Team

The secret to creating a story for any project doesn’t start with marketing pitches or promises of ROI, it starts with the team. What makes Public Herald Studios different from any competition on the web is our unique award-winning storytellers. These folks throughout the years have worked on small hyperlocal projects, or ones with (A) Class Actors for international markets. No matter the scale, we can proudly say, the PHS team is capable of anything.

Team Leaders

Joshua Boaz Pribanic

Project Director

Joshua Boaz Pribanic (born 20 March 1982) is an American film director, producer, editor, investigative reporter, founder of the investigative news non-profit Public Herald, SEO & Google Ads expert, web designer, graphic designer, author, artist and published photographer. He’s best known for ki’s award-winning documentary films: Triple Divide (c. 2013), Triple Divide [Redacted] (c. 2017), and INVISIBLE HAND (c. 2020). Pribanic’s latest documentary showcases the worldwide “Rights of Nature” movement and is ki’s third film collaboration with emmy-award winning actor Mark Ruffalo — and third documentary with co-director Melissa Troutman. For more about Joshua, read the full bio at Public Herald.

Andrew Geller

Project Director

Andrew Geller (born 11 February 1984) is an American filmmaker, editor, multimedia artist and musician living in Philadelphia, PA on occupied Lenni Lenape territory. He’s best known for working on the award-winning documentary films: Hard Coal: Last of the Bootleg Miners (c. 2009), Triple Divide [Redacted] (c. 2017), and INVISIBLE HAND (c. 2020). Other filmmaking highlights include Uzaklardan [From A Distance] (c. 2014), filmed in Istanbul, Turkey and Scrapple TV (c. 2006-2016), a virtual pirate TV channel providing a platform for local news, arts, music and culture. Currently, he works with Public Herald Studios as a filmmaker, editor, researcher and multimedia wizard. Through visual storytelling and documentary focused projects, Andrew supports community, social and environmental justice organizations. When he’s not intersecting arts and activism, Andrew plays rhythm guitar, percussion and creates multimedia for his star trekkified, rock and roll, cabaret band, The Roddenberries. He also enjoys gardening, cooking and exploring the outdoors.

Melissa A. Troutman

Director / Producer / Consultant

Melissa Troutman is a journalist, writer, editor and vocal artist. She began investigating shale gas extraction in 2010 as a newspaper reporter in her hometown of Coudersport, Pennsylvania before co-founding the investigative news nonprofit Public Herald, where she served as Executive Director from 2011-2018. Melissa co-wrote, -directed and -edited the documentary Triple Divide (2013), which she also narrated with award-winning actor Mark Ruffalo. For more about Melissa, read the full bio at Public Herald.