Filmmaker History: Gary Pollard is the Founder and Chairman of DocFest - and the New York Documentary Center. The New York Documentary Center was founded in 1997 to provide the public with an ongoing series of programs exploring all facets of non-fiction documentary making, past, present and future. 

Gary's footage includes the startling images of smoke clouds from the lobby of 61 Broadway, as well as the "metaphor" bird on Thursday, and the final scene of the film where his friend returns home to the damaged apartment.