[1] Carl Deal directed and produced, together with Tia Lessin, the Oscar-nominated documentary Trouble the Water, their feature debut.

[2] The film, which chronicles one remarkable couple’s survival of Hurricane Katrina and their journey in its aftermath, was also honored with the 2008 Sundance Grand Jury Prize, and named Best Documentary Feature at the Full Frame Festival and the IFP/Gotham Independent Film Awards.

[citation needed] He previously produced Moore's Where To Invade Next, and co-produced Capitalism: A Love Story.

[3] Previously, as a broadcast news producer and journalist, Deal reported throughout the US, Latin America and in Iraq.

Deal and his partner and collaborator, Tia Lessin, live and work in Brooklyn, New York.