Production Biographies

About the Filmmakers

Peter L. Stein is producer, director and writer of The Castro, which recently was awarded a prestigious George Foster Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting. He is the Executive Producer of KQED's series Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco, whose episode on "Chinatown" debuted on PBS in 1997 and has won a CINE Golden Eagle award and a Northern California Emmy. Since 1988 he has been a staff producer and executive producer for KQED, where his recent national credits include "Green Means," three series of short documentary profiles of environmental success stories (winner of the Silver Apple from the National Educational Film & Video Festival); "Today's Gourmet" and "Jacques Pépin's Kitchen" five popular 26-part cooking series (winner of the James Beard Award for Best Cooking Program); and "The de' Medici Kitchen," 13 episodes plus a one-hour documentary on the food and culture of Italy.

Prior to beginning his work at KQED in 1988, Stein worked as an Emmy award-winning producer for KPIX (CBS/San Francisco). In 1989 he took a brief leave from KQED to work as a radio correspondent in Cambodia. His stories aired on "Monitor Radio" and NPR's "Marketplace."

Stein is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard University and a third-generation San Francisco native.

David Condon (Associate Producer) has been the Associate Producer and chief archival researcher for The Mission and Chinatown, the first two episodes in KQED's historical series, Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco. Prior to his work at KQED, Condon was part of the research and production team at WGBH Boston, where he worked on such documentaries as The Kennedys for The American Experience, the science series Discovering Women, and the 10-part series Rock & Roll. He is a graduate of Harvard University with honors in American History.

Dawn Logsdon (Editor) is a San Francisco-based editor and filmmaker. Her editing credits include the documentaries Teaching Tolerance and School Colors (contributing editor). Her film Tomboy, which she directed and edited, was screened in the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.

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