QUEST: Team Bios | Maine Public Broadcasting Network

Laura Ozment Schenck, producer

Ever since making my first film in junior high school, I knew that film and television production would be my life's work. Professionally, I have been involved in local and national level television production for the better part of two decades. During that time, I have worked with many filmmakers and television personalities including television pioneer Walter Cronkite, news and public affairs maven Bill Moyers and nationally acclaimed filmmaker David Grubin.

Late in 2001, I left the fast paced frenetic lifestyle of documentary filmmaking in New York City in favor of the more balanced approach Maine has to offer. I was eager to work on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network's QUEST series because of the enormous potential I felt the series held in exposing the wonders of scientific study being performed on a local level.

I have worked on many award-winning films. Highlights include, two productions that won national Emmy Awards, another was awarded the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism and another was awarded the Cable Ace Award for best documentary series.

I currently live in central Maine with my husband and two children.

Major funding is provided by the National Science Foundation.
Additional funding is provided by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Maine Forest Products Council, Irving Woodlands LLC., Desiree Carlson, M.D., and gifts to More Connected. More Maine, The Campaign for Maine Public Broadcasting Network's Programming.

A list of other funders includes:
The Davis Family Foundation, Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust, and Lincoln Ladd.