Roger Sorkin - Truman National Security Project Fellow

Roger Sorkin is the owner and executive producer of Sorkin Productions, a video production company specializing in public policy for a variety of clients including USAID, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, Center for U.S. Global Engagement, International Foundation for Electoral Systems, Northeast Sustainable Energy Association and others. He is the producer, director, and writer of "The Burden: Fossil Fuel, the Military, and National Security", a feature-length documentary in production. Roger began his career in 1993 as the producer of a daily public affairs radio program, lived in Spain teaching English, and received a master of arts in communication from Stanford University's Documentary Film and Video Program in 2000. He worked for several DC-area production companies, helping produce a range of work from PBS documentaries to short videos for the U.S. Army, and then founded Sorkin Productions in 2002. His films have won numerous awards including best documentary at the DC Independent Film Festival, as well as honors from the Freedom Forum and American Sociological Association.