York Zimmerman Inc
York Zimmerman Inc. is an award winning film and video production company based in Washington, D.C. Their aim is to produce documentaries about world changing people and ideas, including stories about justice, faith, war and revolutions. In addition to documentaries, York Zimmerman Inc. also produces films for institutions and organizations, such as museums. Public service announcements are also produced, for causes that the company embraces. Steve York is senior producer of York Zimmerman Inc. while Mariam Zimmerman is managing producer.
Steve York
Steve York is a documentary filmmaker who teamed up with Mariam Zimmerman to form York Zimmerman Inc. in 1995.
York began editing and directing films for documentarians Bill Moyers and Charles Guggenheim in 1972, and he has written, produced and directed a long row of films and television programs during his long career, including educational films, advocacy films, political campaign spots, network series and prime-time specials.
The subject of York's documentaries spans from American history to religious fundamentalism and non-violence movements. He received a Peabody Award for the ABC News Special “Pearl Harbor: Two Hours That Changed the World” and a Gold Hugo Award for the ABC News Special “Turning Point at Normandy: The Soldiers' Story”.
In 1997, York began working on an in-depth examination of the history of nonviolent conflict. The result was the full-length documentary “A Force More Powerful” which premiered in 1999. The documentary was then expanded into a three-hour series for broadcast on national public television.
After the ousting of Slobodan Milosevic in the fall of 2000, York traveled to Belgrad to interview members of the Serbian nonviolence movement. The result was the one-hour long film “Bringing Down A Dictator” narrated by Martin Sheen. The film aired on PBS in 2002 and recieved several awards, including a Peabody Award.
Miriam Zimmerman
Miriam Zimmerman is a documentary filmmaker who joined forces with Steve York in 1995. At that point, she had been working with documentaries for ten years. She graduated with honors from Vassar College in 1982 with a B.A. in English, and during the early days of her career she did research and wrote funding proposals for public television.
In the early 1990s, Zimmerman researched, developed and wrote treatments for a number of National Geographic projects, including the Emmy-award winning “The Last Voyage of the Lusitania”. Zimmerman also served as story editor on the NBC series “Lost Civilizations”, a series that was awarded with the Emmy for Outstanding Informational Series in 1996.
Other highlights on Zimmerman's resume are field producer on Frontline's “Throwaway People” (awarded with a Robert F. Kennedy Humanitarian Award) and associate producer on “The Education of Admiral Watkins” (awarded with an Emmy) for PBS's The AIDS Quarterly.
Since 1995, Zimmerman has shepherded programs for York Zimmerman Inc. from conception to post production. She is also directs the legal, financial and business affairs of the company.