Named to Variety's “10 Documakers to Watch” list in 2015, Brad Barber is a documentary filmmaker that works in multiple forms and genres. His feature directing debut, Peace Officer, which he directed, produced, and shot with Scott Christopherson, won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the 2015 South by Southwest Film Festival, the Human Rights Award at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, and the David Carr Award for Truth in Non-Fiction Filmmaking at the Montclair Film Festival, among other festival honors. Peace Officer was released theatrically with Submarine Deluxe and Gravitas Ventures and will be broadcast on PBS's documentary series Independent Lens starting May 9, 2016. In 2009 Brad was nominated for an Emmy for his work as an editor on the HBO documentary Resolved, for which he also served as an associate producer and cinematographer. He has won multiple regional Emmys for his public television documentary series Beehive Stories, and is a recent recipient of the AFI Docs/NBC Universal Impact Grant for social outreach. He has also served on selection committees for the International Documentary Association Awards and the Slamdance Film Festival. Immediately after completing his undergraduate work in non-fiction film and journalism in 2001, Brad got his start professionally through a stroke of luck when he was asked to shoot a documentary across five continents. After returning to the states he attended USC where he received an MFA in Cinema-Television Production. He then worked in Los Angeles as an editor, cinematographer, and director/producer of documentary film and television with credits on Showtime, ESPN, Discovery Channel, and many others. His shorts and feature film work have been shown at film festivals and art museums around the world. Brad currently works as an independent filmmaker and professor. He is married to artist Susan Krueger-Barber and together they have 2 amazing sons.