Hal Weiner

Hal Weiner, along with his producing partner Marilyn Weiner, produced over 225 documentaries, four public television series ("Journey To Planet Earth," "Women At Work," "Faces Of Man,"and "The World Of Cooking"), and three feature films ("Family Business," "The Imagemaker," and "K2"). He won Emmy Awards for "The Earth Summit Pledge," commissioned by the United Nations to open the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, and "Streets of Sorrow," a documentary about a support group formed to help people cope with the violent death of a family member. Hal Weiner is also the recipient of the National Academy of Television Arts and Science's Silver Circle Award for "outstanding contributions to the television industry." In a contest sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, Mr. Weiner won first prize at the 18th annual Larry Neal Writers' Competition for his screenplay, "The Jerusalem Syndrome." He also won first prize in the Washington DC Screenwriting Competition for his feature film script "Shadows."

Several years ago Mr. Weiner was invited to testify before the House of Representative's Commerce Committee about his experiences documenting the link between national security issues and the availability of safe drinking water.