Over the course of 60 years, Lois and Charlie O’Brien, two of the foremost entomologists and pioneers in their field, traveled to more than 67 countries and quietly amassed the world’s largest private collection of insects--a scientific gamechanger with more than one million specimens and more than 1,000 undiscovered species. This humorous and poignant short documentary explores the nature of Love--and the love of Nature--and what it means to devote oneself completely to both.

Winner of the 2021 News & Documentary Emmy Award for Best Short Documentary.

Directed by: Allison Otto and Maria Clinton
Executive Producers: Caryn Capotosto and Linda and David Cornfield

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“I may be weak, but I’m strong.” Vanetta Drummer-Fenton started using the phrase as a code among her close-knit family to let them know how her symptoms were each day. But now, it’s become a personal mantra to help her deal with MG.

A popular honor student and step team captain, Vanetta was a classic high school overachiever with energy to spare. Then myasthenia gravis dramatically changed the script on her. Since her diagnosis, her close-knit extended family has given Vanetta the support she’s needed to pursue her unique career as a personal trainer to people with chronic illnesses. And as the mother of a young daughter, Vanetta gained new perspective on a devastating experience she witnessed her mother go through years earlier: the moment Vanetta’s doctors admitted, “We don’t know what’s wrong with her.”

Vanetta’s film from A Mystery to Me premiered at the 56th Chicago International Film Festival and was recently awarded a prestigious Cannes Lions award.

As a fire chief in rural Kentucky, Glenn Phillips kept his friends and neighbors safe through decades of courageous service. But in 2014, a myasthenia gravis diagnosis changed his life. Looking at the prospect of early retirement from the career that shaped his identity, Glenn faced the challenge of redefining not just what he does but who he is with MG.

When Teresa’s life was first turned upside down by a myasthenia gravis diagnosis, she had a lot of life to disrupt. She was a dance instructor, the owner of a thriving business and the mother of three young children. Now preparing to help her youngest daughter launch her own performing arts career, Teresa reflects on her MG journey and how it has affected her family and challenged essential ideas she holds of herself as a mother and artist.

Short behind-the-scenes video of Judith Hill recording with Prince at Paisley Park in 2015.

Directed by: Morgan Neville
Produced by: Caryn Capotosto

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Behind the scenes video of Judith Hill from her photo shoot with Randee St. Nicholas at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles, CA. on September 2015.

Directed by: Morgan Neville
Produced by: Caryn Capotosto

Music video from Judith Hill's first single "Cry, Cry, Cry" off her debut album "Back In Time". Out now on NPG Records. Recorded at Paisley Park & Produced by Judith Hill & Prince.

Directed by: Morgan Neville
Produced by: Caryn Capotosto

Behind-the-scenes of a duet recording with Barbra Streisand and Michael Buble in 2014.

Directed by: Morgan Neville
Produced by: Caryn Capotosto

Behind-the-scenes of a duet recording with Barbra Streisand and John Mayer in 2014.

Directed by: Morgan Neville
Produced by: Caryn Capotosto

Behind-the-scenes of a duet recording with Barbra Streisand and Stevie Wonder in 2014. Directed by Morgan Neville, Produced by Caryn Capotosto.

Behind-the-scenes of a duet recording with Barbra Streisand and Billy Joel in 2014.

Directed by: Morgan Neville
Produced by: Caryn Capotosto

Behind-the-scenes of a duet recording with Barbra Streisand and Lionel Ritchie in 2014.

Directed by: Morgan Neville
Produced by: Caryn Capotosto

Moby riffs on LA architecture in this video about the Getty initiative, Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in LA.

Produced by: Caryn Capotosto

Video documentation of the Getty Institute’s 2011-2012 Pacific Standard Time Initiative.

Pacific Standard Time began in 2002 as a Getty initiative to recover the historical record of art in Southern California. Fueled by a series of Getty Foundation grants, it grew into a region-wide collaboration between more than 60 cultural institutions, culminating in a series of exhibitions and events from October 2011 to April 2012 across Southern California called Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980. The initiative resulted in more than 40 publications documenting Los Angeles’ impact on art history during the postwar years, dozens of traveling and related exhibitions all over the world, and unprecedented international press attention focused on Los Angeles’ art scene.

Produced by: Caryn Capotosto
Cinematography by: Catherine Goldschmidt