Kief\u2019s most recent projects include:<\/p>\n
EP and director on the 4 part series – MELTDOWN, which tackles the near catastrophe at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant and the whistleblower who risked everything to save the community. Insiders recount the events, controversies and lingering effects of the worst nuclear incident in U.S. history.<\/p>\n
Producer and director on the feature documentary, THE ROYAL STUNT – an investigative art crime comedy. In Post Production for MRC Entertainment.<\/p>\n
Prior projects include:<\/p>\n
Kief served as co-creator\/executive producer and director of a 4-part series for FX Network, THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL OF ALL. The series tells the story of NY Times bestselling Author, Gary Stewart who discovers his biological father might be one of the world\u2019s most infamous serial killers. An FX Original.<\/p>\n
Kief also serves as creator\/executive producer on a 6 episode series, HEROES FOR THE PLANET. The series follows social entrepreneurs who have come up with ingenious ways to fight climate change and solve future global problems.<\/p>\n
His recent film, WHO SHOT THE SHERIFF? is a groundbreaking documentary that investigates and solves who was behind Bob Marley\u2019s assassination attempt in 1976. The film is a Netflix Original production.<\/p>\n
THE IVORY GAME follows undercover intelligence operatives in Africa, Asia and Europe who oppose Ivory cartels as well as the rangers and activists who fight for the species\u2019 survival at the ground level. The film was Executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and premiered at Telluride and Toronto film festivals. It launched globally as a Netflix Original and was shortlisted for an Academy Award\u00ae<\/sup><\/p>\n Kief also directed OPEN HEART, which was nominated for Best Documentary Short Subject of the 85th Academy Awards\u00ae<\/sup>. The HBO film took him and a small crew to the heart of Rwanda and Sudan where he followed eight children on a perilous journey to get high-risk surgery at Africa\u2019s only high-tech, free-of-charge heart surgery hospital.<\/p>\n He also directed and produced the companion film to Open Heart, called BENDING THE ARC. The feature documentary follows Dr. Paul Farmer and an extraordinary team of doctors and activists whose work thirty years ago to save lives in a rural Haitian village grew into a global battle in the halls of power for the right to health for all. The film, produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.<\/p>\n Kief has directed several other prominent documentaries, including:<\/p>\n A LEGO BRICKUMENTARY: Released by Radius and narrated by Jason Bateman, the film delves into the extraordinary impact of LEGO and the innovative uses for it that has sprung up around the world.<\/p>\n KASSIM THE DREAM: The story of a former child soldier who became the junior middle-weight boxing champion of the world, The film premiered at the Tribeca film festival and won over a dozen international film festivals, including AFI, IDFA and Silver Docs. The film was a co-production with ARTE Germany\/France and theatrically released by IFC Films.<\/p>\n His first feature, THE DEVIL\u2019S MINER, made its world premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival and won more than 15 awards at international film festivals including Tribeca, Hot Docs, Chicago and Woodstock. The film was nominated for Best Documentary by The Director\u2019s Guild of America and Won the coveted Fipresci Prize at Hot Docs, Toronto.<\/p>\n In advertising, Kief is represented by acclaimed production company Moxie Pictures where he has directed commercials for global brands such as GE, Toyota, Absolut, American Express and Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kief\u2019s most recent projects include: EP and director on the 4 part series – MELTDOWN, which tackles the near catastrophe at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant and the whistleblower who risked everything to save the community. Insiders recount the events, controversies and lingering effects of the worst nuclear incident in U.S. history. Producer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130,"parent":0,"menu_order":30,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-about.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\n