"Mathew Kaufman is the director and producer of this controversial new documentary feature, ""American Swing,"" from HDNet films and Magnolia Pictures. A graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Mathew currently runs Zip Dog Productions, where he directs original short-form documentaries, as well as creates commercial and corporate multimedia projects for clients, including Pfizer, Merrill Lynch, American Express, and Sotheby's. Jon Hart, the director and producer of ""American Swing,"" is a veteran journalist. He has been published in dozens of newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, The New York Post, Time Out New York, Maxim, Details and The Village Voice. Hart's specialty is guerilla journalism, first-person participatory pieces. In the television realm, Hart has written for MTV and ESPN. A native of New York City, Hart graduated from the University of Vermont with a BA in Political Science."