NEW YORK

145 6th Avenue

New York, NY 10013

+1.212.463.9503

CALIFORNIA

P.O. Box 70

Ojai, CA 93024

info@mangustaproductions.com

GIANCARLO CANAVESIO (founder/President) - Giancarlo is an Italian entrepreneur. He is the president and founder of Mangusta Risk, an independent firm based in London and Rome that specializes in financial risk management, he is one of the main shareholders of Windows on Europe, a short term renting real estate company based in Milan and a board member of the Rainforest Foundation based in New York. He lives between New York City, Hudson Valley, Los Angeles and Alto Paraiso in Brasil.  Giancarlo's devotion and passion for truly independent films and paradigm-changing documentaries inspired him to establish Mangusta Productions, a company dedicated to the production of superior quality independent films through partnerships with talented filmmakers around the world.

SOL TRYON (Producer) - Sol was raised on the southern coast of Maine and is currently based in Los Angeles.  The first film he produced, BOMB THE SYSTEM, earned him a Spirit Award nomination for Best First Feature and with his directorial debut, THE LIVING WAKE, he was named most innovative and progressive filmmaker at the Cinevegas Film Festival.  Sol has produced several other award-winning films including WEAPONS, EXPLICIT ILLS, FIX, 2012 TIME FOR CHANGE, BEING IN THE WORLD, STARLET and HERE COMES THE NIGHT.

SHANNON COHN (Producer) - Shannon was born and raised in rural Mississippi.  The roots and realities of such an upbringing keep her compelled to tell authentic stories that inspire and challenge an audience to look beyond differences to the common threads that make us all human.  Shannon produced the feature documentaries Being in the World and 2012 Time for Change.  She produced the short narrative films Sulphur Mountain with Mark Webber, The Memento Mori Project with Paz de la Huerta and The Potential Wives of Norman Mao with George Takei.  She produced and appears on camera in the documentary series, Sea Nation, which currently airs in over 60 countries on Discovery Channel International and National Geographic.  Shannon went to film school at NYU and has a law degree from Vanderbilt University.