M. Zach Richter

Zach Richter worked for the late night ABC News program, Nightline, before forming the Corporation for Educational Radio and Television (CERT) in 1984. Past documentaries produced and directed by Richter include the award-winning special, Beyond the Dream: Immigrants in America (NBC, 1988); Emmy nominated China at the Crossroads (ABC, 1989); Circle of the Spirit (NBC, 1990); Black American Conservatism: An Exploration of Ideas (PBS, 1992); the award-winning Liberating America's Schools (PBS, 1993); the award-winning three-part, three-hour series, The New Urban Renewal: Reclaiming Our Neighborhoods (PBS, 1997); Charter Schools That Work (PBS, 2000); the award-winning Closing the Achievement Gap (PBS, 2004); and the award-winning These Kids Mean Busines$ (PBS, 2007). Richter has served on the boards of the International Radio and Television Society, the Tisch School of the Arts Alumni Group and the American Association of Kidney Patients, New York Chapter. Richter holds a BFA from the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.