The Team
ZACH STAFFORD | Director
Zach Stafford is an award-winning journalist, editor, and Tony award-winning producer of the Broadway musical A STRANGE LOOP. He recently created and hosts the SiriusXM Radio podcast VIBE CHECK, which was named one of the best shows of 2022 by the New York Times, Variety and others. Stafford has previously held positions such as being the first Black editor-in-chief of THE ADVOCATE, the first chief content officer of GRINDR, and was an investigative journalist at THE GUARDIAN.
He is the co-author of two books entitled BOYS and WHEN DOGS HEAL, and currently serves on the board of directors of the American LGBTQ+ Museum. In 2019, he was included in the Forbes' 30 Under 30 list and named as one of the 100 most influential Black people living today by The Root.
CHARLIZE THERON | Producer
South African born and Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron is one of the most celebrated actresses of our time, captivating audiences with her ability to embody a range of characters. Under her Denver & Delilah banner, Theron, alongside partners Beth Kono and AJ Dix, built a prolific production company with a diverse film and television slate. Over the years, Theron has starred in numerous films produced under the banner including Lionsgate’s BOMBSHELL directed by Jay Roach, which earned Theron nominations for a Golden Globe, a SAG Award and an Academy Award for her remarkable performance as Megyn Kelly; the critically acclaimed feature film, MONSTER directed by Patty Jenkins, for which Theron earned an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Independent Spirit Award; the Jason Reitman-directed films YOUNG ADULT and TULLY, both of which garnered Theron a Golden Globe nomination; LONG SHOT directed by Jonathan Levine and starred Theron opposite Seth Rogen; and Universal and Focus Features’ ATOMIC BOMB, directed by David Leitch and starred Theron opposite James McAvoy. In 2020, Theron produced and starred in the feature film THE OLD GUARD for Netflix, based on Greg Rucka’s comic book of the same name. The film drew 78M Netflix households worldwide in its first 28 days on the platform. Also, under the Denver & Delilah banner, Theron was a producer on the Golden Globe nominated drama A PRIVATE WAR starring Rosamund Pike; the Netflix competition series HYPERDRIVE; HBO’s critically-acclaimed true crime documentary series LAST CALL: WHEN A SERIAL KILLER STALKED QUEER NEW YORK; and the hit Netflix true-crime documentary Into the FIRE: THE LOST DAUGHTER, directed by Ryan White.
In the Fall of the 2023, it was announced that veteran media executive and producer Dawn Olmstead will join Theron and her partners at Denver & Delilah Beth Kono and AJ Dix, to form a new media venture which will develop and build upon the existing Denver & Delilah slate across film, TV and other areas of content and IP generation for global audiences.
SECRET MENU | Producer
Founded by Charlize Theron, Dawn Olmstead, Beth Kono, and AJ Dix, Secret Menu is a premium media company across film, television, documentaries, audio and publishing.
GLEN ZIPPER | Producer
Glen Zipper is the founder and president of Zipper Bros Films and formerly an Assistant Prosecutor in Hudson County, New Jersey.
In addition to producing the Academy Award® winning documentary UNDEFEATED, Glen Executive Produced CHALLENGER: THE FINAL FLIGHT and Showtime’s UFO in collaboration with Bad Robot Productions, created and Executive Produced the hit Netflix Original documentary series DOGS and Executive Produced the acclaimed Cinemax comedy/documentary series TALES FROM THE TOUR BUS directed by Mike Judge (Silicon Valley, Beavis and Butthead, King of the Hill, Idiocracy).
Glen has also produced such documentary features as ZAPPA, SHOWBIZ KIDS and THE PANAMA PAPERS directed by Alex Winter (Deep Web), HBO’s ELVIS PRESLEY: THE SEARCHER and YouTube’s THE GIFT: THE JOURNEY OF JOHNNY CASH directed by Thom Zimny (Bruce Springsteen On Broadway), BETTING ON ZERO directed by Ted Braun (Darfur Now), THE BILL MURRAY STORIES directed by Tommy Avallone, HBO’s Emmy Award® winning WHAT’S MY NAME: MUHAMMAD ALI directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Equalizer) and executive produced by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, TREAD from director Paul Solet (Grace) and executive producer Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Swingers, Edge of Tomorrow), the Grammy Award®-winning FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH directed by James Moll, and the Emmy Award®-winning GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD directed by Martin Scorsese.
