Michael Kleiman

He co-directed The Last Survivor, which was a MIPCOM pick for 2010 and Web, which premiered at the DOC NYC Film Festival where it won the Sundance Now Audience Award.

[3] Kleiman’s film career initially began with stints at the documentary department at HBO, working with filmmakers Andrew Bujalski and Albert Maysles as an editor and crew member.

[6] Shortly after graduation from the University of Pennsylvania, he teamed up with classmate Michael Pertnoy to found Righteous Pictures, dedicated to creating films with a progressive social agenda.

[6] The idea for “Web” came after reading Robert Wright’s book Nonzero, a speech by Bill Clinton on interdependence and learning about the One Laptop per Child program.

[1][8][9] Kleiman spent ten months living in Peru, dividing his time in the towns of Antuyo in the mountains and Palestina in the Amazon rainforest .