Ian Cheney grew up in New England and received Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Yale University. He co-created and starred in the feature documentary KING CORN, broadcast nationally on PBS in 2008 and now available on iTunes, Netflix and Blockbuster. Ian directed THE GREENING OF SOUTHIE, a feature documentary about green building broadcast nationally on the Sundance Channel, and the short film TWO BUCKETS which aired on WGBH-Boston. Currently the outreach producer for Kaiulani Lee's film A SENSE OF WONDER, Ian is also directing and producing a feature documentary about light pollution entitled THE CITY DARK.