Checkpoint Zoo documents a daring rescue led by a heroic team of zookeepers and volunteers, who risked their lives to save thousands of animals trapped in a zoo behind enemy lines in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
Cast
Crew
Joshua Zeman
Director, Writer, Producer
Daniel Lonsbury
Co-Editor
Collin Couch
Assistant Editor
Ethan Sapir
Assistant Editor
Nelson Hume
Cinematography
Caitlin Colford
Executive Producer
Shawn Singh
Executive Producer
Bonamy Grimes
Executive Producer
Catherine Quantschnigg
Executive Producer
Gabriel Clarke
Executive Producer
John McKenna
Executive Producer
Barry Smith
Executive Producer
Leonardo DiCaprio
Executive Producer
Ian Davies
Producer
Torquil Jones
Producer
Zachary Mortensen
Producer
Maricela Oliva
Associate Producer
Adrianne Owings
Associate Producer
Emma Masdeu-Perez
Co-Producer
Frost Martin
Production Assistant
Anne Nikitin
Original Music Composer
Olivier Sarbil
Additional Photography
Madeleine Kern
Intern
Kim Bertrand
Unit Production Manager
Andrew Ford
Supervising Editor
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