American Documentary Announces Interactive Producer and Newly Promoted VP of External Affairs
More about Tuyliyev, Navarro and Howard below:
Erika Howard also promoted to senior director of audience engagement
New York, N.Y. — Oct. 17, 2018 — American Documentary (AmDoc), the parent organization of the PBS documentary series POV, recently announced the hiring of Akmyrat Tuyliyev as interactive producer as well as the promotion of Theresa Navarro to vice president of external affairs and Erika Howard to senior director of station marketing and audience engagement. Tuyliyev will work on several projects already under development with AmDoc's interactive team. Working closely with the executive director, Navarro will oversee development, communications & government affairs. In her new position, Howard will continue overseeing station relations across the country.
American Documentary is a multimedia arts organization that produces POV, the PBS showcase of nonfiction films and American television's longest-running documentary series. Since 1988, POV has been home to the world’s brightest contemporary filmmakers. AmDoc also produces America ReFramed, a year-round documentary series that highlights diverse stories from around the country.
"I am beyond thrilled to join the American Documentary interactive team," said Tuyliyev. "To challenge the boundaries of filmmaking and make interactive content more accessible to the public is very exciting."
Navarro added, "I’m honored to step into this new role and contribute to American Documentary’s legacy of championing access, representation and inclusion. As the daughter of Filipino immigrants who settled in the San Francisco Bay Area, I was raised within a tradition of storytelling as a praxis of community empowerment—I’m excited to bring my experience and energy to the AmDoc leadership team.”
Erika Howard was also promoted to senior director of station marketing and audience engagement. She added, "PBS stations know their communities best, and I’ve been impressed by their commitment to serve them with high quality content and meaningful engagement, whether in person or online. I’m excited to explore more innovative approaches to outreach that will seek to expand audiences and create local impact."
These staffing changes follow an exciting year of growth and recognition for AmDoc. Over the past year, four new members have joined the AmDoc board of directors, three of whom are women. Today, six women and five men serve on the board. AmDoc's broadcast series also received multiple high-profile awards this year including: two Peabody Awards for POV; one Peabody award for America ReFramed, the series' first; Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for America ReFramed, the series' first; and one News & Documentary Emmy Award for POV, as well as three nominations for America ReFramed, the most in the series' history.
An announcement about the organization’s open position for the vice president of impact and engagement strategy will also follow in the coming weeks.
Akmyrat Tuyliyev is an award-winning producer, with experiences in interactive media, film/TV and advertisement. His work is at the intersection of storytelling, technology and culture, spanning across various platforms. Most recently Tuyliyev produced an augmented reality experience about 1968 for A+E Networks/The History Channel and an interactive projection memorial for the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 in New York. His work has also been showcased at the Museum of Other Realities, Frank Gehry’s IAC Building Video Wall, The High Line and Made in NY Media Center by IFP.
Tuyliyev has produced content for Turner Broadcasting System, The Coca-Cola Company, Nescafe, United Nations and Atlanta’s W. Breman Holocaust Museum and others.
Tuyliyev was born and raised in Turkmenistan. He studied film and television producing at the Savannah College of Art and Design and earned his Masters from NYU Tisch School of the Arts in the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP).
Theresa Navarro is the vice president of external affairs at American Documentary, where she will oversee development, communications and government affairs. Navarro first joined AmDoc as the associate producer for the critically-acclaimed series America ReFramed before transitioning to program and development in 2016. During her tenure, she has led the organization’s fundraising activities and launched new field-building initiatives including the Knight-AmDoc Patron Fund and Artist Emergency Fund.
Navarro has worked with award-winning media arts organizations around the country over the past decade including Arts Engine, Educational Video Center and the Center for Asian American Media, where she launched cause-marketing collaborations with Comcast, MTV, Southwest, Toyota and Verizon. An Independent Spirit-award nominated producer, her credits include fiction and nonfiction films that have premiered at Sundance, SXSW and DOCNYC. She studied at the University of California at Riverside and completed her graduate work in American Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
Erika Howard is the senior director of station marketing and audience engagement at American Documentary, where she oversees station partnerships and launched the Our America: Documentary in Dialogue and POV Presents engagement initiatives. Prior to POV, Howard was the marketing manager for the documentary distributor Women Make Movies where she led promotional and publicity efforts within the educational market. She has worked as a film festival and film series organizer, produced screening events and led strategic partnerships while acquiring corporate sponsors. Earlier in her career she served on the production staff for the Documentary Group and the public affairs television series Moyers and Company. She has presented on panels at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, INPUT, the Public Media Marketing and Development Conference and recently served on the jury for “Local That Works,” a radio and tv community engagement competition.
