Thin Edge Films

In 2001, Margo Pelletier and Lisa Thomas formed Thin Edge Films LLC to make films that speak thematically to social injustice and to begin production on the documentary, "Silvia." Originally based in the Arts Center in Jersey City, NJ, the company moved its production offices to Athens, NY in the spring of 2004. While Thin Edge Films is based in the Hudson Valley and many of our clients are in the greater New York area, we

have conducted shoots from Rome, Italy to San Francisco, CA. Currently Thin Edge Films is seeking distribution and finishing funds for the documentary "Silvia," about the life and politics of former political prisoner, Silvia Baraldini.

Some of our clients include: MTV, PBS, HBO, Leigh Devine Productions, Crazy Boat Pictures, iNEXTV, The Greene County Council on the Arts and the Athens Cultural Center.

Director/Producer: Lisa Thomas

Lisa Thomas has been working in film and television since graduating from Evergreen State College in 1994. Currently, Lisa is the Supervising Producer on the series, Xavier: Renegade Angel. She was the Media Producer on the MTV series, “Wonder Showzen”; produced the independent feature length documentary, “Sid Bernstein Presents” and helped produce the short

Lisa Thomas

film, “My Empire” which screened at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. Lisa was the production coordinator on the Sony BMG & Nuyorican Productions film, “Feel the Noise” and worked as the wardrobe coordinator for the acclaimed PBS series, “Slavery and the Making of America.” Lisa directed the documentary, “Beyond Boundaries” about the ill effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement on Mexico and the short film, “Going to the Movies.” She has worked for HBO, Disney, PBS, NBC, Turner Network, MTV & Maysles Films.

Director/Producer: Margo Pelletier
	Before making the transition into film, Margo spent 20 years as a professional, award winning, fine artist. Margo’s artwork has been shown in museums and galleries in the greater New York area and her work has been reviewed in Art in America, Sculpture and ArtNews. Margo received her BFA from the Cooper Union of Arts and Science and attended the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard. She is a graduate of the Institute of Audio Research and attended the International Women’s University in Hamburg, Germany in the Media and Information department. Margo directed and produced two live programs for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender
Community Center in NYC: “Celibacy, Our Choice or Not” in 1996 and “Post Queer” in 1997. Her first short film, “Out of Service,” was screened in the 2004 Hudson County Short Film Festival. In 2001, Margo formed Thin Edge Films to pursue the documentary, “SILVIA.”

Editor/Composer: Gerald von Stoddard

Gerald von Stoddard has been an editor since 2000. He received his education at the University of California at Santa Cruz. In 2004, he joined Thin Edge Films to edit the feature length documentary SILVIA. Prior to that, Gerald was the editor and cameraman for two independent documentaries, “A Century Traveled” and “Hearts of Thunder.” He has edited commercial spots for the Omega Institute and the Mussmann for mayor 2001 & 2003 political campaigns. Gerald created the

score for the documentary, SILVIA using much of his own original music and incorporating the work of other contemporary musicians.