About Us
Shine Global’s Mission
Shine Global is dedicated to ending the abuse and exploitation of children worldwide through films that raise awareness, promote action and inspire political change.
Shine Global is a 501(c)(3) non-profit film production company. All contributions to Shine are used to produce our films and are tax deductible. Net profits are returned to the children we document through local non-governmental agencies.
Shine Global’s Vision
Shine will continue to make theatrically cinematic films and other media products that empower children to tell their stories in a manner that reveals hope within horror. Beyond providing viewers with an emotional film experience, however, we also intend to move them to social action through our partnerships with non-profit(s) working with the children documented.
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Our Story
Since our founding in 2005 as a non-profit film production company, Shine Global has given voice to some of the world’s most at-risk children, shared their stories, inspired millions of viewers, and won more than 20 major film awards, including an Academy Award nomination, Best Director Documentary at Sundance, and two Emmy Awards for Best Documentary and Best Cinematography.
Its success can be traced to the dedication of its two founders. Executive Director Susan MacLaury, PhD, who is a social worker and health education professor, and Albie Hecht, chairman of the Shine Global Board of Directors, who is a producer of Oscar-nominated films and award-winning television series for children.
Together, they are building on Shine Global’s impressive achievements with future projects that empower exploited children around the world.
| Shine Global Board of Governors | Eva Longoria, Actress/Activist Amy and Dan Feinberg Mike O’Malley, Actor/Writer/Producer Steve Oedekerk, Writer/Producer/Director Herb Scannell, President of BBC Worldwide America Barry Sonnenfeld, Producer and Director |
| Shine Global Board of Directors |
Susan MacLaury, PhD, LSW, Co-Founder of Shine Global Albie Hecht, Co-Founder of Shine Global and CEO of Worldwide Biggies Robert Baker, Chief Office of Political Programming, FCC Keith Brown, Producer Valerie Bruce, SVP Business Affairs at BBC America Marilyn A. DeLuca, PhD, RN Consultant, Healthcare, Policy & Philanthropy Assistant Professor, School of Medicine & Associate Professor, College of Nursing, NYU Emily Hellstrom, Fundraising Consultant Adrienne Lopez, Film Producer Don Melnick, PhD, Co-Director Center for Environment, Economy, and Society (CEES) at Columbia University John Reichman, Partner, Watchel and Masyr, LLC Grace Richardson, Board member of UN Women Susan Ringo, Producer Liz Skoler, former SVP of Co-Productions and Business Affairs at MTV Networks Marc Simon, Partner at Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP and Director/Producer/Writer Dario Spina, EVP Integrated Marketing at MTV Networks |
| Shine Global Advisory Board |
Marla Baker, Director of Baker-Merine Family Foundation Ingrid Duran, Co-Founder/Principal, D&P Creative Strategies, LLC David Damian Figueroa, Activist/Director of Strategic Development at MALDEF Toufic Hakim, Principal Grants and Research Advisor, Gratuoso.org Dino Moshova, Partner, Catalog and Commerce, Inc. Mary Pearl, Dean and VP, Stony Brook University – Southampton College Maria Perez-Brown, Senior Vice President of Programming at Si TV Catherine M. Pino, Co-Founder/Principal, D&P Creative Strategies, LLC Marva Smalls, EVP, Public Affairs/Chief of Staff for Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, TV Land, and Noggin |