Our Staff
Christopher M. Cook, President
Christopher Cook is an EMMY-award winning producer, director, and writer who lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His documentary work has appeared on regional public television, commercial television stations, and cables stations such as History Channel.
Since 1997, he has researched, written, produced, and directed more than 14 hours of documentary programming, most of which has appeared on regional PBS stations. Cook has been the documentary program producer for Michigan Public Television's “Michigan at Risk” series, three of which have won EMMYs. His other EMMYs were awarded for various documentary programs, including “Sprawling of America” which was also one of three nominees for best limited series in the International Documentary Association Awards in 2002.
Cook also works as a field producer for ABC network news programs including Good Morning America, Nightline, 20/20 and World News Tonight with Charles Gibson. He has also field-produced for National Geographic channel, VH1, Retirement Living TV, Extra, NBA Entertainment and others.
His industrial video clients have included the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University, United Auto Workers, the Coalition of Detroit Teachers Unions, the Institute for Social Research, General Polymer, Cadillac Dealers Association Invitational Tour, General Systems Consulting, Autocom Associates, and GQ Magazine.
For twenty years, Cook was a reporter and held various editing positions at newspapers across the country: the Detroit Free Press, San Diego Union, the Kansas City Times, and Newsday in New York, where he was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism. Cook can be contacted via email at cook@metrocominternational.com.
Kathy Horn, Vice President
Kathy Horn is an award-winning graphic artist whose career in design and the arts spans more than 30 years.
She was art director for the Michigan Alumnus Magazine at the University of Michigan from 1983–1989, and senior graphic designer at the University’s department of Marketing Communications for 18 years. Before joining the University she headed the art department at KMS Fusion in Ann Arbor.
Horn also is a lecturer at the University of Michigan School of Art & Design.
She was a board member for CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education) for 15 years. Her freelance career includes projects for the Detroit Free Press Sunday Magazine, Detroit Monthly Magazine, Automotive News, the Remington Group, Tessa Corporation, the Moveable Feast, the Center for Public Policy at Bowling Green State University, and the University of Toledo Law School.
Horn has received a gold medal in the Flash Awards, a Wright Award, and a dozen CASE Awards in a variety of categories including Excellence in Visual Design.
Matthew Zacharias, Editor/Producer
Zacharias has been a filmmaker and editor for 13 years. His work has won three regional EMMYs for PBS projects.
Zacharias’ films have been featured at national film festivals such as Slamdance, South by Southwest and ResFest. His multimedia projects are exhibited in leading contemporary art galleries. Zacharias is now at work on a feature-length film, which he is producing, directing, writing and editing.
His other credit include Bus Tripping (1998); Smart TV (PBS; 1999-2000); Mahler’s Beethoven (PBS; 2001); Contemporary Ceramics (Cranbrook Academy of Art; 2003); Sphinx (2003;PBS); Governor’s Arts Awards (PBS; 2003), and Michigan Football Memories (2004).
Zacharias' short films include Kim (AWOL; 1990), Max (AWOL; 1997), AWOL After School Special (AWOL; 1998), Ace’s High (AWOL; 2002), and Good, Brother (AWOL; 2002), which were selected for the South by Southwest and Slamdance Film Festivals, respectively.
Zacharias works on AVID and Final Cut Pro systems. He is a graduate of Film Studies department at the University of Michigan.
Mark Berg, Director of Photography
Mark Berg is a highly experienced camera operator who has worked on news and long-form programs for twelve years, including stints at four television stations in the Midwest.
Berg’s work has appeared on ABC News, NBC News, 20/20, World News Tonight, Good Morning America, Dateline, Today Show, Nightly News, CNN, A&E, Fox Sports, and other broadcast and cable outlets. He also shoots for the National Hockey League, Ford Motor Co., and others. He has been nominated for EMMY awards four times and has won top honors from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters in 1987 and 1990.
Berg is the president and co-owner of Great Lakes Television Productions in South Lyon, Michigan, where he makes his home. He can be reached at 248.486.3040.
Gordy Marcotte, Sound Technician
Gordy Marcotte is a sound technician who earned his B.A. in communications from Western Michigan University in 1988.
He began his career with Filmcraft Video, a producer of corporate and network video, and also worked for ENG Detroit before striking out on his own in 1995. As a freelance sound technician, he has worked on news stories for each of the major broadcast television networks, including stories for NBC’s Dateline, ABC’s 20/20, and CBS’s 60 Minutes. His other clients have included Fox, PBS, CNN, NBA Entertainment, NHL Productions, GM, Ford, Chrysler, and Volkswagen.
Marcotte lives and works in the Detroit area and can be reached at 248.672.3137. He can be contacted via email at marcotte@wwnet.com.