Elliot Kirschner - Director

Elliot Kirschner is a New York Times best-selling author and an Emmy Award-winning news and documentary producer. He is the executive producer of the non-profit Science Communication Lab, which produces and distributes science films for public and educational audiences. His previous feature films include Human Nature and The Most Unknown. Elliot began his career at CBS News, reporting and producing for 60 Minutes, Sunday Morning, and The Evening News. His longtime collaboration with Dan Rather led to writing the best-selling book What Unites Us and founding the Steady newsletter on Substack. Elliot now authors the Through the Fog newsletter. The Last Class marks his directorial debut.

Heather Kinlaw Lofthouse - Producer, Executive Producer

Heather Kinlaw Lofthouse is the Executive Director of Inequality Media and Inequality Media Civic Action and the founder of CoffeeKlatch Productions. She is also the co-host of “The Coffee Klatch,” a conversational podcast about the news of the week, with her longtime collaborator Robert Reich. She has held leadership roles at universities and non-profit organizations in the fields of media, education, and global health.

Josh Melrod - Editor, Producer

Josh Melrod is an editor and filmmaker whose projects have screened and won awards at major festivals, including Cannes, Sundance, SXSW, and Hot Docs, among many others. His narrative feature film debut, Major Arcana, was released theatrically by Kino Lorber and acquired by Showtime. As an editor his credits include Skunk, Cannes, Cinefondation Winner; The Cult of JT LeRoy; American Experience's Citizen Hearst; HBO's six-part true crime series Mind Over Murder, to name a few.