Todd Shotz is the Emmy Award-winning producer of RECIPE FOR CHANGE: STANDING UP TO ANTISEMITISM (YouTube Originals/Spring Hill). Most recently, he and Tim Kirkman produced the feature film THE GROTTO, written & directed by Tony-winner Joanna Gleason, in theaters and streaming in 2025. The first feature film they produced was LAZY EYE made its world premiere at Provincetown International in 2016, screened at top LGBTQ+ film festivals before its theatrical release and exclusive Netflix run. As a part of the film’s premiere in Philadelphia, Todd received the qFlix Producer’s Award, a much-treasured honor from his hometown. Todd also served as the lead producer on LATTER DAY JEW, as Executive Producer of the documentary feature ON THE SLY: IN SEARCH OF THE FAMILY STONE (2017 Slamdance) and horror-comedy feature GHOST TEAM ONE (Film Arcade/Paramount Pictures), and as Co-Executive Producer of SNAPSHOTS (directed by Emmy winner Melanie Mayron). Before T42, he was the VP of Development for Cheyenne Enterprises, Bruce Willis’ & Arnold Rifkin’s production company, where he worked on such films as LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD, SIN CITY, SIXTEEN BLOCKS and TIMBER FALLS. Todd’s first film was the documentary WRESTLING WITH ANGELS about writer/activist Tony Kushner (directed by Oscar-winner Freida Lee Mock).

Before his career in film, Shotz worked on Broadway in company management of such stage shows as the Tony-winning revivals of KISS ME, KATE and Tom Stoppard’s THE REAL THING. He is a recipient of the Human Rights Campaign E-Hero Award for his activism through media. Leading a dual life as both film producer and Jewish educator, Todd founded the personalized Jewish educational company, Hebrew Helpers, which works with more than 150 families in LA, SF, Boulder, NY, NJ, DC, Boston and Philadelphia. Todd has also become a leading consultant on Jewish representation in film and TV, including working on the long-running ABC series GREY'S ANATOMY and as the Jewish technical advisor on the Netflix film YOU PEOPLE.

Tim Kirkman received Emmy, GLAAD, Gotham and Independent Spirit nominations for his directorial debut DEAR JESSE, named Best Documentary of the Year by the Boston Society of Film Critics and winner of the Audience Award at Frameline (San Fransisco), and the N.C. Film Festival. After an arthouse theatrical run, DEAR JESSE aired on HBO/Cinemax’s REEL LIFE series. The film features a coda with Matthew Shepard, the young gay man who was brutally murdered and called attention to the importance of hate crimes legislation. Tim followed DEAR JESSE with the screen adaptation of David Drake’s solo show, THE NIGHT LARRY KRAMER KISSED ME. Inspired by a true story, Tim’s next film, LOGGERHEADS, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize at Outfest and audience awards at the Florida and Nashville film festivals and the Best Screenplay prize at the Madrid LGBTQ Film Festival. LOGGERHEADS was distributed by Strand Releasing and stars Bonnie Hunt, Tess Harper, Chris Sarandon, Michael Kelly, Michael Learned and Kip Pardue. Tim also directed 2ND SERVE, a comedy written by the best-selling author James Markert, and wrote and directed LAZY EYE, which garnered awards and rave reviews and premiered on Netflix after a limited theatrical run, and was produced by T42 Entertainment.

Tim is the co-director (with André Robert Lee) of a documentary short about NC artist Freeman Vines, which has screened at over 20 film festivals including TriBeCa, Hamptons, Florida, Indyshorts, Nantucket, and Hollyshorts. He is the recipient of an Alfred P. Sloane Award for his narrative project about the Wright Brothers. His pilot script for the half hour series BLESS YOUR HEART was recognized by the New York Television festival and the OutLoud list of the “best unproduced pilots of 2023.” For more than ten years, Tim was an art director in the advertising department of Miramax Films in New York City. He has taught directing and screenwriting at USC’s School for Cinematic Arts, UCLA’s Department of Film and Television, the Vermont College of Fine Arts, Transylvania University, Hunter College, Sessions College, BCTC, and KyCAD.