Ilana trachtman biography of michael
Award-winning, veteran documentary producer/ director for networks, non-profits, & independent film..
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Ilana Trachtman is an award-winning documentary and children's television producer.
Ilana Trachtman is an Emmy award-winning documentary director/producer.
She has produced and directed programs in both English and Spanish for PBS, SHOWTIME, LIFETIME, HBO FAMILY, ABC-TV, TRIO, A&E, THIRTEEN/ WNET, THE BIOGRAPHY CHANNEL, DISCOVERY, and SESAME WORKSHOP. Ilana's favorite recent project was the film Our Heroes, Ourselves, a documentary special she produced and directed for Lifetime Network profiling four grassroots women heroes with the goal of empowering viewers to become heroes in their own lives.
The program won a Cine Golden Eagle, a Telly Award, and the Woody Harrelson Environmental Award. Ilana is especially interested in character-driven cinema verite. She recently directed two episodes of Texas Ranch House, the PBS reality/documentary series set in 1867.
Other favorite projects include the film Our Heroes, Ourselves (Lifetime,) a documentary special hosted by Marlo Thomas, which profiles four grassroots women heroes wi