The Counterfeiter
World Premiere

The Counterfeiter

Shorts
| USA | 23 MINUTES
Documentary
Featuring actual wiretapped phone calls and surveillance video, this film explores how the FBI brought down the largest counterfeit operation in U.S. history during the summer of 1998, thanks to the help of some major league baseball players.

Screening with Shorts: ESPN Sports Shorts

Cast & Credits
Directed by
Brian Biegel
Brian Biegel is a multi award-winning documentary filmmaker, executive producer and an acclaimed author. His films include Miracle Ball: My Hunt for the Shot Heard 'Round the World", and the series Sports Detectives. Biegel also directed, Getting My Child Back: Fighting Autism, an educational documentary about the advances to autism treatment.
Director
Brian Biegel
Screenwriter
n/a
Cinematographer
Brian Russell
Editor
Michael E. Berndt Jr.
Producer
Jeff Taylor

Contacts
Press Contact
Jennifer Cingari Christie
ESPN
New York, NY 10023
Phone: 646 547 5840
jennifer.j.cingari@espn.com


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