Esther Cassidy

Esther Cassidy is a fund development professional with years of experience raising significant support for both media arts organizations, arts organizations, and direct service providers.

She has also produced and directed the one-hour documentaries: Enemies of War broadcast nationally on PBS, and The Wrong Man: The Case of Edward Lee Elmore for Court Television. She was Coordinating Producer of American Dream, Barbara Kopple's Academy Award-winning theatrical documentary feature film, and also produced three short films with Ms. Kopple: With Liberty And Justice For All, Justice For All and Civil Rights: The Struggle Continues. She also was Consulting Producer on the award-winning one-hour broadcast documentary A Healthy Baby Girl; the feature-length Sundance Audience Choice award-winning theatrical documentary Ballot Measure Nine and the 2007 theatrical feature documentary Sacco and Vanzetti which has been shown in theaters and film festivals in the U.S., Holland, and Italy. She was Associate Producer of the ITVS documentary series, The Questions of Equality.