About American Documentary
American Documentary, Inc. (AmDoc) is a multimedia company dedicated to creating, identifying and presenting contemporary stories that express opinions and perspectives rarely featured in mainstream media outlets. AmDoc is a catalyst for public culture, developing collaborative strategic engagement activities around socially relevant content on television, online and in community settings. These activities are designed to trigger action, from dialogue and feedback to educational opportunities and community participation.
POV
Produced by American Documentary, POV is public television’s premier showcase for nonfiction films. Since 1988, POV has been the home for the world’s boldest contemporary filmmakers, celebrating intriguing personal stories that spark conversation and inspire action. Always an innovator, POV discovers fresh new voices and creates interactive experiences that shine a light on social issues and elevate the art of storytelling. With our documentary broadcasts, original online programming and dynamic community engagement campaigns, we are committed to supporting films that capture the imagination and present diverse perspectives. POV films have won 38 Emmy® Awards, 21 George Foster Peabody Awards, 12 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards, three Academy Awards®, the first-ever George Polk Documentary Film Award and the Prix Italia. The POV series has been honored with a Special News & Documentary Emmy Award for Excellence in Television Documentary Filmmaking, three IDA Awards for Best Curated Series and the National Association of Latino Independent Producers Award for Corporate Commitment to Diversity. Learn more at www.pbs.org/pov/.
POV Engage
POV’s community engagement and education team works with educators, community organizations and PBS stations to present more than 800 free screenings every year. In addition, we distribute free discussion guides and standards-aligned lesson plans for each of our films. With our community partners, we inspire dialogue around the most important social issues of our time.
Interactive
Since 1994, AmDoc has driven new storytelling initiatives and interactive production for POV. The department has continually experimented with web-based documentaries, producing PBS’ first program website and the first Snapchat-native documentary. It has won major awards for its work, including a Webby Award and over 19 nominations. Now with a singular focus on incubating and distributing interactive productions, AmDoc's interactive team continues to explore the future of independent nonfiction media through its co-productions, acquisitions and the POV Labs, where media makers and technologists collaborate to reinvent storytelling forms.
About American Documentary
Erika Howard also promoted to senior director of audience engagement
New York, N.Y. — Oct. 17, 2018 — American Documentary (AmDoc), the parent organization of the PBS documentary series POV, recently announced the hiring of Akmyrat Tuyliyev as interactive producer as well as the promotion of Theresa Navarro to vice president of external affairs and Erika Howard to senior director of station marketing and audience engagement. Tuyliyev will work on several projects already under development with AmDoc's interactive team. Working closely with the executive director, Navarro will oversee development, communications & government affairs. In her new position, Howard will continue overseeing station relations across the country.
American Documentary is a multimedia arts organization that produces POV, the PBS showcase of nonfiction films and American television's longest-running documentary series. Since 1988, POV has been home to the world’s brightest contemporary filmmakers. AmDoc also produces America ReFramed, a year-round documentary series that highlights diverse stories from around the country.
"I am beyond thrilled to join the American Documentary interactive team," said Tuyliyev. "To challenge the boundaries of filmmaking and make interactive content more accessible to the public is very exciting."
Navarro added, "I’m honored to step into this new role and contribute to American Documentary’s legacy of championing access, representation and inclusion. As the daughter of Filipino immigrants who settled in the San Francisco Bay Area, I was raised within a tradition of storytelling as a praxis of community empowerment—I’m excited to bring my experience and energy to the AmDoc leadership team.”
Erika Howard was also promoted to senior director of station marketing and audience engagement. She added, "PBS stations know their communities best, and I’ve been impressed by their commitment to serve them with high quality content and meaningful engagement, whether in person or online. I’m excited to explore more innovative approaches to outreach that will seek to expand audiences and create local impact."
These staffing changes follow an exciting year of growth and recognition for AmDoc. Over the past year, four new members have joined the AmDoc board of directors, three of whom are women. Today, six women and five men serve on the board. AmDoc's broadcast series also received multiple high-profile awards this year including: two Peabody Awards for POV; one Peabody award for America ReFramed, the series' first; Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for America ReFramed, the series' first; and one News & Documentary Emmy Award for POV, as well as three nominations for America ReFramed, the most in the series' history.
An announcement about the organization’s open position for the vice president of impact and engagement strategy will also follow in the coming weeks.
