Slawomir Grunberg is a graduate of the Polish National Film School in Lodz. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1981 and has since directed and produced over 40 documentaries. His film “School Prayer: A Community at War” (1999) received the National Emmy Award and the Jan Karski Award in a competition which recognizes outstanding television documentaries produced on the theme of moral courage. In 2004, Grünberg received the Dream Catcher Award, to recognize his commitment to documentary filmmaking