THREE BROTHERS IN SHANGHAI
A SHORT DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE SHANGHAI JEWISH REFUGEE EXPERIENCE
THREE BROTHERS IN SHANGHAI
A SHORT DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE SHANGHAI JEWISH REFUGEE EXPERIENCE
Filmmakers
Director/Producer - Nick Andrus
Nick was born and raised in San Francisco. He earned his BA in History & Critical Studies in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. Nick is a DGA UPM who has worked on feature films, commercials and music videos. His credits include documentaries From Here to There and Memes & Nightmares, which was produced by Lebron James and Maverick Carter and premiered at Tribeca. He has also worked on dozens of narrative feature films, including Sundance projects The Greasy Strangler, R#J, and Land. His resume includes commercials for national brands, and music videos for Ariana Grande, Charli XCX and BTS. A lover of documentary films and a lifelong student of the craft of film-making, the Gewing brothers’ story inspired Nick to step out of his comfort zone and expand his own creative practice.
Writer/Producer - Jenny Gewing Andrus
Jenny is a librarian and writer with a focus on nonfiction. Her passions include research, oral history, and a craft of storytelling. Jenny's picture book Elsa's Chessboard, based on the life of her grandmother, will be published by award-winning Neal Porter Books in 2025.
Editor - Michael Gil
Michael is a film editor and producer based in Los Angeles. He has worked on documentary, narrative and experimental films, and frequently returns to themes of memory and identity, seeking out the personal narratives and poetic truths that transcend the cold cynicism and comfortable simplifications of our increasingly mechanistic world. It is his ambition to create engaging media that can catalyze positive change and inspire empathy. His work has aired on PBS, screened at festivals globally, and served as educational resources in classrooms and for nonprofits throughout the United States. He is a descendant of Austrian Holocaust survivors on his father's side, and a large family of southeast asian Jews on his mother's. He earned his B.A. from Harvard University, where he studied Philosophy and Cognitive Neuroscience. He earned his M.F.A. in Film Production at the University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts.