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THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE FILM
JOHN BENNARDO, Executive Producer
John is a graduate of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, where he received a Master's Degree in Screenwriting. His career path then took him into jobs in television, most notably when he produced a documentary series for Oprah Winfrey's then-named Oxygen Network. He has since produced two documentary short films. Turning Point: A Woman’s Drive to Self-Discovery focused on a divorcee who found inner peace after taking up professional auto racing; Roots: The Hair-Raising Story of a Guy Named Sy profiled late celebrity pitchman Sy Sperling, who became famous doing his own television commercials for Hair Club for Men (“I’m not only the Hair Club president. I’m also a client.”)
John runs a production company in south Florida, Immaginé Productions—the company behind The Two Dollar Bill Documentary. He is excited to have expanded the scope of his documentary work with The Two Dollar Bill Documentary, which he also wrote, directed, edited and did a majority of the camerawork on.
AMY BYER SHAINMAN, Executive Producer
Amy graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Social Science/emphasis in Communication. After college Shainman studied music theory and songwriting while simultaneously working in music publishing. In 1997 she co-produced her own children's music CD entitled "Lookin' Good" which was sold in JC Penney stores nationwide. A lover of theater and film since childhood, Shainman's first taste of Executive Producing was with Paul Osborne's award winning indie thriller FAVOR (2013).
Today, Shainman is a passionate advocate for Hereditary Breast & Ovarian Cancer Awareness. Shainman, like Angelina Jolie, is BRCA1 positive. Shainman has appeared in numerous magazines and news articles, as well as several TV segments sharing her story. Additionally, she is also the Executive Producer of Pink & Blue: The Colors of Hereditary Cancer. You can learn more about Amy by visiting her blog.
ERIK MINTZ, Associate Prodcuer
Erik earned an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering from Florida Atlantic University. Mintz has twenty-six years of experience in the software industry. He spent the first eleven years of his career with IBM.
In late 2000, he founded his own software company, e2M Systems, which was acquired by Constant Contact in 2008. He worked for eight years with Constant Contact as Director, Market Intelligence. Mintz is now CEO of his second start-up called DealCoachPro Inc.
While at MIT, Mintz had a fascinating experience with $2 bills in an Economics class, which prompted him to begin researching the currency. He published an article called "What is Special About a $2 Bill?" Through this article, he came in contact with director John Bennardo and was subsequently interviewed for the film. Since childhood, Mintz has had a fascination with the $2 bill — so much so that he signed on as Associate Producer. The film includes data from his research, and to a large extent is structured around the information that he provided.