Rebecca Marshall Ferris began her career with the renowned documentary film company Pennebaker Hegedus Films, serving as associate producer on their films Down From The Mountain, Startup.com, Only The Strong Survive, andElaine Stritch at Liberty. In 2004, she produced the program Fox vs Franken for the Sundance Channel’s series on the First Amendment and in 2005 produced the feature documentary Al Franken: God Spoke. Born and raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Rebecca received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City. Her thesis film, Jonah and the Wail, about jazz trumpeter, Jonah Jones, was awarded an Independent Feature Project Market Award and was broadcast on the Independent Film Channel. In 2011, her first feature documentary, Miller’s Tale (about actor and playwright Jason Miller), aired nationwide on PBS.