Holly Stadtler spent six years working for NBC Nightly News in Washington where she was a Production Manager until 1989. In 1990 she joined Discovery Channel Pictures where she worked as an Associate Producer, Coordinating Producer,and Producer on over 100 hours of programming for both Discovery and Learning Channel networks. Her experience includes work on shows in all genres from history to science and technology with the highest concentration of hours in natural history films.

In 1996 she directed THE MAKING OF THE LEOPARD SON for Discovery and went on to create Dream Catcher Films, Inc. Since then she has produced and directed documentaries for the Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, TBS Superstation and National Geographic Television. Titles include COMA: THE SILENT EPIDEMIC which won a National Emmy nomination, FOOTSTEPS OF A BEAR, BURIED ALIVE: SECRETS FROM THE GRAVE, THE MULTIPLE PERSONALITY PUZZLE, TROUBLED WATERS which received a coveted Genesis Award Commendation, AMERICA’S LAST RED WOLVES, and most recently she completed KILIMANJARO FOR HOPE.