FIELD NOTES

A THOUSAND STORIES It is raining in Bangkok. I can hear the thunder rolling outside my hotel room. My head is swimming with elephants....

We’ve just gotten news that CRASH: a Tale of Two Species has been nominated for a National Emmy! Kudos to cinematographers Michael Male...

For ten years I had dreamed of breathing life into a film about an elephant named Dao. I'd been lucky to be making films back-to- back...

It is such a wonderful time of the year. On Cape Cod the trees have finally leafed out and the world is exploding in green. The air is...

This morning I awoke with the heaviness of loss. A dear friend passed away last night. She was one of the most remarkable individuals...

Hunkering down for winter always brings the opportunity to step back and reflect… Since completing the edit, The Last Pig has been...

Help celebrate the Year of the Pig by raising awareness about the very animal we’re honoring! Director, Allison Argo, collaborated with...

For more than thirty years, I have been beset by recurrent depression. A very dark and ugly episode descended eight weeks ago and sent me...

A year ago a friend sent me a link to an online essay. I was swamped at the time, but the title, Happy Pigs Make Happy Meat?, intrigued...

After giving a talk in Miami, I got to visit some old and very special friends. Toddy is in the chute and Chipper is in the dome. I'm...

It has been a long time since our last update -- but there's a great excuse: I was kidnapped by a flock of parrots...Our latest film is...