Meet the Team
CHRISTINE LEUTHOLD
Director
Based in LA & NY, Christine creates, produces, and disseminates impact-driven experiences for authentic connection and positive change.
In the 1980s, she created and produced brand-aligned social impact initiatives as Public Relations Director for Ralph Lauren Corporation. Ever since, she has integrated the greater good into her professional endeavors, including as:
- Executive Producer of the upcoming feature documentary Selling Superman
- Associate Producer & Co-Writer of the upcoming documentary feature film Hollywood’s Humble Maestro: The Russell Garcia Story
- Producer and host of 45+ online forums featuring filmmakers and their screened content. Topics have included: Diversity & Inclusion and Taking a Stand to The Power of Expression, Listen, Learn, Speak and Connection & Belonging
- Producer and moderator of panels for the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, SCADTVfest, Women in Film & Television, etc.
- Co-Director of The Esalen Inspirational Film Festival
- Author of Comfort Living: A Back-to-Basics Guide to a More Balanced Lifestyle, a how-to book about creating “home"
Christine's passion for From Hope To Home comes from her conviction that we must eliminate homelessness and housing insecurity in order to honor the essential human right to having a home.
STEVEN ULLMAN
Producer
Steven is an award-winning producer/ director based in Los Angeles. His mission is “to provoke thought, evoke feeling, and create community through inspired storytelling and creative entertainment.”
His professional goals are to improve the quality and profitability of productions by optimizing organizational performance along fiscal, operational, and creative metrics.
He strives to deliver the best possible productions including in his roles as:
- Producer, Miss Lillian: More Than a President’s Mother, a feature length documentary including interviews with President Jimmy Carter, Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, journalist Sam Donaldson, and LA Dodgers’ Manager Tommy Lasorda
- Three-time winner, Los Angeles Ovation Award for Best Musical
- Producer, Hurlyburly, Los Angeles, starring Sean Penn, Danny Aiello, and Mare Winningham
- Former Producing Artistic Director, Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities and Hermosa Beach Playhouse
- Producer, Greater Tuna, San Francisco, with a 6-year run
He is devoted to projects that have a positive impact in our society.
J. Todd Harris
Executive Producer
Todd founded and runs Branded Pictures Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based development and production company, with a focus on branded intellectual properties. In addition to this project, he is currently developing titles for film, stage, TV, new media, and podcasting, including theatrical productions of Soul Train, The Buena Vista Social Club, Death at a Funeral, and Stage Mother.
He has produced or executive produced over 50 film and TV projects, including the Oscar-nominated The Kids Are All
Right and The Trial of the Chicago 7. Todd has had five Sundance Film Festival entries, including Bottle Shock. His stage history includes producing Heathers The Musical, Doctor Zhivago, and American Psycho.
As a 25-year member of the Motion Picture Academy, Todd was also a member of the Broadway League (2015-18) and remains a member of the Producers Guild. He has been an adjunct professor at Chapman University and the Los Angeles branch of Syracuse University. He is also a founding board member of the Napa Valley Film Festival.
He earned his BA and MBA from Stanford University, and is married to songwriter Amy Powers.
TIMMY VATTEROTT
Director of Photography / Editor
Timmy is a documentary filmmaker based in Los Angeles whose work focuses on creating compelling stories that engage the viewer with powerful imagery and empathetic characters.
His entry into film work began as composer and producer for the award winning short, DIVE! Living Off America’s Waste — a unique look at dumpster diving and hunger in America.
Following DIVE!, Timmy was an associate producer on the feature length documentary titled GMO, OMG, which premiered at the 63rd annual Berlin International Film Festival.
Documentary filmmaking led Timmy to work for educational and non-profit organizations such as City Year LA, UCLA, and Los Angeles United School District, for whom he has shot, directed, and edited several short films.
Timmy’s passion is to capture the “privileged moments” that appear within the camera’s frame and incorporate those images into a narrative that explores something fundamental and essential about the human condition.