A Watershed Productions Film
Production Team
The talented people who brought Living Springs to life
Karen Kocher
Creator & Producer
Karen is an Austin-based media producer who works in film, video and multimedia. For the past 10 years, she has been creating media work for digital platforms and studying the ways that digital technology is expanding the documentary genre. Her vision for Living Springs has produced an award-winning, multi-platform documentary series that captures the soul of Barton Springs.
Interface Design & Programming
Jenaro Diaz•
John French•
Matt Skoog
Producers & Writers
Monica Flores•
Susanne Mason•
Amy Bench•
Christopher Lucas•
Paul Popiel
Primary Cinematography
Amy Bench•
Deborah Eve Lewis•
Matthew Koshmrl•
Ivy Chiu
Sound Engineering & Mixing
Justin Hennard•
John Brown•
Josh Kinney
Additional Cinematography
Beth Aavang•
Russell Bush•
Dee Ann Chamberlain•
Lee Daniel•
Lorenzo DePaolis•
Laurie Dries•
Gregg Eckhardt•
Chithra Jeyaram•
Jeshua Mauldin•
Sarah Searight•
Tom Taylor•
Therese Tran•
Jonathan Uhl•
Hope Wager•
Kaela Waldstein•
James Williams•
Julie Manser
Assistant Camera
Karinne Berstis•
John Knudsen•
Susanne Mason
Location Sound
Glenn Eanes•
Justin Hennard•
Alex Herrera•
Dina Parkinson•
Virginia Rowland•
Sophia Yu
Editors
Sandra Guardado•
May Kuckro•
Jeshua Mauldin•
Sonia Melendez•
Jesús Gerdel•
Stephen Nonus•
Emily Ricketson•
Issac Rooks•
Lance Seymour•
Daniel Stuyck
Assistant Editors
Joshua Hilliard•
Brittany DuFriend•
Devin Matthews•
Jesús Gerdel•
Jeshua Mauldin•
Jackie Kuenstler•
Mariah Espinosa
Animation & Motion Graphics
Ben Bays•
Anastasiya Bulavkina•
Jeanne Stern•
Glenn Dill
Technical Assistance and Advisors
Susanne Kraft•
Keefe Boerner•
Jeremy Gruy•
Rob Naylor•
Thomas Tweedel
Research
Brittany DuFriend•
Bobby Hammelman•
Chris Lucas•
Caitlin Lundin
Production Assistance
Beth Aavang•
Nick Schatz•
Keeley Steenson•
Noah Schatz•
Mira MacLaurin•
Greta Millard•
Tori
Voices
John Aielli•
Bob Branson•
Don Howard•
Mary Gordon Spence
Original Interface Prototype
Omid Laridjani
Social, Fundraising & Events
Megan Gilbride•
Hillary Pierce•
Jackie Vay•
Cat Tassini•
Sarah Spurger•
Josh DeFour
Film & Video Archives
City of Austin Channel 6•
Dee Ann Chamberlain•
John Fiege•
Gene Menger•
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History•
Austin History Center•
Pond 5•
Save Our Springs Alliance•
Grant Mitchell•
Texas Archive of the Moving Image
Archival Stills
Austin History Center•
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History•
University of Texas at Austin•
Marianne Dorman•
James Hart•
Earle Allen Henry III•
Jane Hume•
Melinda McCuan•
Jan & Jack Robinson•
James Valentine
Project Advisors
George Hume Cofer, Jr. Community•
Laurie Dries Science•
Clark Hancock Evaluator•
Joe Ramirez Education•
Judith Sims Community•
Dr. William Scott Swearingen Scholar
A production of Watershed Productions • Austin, Texas