Jack Lechner
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About
Jack Lechner (Executive Producer ) has been involved in the production and development of dozens of movies, including The Crying Game, Good Will Hunting, and The Full Monty. He is based at Washington Square
Films, where he develops projects for film and television. He was an executive producer on the Oscar-winning documentary The Fog Of War; the Emmy-nominated Left Of The Dial for HBO; Parking Lot for Trio; Very Young Girls and Naked On The Inside for Showtime; and the upcoming Smile 'Til It Hurts: The Up With People Story. He co-produced the pilot of the Emmy-winning AMC series Mad Men. He is an adjunct professor at NYU.
The New Public
The New Public witnesses one community's arduous and idealistic endeavor to found its own public school. The film chronicles the 1st and 4th year of the Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School (BCAM) in an attempt re-invent urban education in their community of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.