Sam Green (Director) is a New York-based documentary filmmaker. THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD marks his seventh feature documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. His most recent film, 32 SOUNDS (Oscar Shortlist), played opening night of both the 2022 Sundance and SXSW festivals. Along with 32 SOUNDS (with JD Samson), Sam’s other recent “live documentaries” include A THOUSAND THOUGHTS (with the Kronos Quartet, 2018), THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS (2014), THE LOVE SONG OF R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER (with Yo La Tengo, 2012), and UTOPIA IN FOUR MOVEMENTS (2010). With all of these works, he narrates the film in-person while musicians perform a live soundtrack. Sam’s 2004 feature-length film, THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, was nominated for an Academy Award and was included in the Whitney Biennial. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Alison Byrne Fields (Producer) THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD is Alison Byrne Fields’ first film as producer. She has served as an Impact Producer on Kimberly Reed’s DARK MONEY (Sundance 2018), David France’s Peabody Award-winning WELCOME TO CHECHNYA (Sundance 2020), Robert Greene’s PROCESSION (Telluride, 2021), Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes’ Emmy Award-winning THE JANES (Sundance 2022) and Agniia Galdanova’s Peabody Award-winning QUEENDOM (SXSW 2024). As a consultant to the Doc Society, Alison works to shape and raise the profile of the field of impact filmmaking, recently leading the relaunch of the organization’s Impact Field Guide. Alison is the founder of Aggregate, a creative strategy group that works with foundations, nonprofit organizations, authors, and filmmakers. On August 7, 2009, Alison’s name was a Google Trend.

Josh Penn (Producer) is a producer with Serenade and the Department of Motion Pictures. He has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and Outstanding Producer at the Producers
Guild Awards and has won a Peabody Award and the Sundance Producers Award. Since 2012, he has premiered a dozen films at Sundance, earning six awards from the festival: BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (Sundance Grand Jury Prize, Cannes Caméra d’Or  and four Oscar nominations), 32 SOUNDS, MONSTERS AND MEN (Sundance Special Jury Prize), the series PHILLY D.A. (Gotham and Peabody Award winner), A THOUSAND THOUGHTS, WENDY, USERS (Sundance Best Director Award), FAREWELL AMOR and THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT (Telluride, Netflix). He served as executive producer on PATTI CAKE$, WESTERN (Sundance Special Jury Prize) and BLOODY NOSE EMPTY POCKETS and a co-producer on THE GREAT INVISIBLE (SXSW Grand Jury Prize). Josh has served on boards including the Documentary Producers Alliance, Brown Girls Doc Mafia Capacity Council, Rooftop Films, New Orleans Film Society, and Diversify.film. In 2017, the state of Louisiana officially recognized Josh as a Louisiana Ambassador for his contributions to the motion picture industry. In 2018, he became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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