Brett Rapkin - Producer/Director
SPACEMAN is Brett Rapkin’s first feature documentary and has become a unique calling card for the Los Angeles native. In December 2003, he moved to New York to begin producing sports and music films for Black Canyon Productions, the Emmy and Peabody award-winning production company behind HBO Sports documentaries including: CURSE OF THE BAMBINO, HITLER’S PAWN, :03 SECONDS FROM GOLD, and the WHEN IT WAS A GAME series.
Rapkin spent the winter of 2005 in Europe, producing and directing BODE ON THE BUS, a weekly lifestyle segment featuring World Cup champion ski racer Bode Miller for the Outdoor Life Network. He has also produced and edited two A&E Biographies: Rod Stewart and American Idol’s Randy Jackson, REVERSE OF THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO for HBO Sports, and FORMULA ONE: THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS for CBS Sports. This past February, Rapkin traveled to Torino, Italy with NBC SPORTS’ Chevrolet Olympic Moments unit to produce additional footage with Bode Miller at the 2006 Winter Games.
Josh Dixon - Producer
SPACEMAN is also Josh Dixon’s first feature documentary, the product of a journey that started five years ago. After reading an article about him in Sports Illustrated, Dixon contacted Bill “Spaceman" Lee and proposed bringing a film crew along on Lee’s next barnstorming visit to Cuba. Lee accepted and shortly after, Josh met a fellow baseball enthusiast in Brett Rapkin, who took immediate interest in the idea. Along with Rapkin, Dixon has spent the last four years bringing his dream to fruition.
Dixon got his start at CAPPY PRODUCTIONS, working with legendary Olympic filmmaker Bud Greenspan and later on NBA commercials for TNT SPORTS. With the extensive skills and experience gained from producing SPACEMAN from the ground up, he plans to continue his career in film and television production. He currently resides in Atlanta where he is developing several documentary and television concepts.