Cynthia Childs is a non-fiction producer and showrunner working in Los Angeles. Her latest feature documentary, Circus of Books, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and was released by Netflix. Past projects include the award-winning documentary A Place to Live: The Story of Triangle Square which screened internationally and aired in the U.S. and Canada. Cynthia has executive produced several groundbreaking series including Time of Death (Showtime) and The Real L Word (Showtime), the former of which was awarded the 2014 International Documentary Association Award for Best Limited Series and named a top ten TV series by Time Magazine, Washington Post and Entertainment Weekly. As the showrunner for the Viceland series Kentucky Ayahuasca, Cynthia explored the potential of a nonconventional medicine to provide healing for intense personal trauma. Her current TV project revisits the 2005 trial and subsequent acquittal of Michael Jackson on child molestation charges. Directed by Stephanie Soechtig, this limited series will premiere in the summer of 2020 on A&E.