The principals of ALT Films come from the worlds of commercial and public television.  They have been associated with some memorable programs and have demonstrated a continuing focus on the challenge of making quality television, whether on the networks or on PBS.

Marian Rees is one of television's most honored producers.  She began her career as a secretary at NBC before becoming a network associate producer; she then served seventeen years at Tandem Productions, working on everything from All in the Family and Sanford and Son to theatrical films to television movies, and eventually heading Tandem's new development division.  As a principal of Marian Rees Associates, which she founded in 1981, Ms. Rees has produced or executive-produced twenty-six films for network and cable television, including many for the prestigious Hallmark Hall of Fame.  They have included Miss Rose White and Love is Never Silent, both of which won the coveted Emmy Award for Best Television Motion Picture.  Other films include Pursuit of Honor, Foxfire, Home Fires Burning, Ruby Bridges, and many others.  In all, MRA-produced films have won eleven Emmy awards, thirty-six Emmy nominations, two Gabriel Awards, two Monte Carlo Television Awards, a Peabody award, and many other honors.

Anne Hopkins worked in the worlds of opera and the Broadway stage before coming to television. She was production assistant to the soprano Rise Stevens and worked at the New York's Metropolitan Opera for two years. Later she was part of the production team responsible for the Broadway hits How to be a Jewish Mother and Lovers and Other Strangers.  She first worked with Marian Rees at Tandem on All in the Family and the feature film Cold Turkey, and she joined Marian Rees Associates as a partner when the firm was founded.  Ms. Hopkins has contributed to the development of all the MRA films.  Known especially for her skill in working with writers and adapting literary works to the screen, she served as producer on such motion pictures as Decoration Day, The Shell Seekers, Resting Place, and Is There Life Out There?, among others.

Stephen Kulczycki's 26-year career in television includes stints as an independent producer, station programmer, and production executive.  He spent thirteen years, from 1983 though 1996, at Los Angeles' public television station, KCET, where he served as Vice President of Programming, Senior Vice President of Programming, and Station Manager.  During his tenure the station's viewership and membership both doubled.  At KCET, Mr. Kulczycki was responsible for the development and/or production of several award-winning PBS series, including American Cinema, The Great War, and Searching for God in America.  As head of programming at KCET Los Angeles, he co-executive produced or was executive-in-charge of two Emmy Award-winning family series, The Puzzle Place and Storytime.