Summer Damon

Summer’s got a wild resume, honestly. She was the Supervising Producer behind “John Lewis: Good Trouble” for CNN Films, and “The Way I See It” — you know, that doc about Pete Souza, the White House photog who basically saw it all. She’s got this knack for picking projects that really hit, not just float by. Like, go back to 2016, she co-produced “Trapped,” which walked away with both a Peabody and some Sundance love. Before that, “Gideon’s Army” snagged an award at Sundance and aired on HBO — not too shabby. And then there’s “Spies of Mississippi,” which jumped into the whole civil rights mess, airing on PBS as part of Independent Lens. Lately, she’s behind “The Dog Doc,” which dropped at Tribeca in 2019. Not your usual animal doc — it digs into the wild world of holistic vet medicine. She’s not just a behind-the-scenes type either. With Trilogy Films, she took on production management and AD work for “Concussion,” which, yeah, made the Sundance cut. Then she switched gears and hit the road as tour manager for Natalie Merchant, who led 10,000 Maniacs back in the day. Totally different scene, but she handled it. Before all that, she was a tape producer at Good Morning America. And from 2002 to 2004, she ran production at Tim Robbins’ Havoc Films. Basically, Summer’s one of those people who just keeps moving, keeps making stories happen, whether it’s politics, music, or dogs. Just an all-around force in the doc world.