SEAN STUART | Producer
Sean is the founder and president of Sutter Road Picture Company, where he produced the Emmy and PGA award winning documentary What’s My Name | Muhammad Alidirected by Antoine Fuqua. Sean recently executive produced the docuseries UFO for Showtime with EP J.J. Abrams, the six-part docuseries Cat People for Netflix, and Four Seasons Total Documentary with MSNBC. Two of his projects were recently nominated for 2021 Emmy Awards, including Netflix’s original documentary series Challenger: The Final Flight, and the feature length film With Drawn Arms (Tribeca 2020). In the fall of 2020, Sean worked closely with Will Smith to produce his on-camera material for the six-part Netflix documentary series Amend: The Fight For America. Sean is also a founding partner at Company Name with actor and director Colin Hanks, where he produced the critically acclaimed All Things Must Pass, the multiple Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards nominated Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis, and the Emmy nominated documentary short film The Anti-Mascot. Some of his other previous credits include The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash, Let There Be Drums, Tread, and Tales From The Tour Bus directed by Mike Judge.
KEVIN LINCOLN | Writer
Kevin Lincoln is a producer and writer. He produced FOUR SEASONS TOTAL DOCUMENTARY, an inside look at the Four Seasons Total Landscaping press conference that was released by MSNBC Films. He also is co-executive producer of UFO, a four-episode documentary series for Showtime from J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot; CAT PEOPLE, a six-episode documentary series for Netflix; and THE BOND, a four-episode documentary series for Discovery+ from Robert Downey, Jr. and Susan Downey's Team Downey. Previously, he wrote for the nightly television show FOX SPORTS LIVE and worked as a senior editor at New York magazine, and he has written for publications including the New York Times Magazine, GQ, The Wall Street Journal, and Rolling Stone.
ADDITIONAL TEAM MEMBERS
CHRISTINA GAROFALO is an LA-based TV writer and author of the book When Dogs Heal (March 2021, Lerner Publishing). She is currently working in post-production on the feature film Unfrosted (Netflix) and is the and writer and producer of Love in 2020 (lovein2020tv.com). Her journalism has been featured in Robb Report, Afar, Huffington Post, Paste, and Jetsetter.
JESSE FREIDIN was America's leading fine art dog photographer for the past 15 years, and now focuses his attention on elevating the experience of the trans/tgnc community through portraiture and interviews. His photography is part of over 150 private collections and has been exhibited in galleries from coast to coast. Jesse’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Vogue, The Huffington Post, Them, Live! with Regis and Kelly, Inside Edition, The Bark Magazine, Garden and Gun Magazine, and more. He is the creator of three viral photography series: The Doggie Gaga Project, When Dogs Heal: Powerful Stories of People Living with HIV and the Dogs That Saved Them, and Finding Shelter: Portraits of Love, Healing and Survival.
DR. ROBERT GAROFALO is the Chief of the Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and a Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. He is a national authority and advocate on issues related to LGBT youth, adolescent health & sexuality, and HIV clinical care and prevention. His academic research has been generously funded for more than 20 years by the National Institute on Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with a focus on HIV prevention, global health and the health of transgender individuals. In 2010, he was appointed to the National Academy of Science and Institute of Medicine Committee on LGBT Health. Dr. Garofalo is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Transgender Health. He has received numerous awards for his community service, clinical care
and research. In 2019, he was awarded the Ellen Perrin Lifetime Achievement Award in LGBTQ Health by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Dr. Garofalo has over 200 peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals. In addition to his academic work, he is the founder of Fred Says (named after his dog: www.fredsays.org), a 501©3 non-profit charity that has raised and donated back to the community over $1 million to support organizations globally that care and services for HIV+ youth and young people impacted by HIV. In 2021 he participated in and co-authored the book, When Dogs Heal: Powerful Stories of People Living with HIV and the Dogs That Saved Them which inspired his own personal journey living with HIV.