FILMMAKING TEAM
Jonny Zwick, Director & Producer
Jonny Zwick is a filmmaker from Santa Barbara, CA. Growing up along the coast, he felt a connection with the ocean at a young age. After graduating from the University of Colorado with a journalism degree in 2011, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in television, working as a producer on shows for the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and A&E. Jonny’s passion for filmmaking derives from an inherent desire to tell fascinating stories that inform and promote awareness through his own personal experience with the world. He takes pride in creating meaningful relationships with people who have important stories to tell and uses his camera as a key to gain access and open doors that would otherwise be closed. In 2013, Jonny was informed that endangered Fin whales and Minke whales were being slaughtered for commercial gain in Iceland. Shocked and baffled by the continued practice, he quit his job, rented out his apartment and moved to Iceland to produce this film. His uncle, Hardy Jones, an award-winning marine life filmmaker, inspired Jonny to make Breach.
Michael Rosen, Executive Producer
Michael Rosen, President of August Road Entertainment, is an award-winning producer, director, and recipient of honors including five Telly Awards, The Fund's Social Justice Award, the CINE Gold Eagle, and multiple film festival awards.
Over the last 20 years, Rosen has worked with the biggest names in the entertainment industry, and recently worked again with Matt Damon and his international nonprofit, Water.org, to create award-winning original digital content that helps raise awareness of the global water and sanitation crisis.
Rosen has produced and/or directed projects for Bravo, IFC, USA Films (Focus Features), truTV, Republic Pictures, TV Land, Apple, and others. He has worked on movies in development and/or production for companies including The Walt Disney Studios, Touchstone Pictures, and Imagine Entertainment.
His feature documentary credits include “When I Rise” (PBS), “Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal,” (limited theatrical release, Documentary Channel), “Running the Sahara,” (limited theatrical release, Showtime) executive produced by Matt Damon.
Rosen is Founding Executive Producer for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation’s Archive of American Television, which is the world’s largest digital resource on the history of television. He produced 2,000 hours of unedited documentary video interviews with over 500 television legends.
Ramin Fathie, Executive Producer
Ramin Fathie, President of Viceroy Films, is an award-winning producer who has been involved in the making of film, television and media since 1994.
Prior to founding Viceroy Films, Fathie worked with Steven Spielberg’s Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. Over a two-year period, he photographed over 500 interviews in the New York area. He subsequently freelanced as a Director of Photography working for such independent filmmakers as Morgan Spurlock, Barbara Kopple, and Andrew Rossi.
Fathie's additional credits include producing the Discovery series "Café Digital," "Visions of Mustang", "Bowling Blind", "My Empire" and "The Sky Below" - each having been selected by or awarded recognition at festivals worldwide.
Jonny Zwick is a filmmaker from Santa Barbara, CA. Growing up along the coast, he felt a connection with the ocean at a young age. After graduating from the University of Colorado with a journalism degree in 2011, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in television, working as a producer on shows for the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and A&E. Jonny’s passion for filmmaking derives from an inherent desire to tell fascinating stories that inform and promote awareness through his own personal experience with the world. He takes pride in creating meaningful relationships with people who have important stories to tell and uses his camera as a key to gain access and open doors that would otherwise be closed. In 2013, Jonny was informed that endangered Fin whales and Minke whales were being slaughtered for commercial gain in Iceland. Shocked and baffled by the continued practice, he quit his job, rented out his apartment and moved to Iceland to produce this film. His uncle, Hardy Jones, an award-winning marine life filmmaker, inspired Jonny to make Breach.
Michael Rosen, Executive Producer
Michael Rosen, President of August Road Entertainment, is an award-winning producer, director, and recipient of honors including five Telly Awards, The Fund's Social Justice Award, the CINE Gold Eagle, and multiple film festival awards.
Over the last 20 years, Rosen has worked with the biggest names in the entertainment industry, and recently worked again with Matt Damon and his international nonprofit, Water.org, to create award-winning original digital content that helps raise awareness of the global water and sanitation crisis.
Rosen has produced and/or directed projects for Bravo, IFC, USA Films (Focus Features), truTV, Republic Pictures, TV Land, Apple, and others. He has worked on movies in development and/or production for companies including The Walt Disney Studios, Touchstone Pictures, and Imagine Entertainment.
His feature documentary credits include “When I Rise” (PBS), “Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal,” (limited theatrical release, Documentary Channel), “Running the Sahara,” (limited theatrical release, Showtime) executive produced by Matt Damon.
Rosen is Founding Executive Producer for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation’s Archive of American Television, which is the world’s largest digital resource on the history of television. He produced 2,000 hours of unedited documentary video interviews with over 500 television legends.
Ramin Fathie, Executive Producer
Ramin Fathie, President of Viceroy Films, is an award-winning producer who has been involved in the making of film, television and media since 1994.
Prior to founding Viceroy Films, Fathie worked with Steven Spielberg’s Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. Over a two-year period, he photographed over 500 interviews in the New York area. He subsequently freelanced as a Director of Photography working for such independent filmmakers as Morgan Spurlock, Barbara Kopple, and Andrew Rossi.
Fathie's additional credits include producing the Discovery series "Café Digital," "Visions of Mustang", "Bowling Blind", "My Empire" and "The Sky Below" - each having been selected by or awarded recognition at festivals worldwide.
a SIDE DOOR PRODUCTIONS production
in association with AUGUST ROAD ENTERTAINMENT KEVIN CARVELL COMPANY
VICEROY FILMS a film by JONNY ZWICK "BREACH" narrated by BILLY BALDWIN
director of photography JONNY ZWICK edited by SUZANNE MEJEAN
executive producers RAMIN FATHIE MICHAEL ROSEN Producer KEVIN CARVELL
produced and directed by JONNY ZWICK
in association with AUGUST ROAD ENTERTAINMENT KEVIN CARVELL COMPANY
VICEROY FILMS a film by JONNY ZWICK "BREACH" narrated by BILLY BALDWIN
director of photography JONNY ZWICK edited by SUZANNE MEJEAN
executive producers RAMIN FATHIE MICHAEL ROSEN Producer KEVIN CARVELL
produced and directed by JONNY ZWICK