More about Tuyliyev, Navarro and Howard below:
Akmyrat Tuyliyev is an award-winning producer, with experiences in interactive media, film/TV and advertisement. His work is at the intersection of storytelling, technology and culture, spanning across various platforms. Most recently Tuyliyev produced an augmented reality experience about 1968 for A+E Networks/The History Channel and an interactive projection memorial for the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 in New York. His work has also been showcased at the Museum of Other Realities, Frank Gehry’s IAC Building Video Wall, The High Line and Made in NY Media Center by IFP.
Tuyliyev has produced content for Turner Broadcasting System, The Coca-Cola Company, Nescafe, United Nations and Atlanta’s W. Breman Holocaust Museum and others.
Tuyliyev was born and raised in Turkmenistan. He studied film and television producing at the Savannah College of Art and Design and earned his Masters from NYU Tisch School of the Arts in the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP).
Theresa Navarro is the vice president of external affairs at American Documentary, where she will oversee development, communications and government affairs. Navarro first joined AmDoc as the associate producer for the critically-acclaimed series America ReFramed before transitioning to program and development in 2016. During her tenure, she has led the organization’s fundraising activities and launched new field-building initiatives including the Knight-AmDoc Patron Fund and Artist Emergency Fund.
Navarro has worked with award-winning media arts organizations around the country over the past decade including Arts Engine, Educational Video Center and the Center for Asian American Media, where she launched cause-marketing collaborations with Comcast, MTV, Southwest, Toyota and Verizon. An Independent Spirit-award nominated producer, her credits include fiction and nonfiction films that have premiered at Sundance, SXSW and DOCNYC. She studied at the University of California at Riverside and completed her graduate work in American Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
Erika Howard is the senior director of station marketing and audience engagement at American Documentary, where she oversees station partnerships and launched the Our America: Documentary in Dialogue and POV Presents engagement initiatives. Prior to POV, Howard was the marketing manager for the documentary distributor Women Make Movies where she led promotional and publicity efforts within the educational market. She has worked as a film festival and film series organizer, produced screening events and led strategic partnerships while acquiring corporate sponsors. Earlier in her career she served on the production staff for the Documentary Group and the public affairs television series Moyers and Company. She has presented on panels at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, INPUT, the Public Media Marketing and Development Conference and recently served on the jury for “Local That Works,” a radio and tv community engagement competition.
American Documentary, Inc. (AmDoc) is a multimedia company dedicated to creating, identifying and presenting contemporary stories that express opinions and perspectives rarely featured in mainstream media outlets. AmDoc is a catalyst for public culture, developing collaborative strategic engagement activities around socially relevant content on television, online and in community settings. These activities are designed to trigger action, from dialogue and feedback to educational opportunities and community participation.
POV
Produced by American Documentary, POV is public television’s premier showcase for nonfiction films. Since 1988, POV has been the home for the world’s boldest contemporary filmmakers, celebrating intriguing personal stories that spark conversation and inspire action. Always an innovator, POV discovers fresh new voices and creates interactive experiences that shine a light on social issues and elevate the art of storytelling. With our documentary broadcasts, original online programming and dynamic community engagement campaigns, we are committed to supporting films that capture the imagination and present diverse perspectives. POV films have won 38 Emmy® Awards, 21 George Foster Peabody Awards, 12 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards, three Academy Awards®, the first-ever George Polk Documentary Film Award and the Prix Italia. The POV series has been honored with a Special News & Documentary Emmy Award for Excellence in Television Documentary Filmmaking, three IDA Awards for Best Curated Series and the National Association of Latino Independent Producers Award for Corporate Commitment to Diversity. Learn more at www.pbs.org/pov/.
POV Engage
POV’s community engagement and education team works with educators, community organizations and PBS stations to present more than 800 free screenings every year. In addition, we distribute free discussion guides and standards-aligned lesson plans for each of our films. With our community partners, we inspire dialogue around the most important social issues of our time.
Interactive
Since 1994, AmDoc has driven new storytelling initiatives and interactive production for POV. The department has continually experimented with web-based documentaries, producing PBS’ first program website and the first Snapchat-native documentary. It has won major awards for its work, including a Webby Award and over 19 nominations. Now with a singular focus on incubating and distributing interactive productions, AmDoc's interactive team continues to explore the future of independent nonfiction media through its co-productions, acquisitions and the POV Labs, where media makers and technologists collaborate to reinvent storytelling forms.