Matt Whitaker is the other producer of "Small Fortunes", as well as the writer and director. He was director of another successful show in PBS, this one a series, called Ancestors.

This is from the PBS site about Matt:

Matt Whitaker was raised in a tiny town in Northern California, the youngest of seven children. Being the baby of the family, he was able to avoid any need to choose a "responsible" profession, and therefore decided to study film. Much to everyone's surprise, including his own, people began to pay him to make movies (can you imagine?).