Mack Wrestles
TFI Suppport
Logline
Transgender wrestler Mack Beggs broke records and changed history by winning the Texas state title two years in a row. With high school ending and college on the horizon, the sports champion, national activist, and high school hero must grapple with what comes next.
Taylor Hess
Co-director
Taylor Hess is a filmmaker, journalist, and contributing editor for Filmmaker Magazine. She recently associate produced a pilot for CNN Films, hosted by Janet Mock and previously worked as a researcher for Alex Gibney's Jigsaw Productions on a documentary series for ESPN Films. She produced The Morning After, a short film that premiered at the 2018 Cleveland International Film Festival. Taylor is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Erin Sanger
Co-director
Erin Sanger is a filmmaker from Denver, Colorado whose films often explore stories of healing. Her directorial work has screened at over fifty film festivals internationally including SXSW and Tribeca and has been featured on National Geographic, The Atlantic, PBS, Topic, and Hulu. She is currently directing her first feature-length documentary, which received NYU's Richard Vague Production Fund Award for 2017. She is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Katie Barnes
Associate Producer
Katie Barnes (they/them) is an award-winning journalist covering culture, LGBTQ issues, esports, women’s basketball, and women’s combat sports for espnW.com, ESPN.com, and ESPN The Magazine. They chronicled Mack’s story in a feature examining high school transgender athletes for ESPN The Magazine. Mack Wrestles is their first film project. Katie is a graduate of St. Olaf College and Miami University (OH).
