Robert Caputo is a freelance photographer, writer, and producer whose introduction to the film world was as a cameraman in Tanzania for the TV series "Jane Goodall" and the "World of Animal Behavior". He lived in Kenya from 1976 to 1979 working as a wildlife photographer and photographic stringer for "Time", "Life", and other magazines.
Since 1980, Bob has been a regular contributor to "National Geographic Magazine", crafting text and photos for numerous stories in the US, Africa, Asia, and South America.
He has won awards from the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Pictures of the Year and from Communications Arts. He also received the Lowell Thomas Award from the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation.
Bob appeared in and wrote the narration for the National Geographic Explorer film Zaire River Journey. He has published two children's photographic books about wildlife and two photographic essay books, "Journey up the Nile" and "Kenya Journal".
Bob wrote the story for and was associate producer of the TNT Original film "Glory & Honor". He co-authored The National Geographic Photographers' Field Guide in 1999 and has since authored three other books in the Field Guide series: "Landscapes", "People and Portraits", and "Travel".
In 2002 and 2003, Bob and fellow photographer Cary Wolinsky wrote and hosted "Get the Picture", a regular five-minute feature of humor and photo tips on the National Geographic Channel's evening news program. He has taught at workshops in Europe and America and given talks at many venues including National Geographic's Masters of Photography series.
In 1985, Bob co-founded Aurora & Quanta Productions, a photo stock agency and new-media production house based in Portland, Maine. He currently lives with his wife and children on a farm in Pennsylvania.
Director/Co-Producer Franco Sacchi is a freelance director, editor, and producer. Franco co-directed, produced, and edited American Eunuchs, a feature length documentary that aired in 2004 on the Sundance Channel and on Channel 5 in the UK. It was also shown at several national and international film festivals, including the prestigious International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA).
Franco collaborates on an ongoing basis with two news magazines of RAI International (the international branch of Italian Public Television) as a broadcast journalist/producer.
Franco also worked for over six years in the Department of Educational Services at Avid Technology. Clients included ABC, 20/20, ESPN, NBC Dateline, Telemundo, RAI (Italian National Public Television), and many others.
He graduated with a degree in Political Science from the University of Bologna and earned an MA in Visual Arts from Emerson College.
