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Final Cut

January 19, 2016

Final Cut/New York donates film production services for BYkids films.

Nias Foundation

January 19, 2016

The Nias Foundation is a founding partner and provides ongoing support to BYkids film production and programming.

U.N. Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict

January 19, 2016

The U.N. Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict commits its network and resources to extend BYkids outreach programming.

U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operation

January 19, 2016

The U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operations advises the BYkids Story Selection Committee and BYkids programming for outreach and education.

Discovery Education

January 19, 2016

Discovery Education distributes BYkids films to over half the schools in America and reaches more than one million teachers.

Unicef

January 19, 2016

UNICEF is a founding member of the BYkids Selection Committee and provides on-site logistical support for our Film Mentors and Youth Filmmakers.

Ford Foundation

January 19, 2016

The Ford Foundation, our founding partner, provided the financial and advisory support for the launch of BYkids.

Natalie Seaver

Nathalie Seaver

January 18, 2016

Nathalie Seaver has a long history in film, beginning as a photo researcher for Terrence Malick and moving on to film production in France, assisting Francois Truffaut.

Seaver has held creative development and production executive positions for scripted film and television at Universal Pictures, MGM, Warner Brothers and Showtime. Her current role is as Executive Vice President at Foothill Productions. Their films have premiered at Sundance, Telluride, TIFF, Tribeca, Hot Docs, and the Venice Biennale and include several documentaries in Oscar contention.

Recent titles include Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid and Art Spiegelman, Disaster is My Muse.

Lucy Price

January 18, 2016

Lucy has worked for 15 years as an interior designer. She serves on the Board of the Virginia Parker Foundation, which aims to support cultural institutions in Canada; Ithaka, a non-profit study-abroad program which seeks to educate teenagers in the classics; and the Auberge Saint-Antoine, her family’s hotel business in Quebec City, Canada.

Jonice Padilha

January 17, 2016

Jonice owns and runs one of New York’s most celebrated salons, catering to celebrities including Roberta Flack, Sarah Jessica Parker, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vanessa Williams and Christy Turlington. She is active raising money for children around the world and for cancer research and hosts a charity event each year at the salon.