THE FILMMAKERS
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Wine, Women, and Dementia is Kitty's first feature film - to honor this journey with her mother, to spread awareness of the caregiver side of the equation in dementia, and to celebrate family caregivers - to let them know they are not alone and that they are worthy of being seen and respected alongside their dementia person on this difficult road to the end of life.
Kitty Norton (Director)
In 2016, Kitty left her job as an NBC assistant editor in Los Angeles, CA for her hometown of Portland, OR to walk, stumble, crawl with her dementia mother to death’s door. While doing so, she authored the dementia caregiver blog Stumped Town Dementia, writing tales of dementia life, not dementia death, which resonated deeply with readers around the world.
Beth Rigazio (Producer)
Beth's most recent feature, Freak Show,
premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, starring Alex Lawther, Abigail Breslin and Bette Midler. It was produced by Maven and Flower Films. Beth previously sold a half-hour comedy pitch,
Tor-mentor, to NBC with America Ferrara and is best-known for writing the feature, Raising Helen, which starred Kate Hudson. Beth also fills a respite role as a caregiver for her friend’s father who has dementia.
Taki Oldham Co-Producer)
Taki is a seasoned documentary filmmaker and producer. Listed features and series credits include producer for American Masters (PBS), producer for the documentary feature The Fabulous Allan Carr, and executive producer of the Netflix series The Confession Killer.
Greg Byers (Editor, Co-Producer)
Greg is an Emmy-nominated director, editor, producer, and a member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild. His most recent feature documentary Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres by Suzanne Joe Kai was nominated for the 2022 Writers Guild Awards.