Ross Kauffman is the Academy Award winning Director, Producer and Cinematographer of Born Into Brothels, winner of the 2005 Academy Award for Best Documentary. His film E-TEAM (with Co-Director Katy Chevigny), a documentary about the high-stakes work of four human rights investigator, was awarded the 2014 Sundance Cinematography award. He served as Executive Producer on the documentary feature In a Dream, which was short-listed for the 2009 Academy Awards, and Consulting Producer on the Academy Award nominated Postergirl. Other projects in development include; Wait For Me, a short documentary chronicling the story of a mother’s spiritual and emotional search for her son who went missing twenty-seven years ago; and Boy Boy Girl Girl; a comedic narrative feature film about a gay couple trying to adopt a newborn baby from a drug-addicted pregnant woman and her abusive, criminal girlfriend. Ross is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Fictionless, a media company specializing in documentary film and branded content.