on consumer behavior and marketing.

Christopher Gebhardt

Executive Producer

Christopher is a leader in using storytelling to drive social impact, applying a strategic framework he developed at his impact agency/consultancy Stir and while serving as Participant Media’s EVP for digital, brand, and business development. At Participant, he led the creation of digital communities and created impact agency/consultancy Tag, which had clients Disney, Intel, American Express, MacArthur Foundation, and Gates Foundation. Prior to Participant, he was a pioneer in branded entertainment at Pepsi, Ogilvy-where he was the head of emerging technology and innovation—and as co-founder of Integrated Entertainment Partners. He was also a consultant at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and has an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School. He is an Edmund Hillary Fellow and a fellow of the RSA. He teaches at UCLA’s Anderson School and served as Chair of the Ad Council Issue Advisory Board.

Lauren Brinkman

Editor

Lauren Brinkman is a documentary editor and filmmaker, known for Icarus: The Aftermath (2022), Keep This Between Us (2022) and The Dissident (2020). She is an alumnus of the Florida State University based in Los Angeles. Prior to post production, she worked to develop nonfiction projects for UK/US production company Lightbox.

Paul Leonard-Morgan