Producers of acclaimed films for television,
theaters, corporations, museums and the Web.

Filmmakers Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan
are creators of award-winning documentaries, dramas,
spots and new media/interactives.

  • Academy Award nomination
  • Sundance Grand Jury Prize & Audience Award
  • Emmy Awards
  • George Foster Peabody Award
  • The Prix Italia



RAISING RENEE
Now on HBO Go and HBO On Demand
HBO rebroadcasts TBA.

Raising Renee in the New York Times
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Recently screened:
Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC
Minneapolis Film Festival



TROUBLESOME CREEK
Screened at the
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

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THE FILMMAKER'S HANDBOOK
New edition just completed! Udated for DSLRs and the new tools and techniques we're all using.

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POSTCARDS FROM BUSTER
West City Films partnered with WGBH to produce
three international specials of the innovative children's
series. Click for more.

BUSTER NOMINATED FOR EMMY
second consecutive year.

Outstanding Children's Series
Jeanne Jordan, Series Producer






 

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Artist Beverly McIver and her promise to take her 45 year old mentally disabled sister when their mother dies.

"Fascinating... Takes you into territories that you might not have visited before. Deeply moving." - About.com

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so much so fast - DVD

The remarkable events set in motion when Stephen Heywood discovers he has the nerve disease ALS.

“Gripping, intimate, complex and dramatic!” - Sundance Insider

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A bestselling text, used around the world.

"The bible - updated."
- The Independent

Updated 4th edition to be
published in 2012.

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The Filmmaker's Handbook
 
   



The Jordan family's struggle to save their Iowa farm.

"Superb!" - Rolling Stone

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"Dedicated filmmakers with an uncanny eye for capturing drama in the most commonplace activities."

-- John Cooper, Director, Sundance Film Festival
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