Evan Pondel is a Los Angeles-based journalist who has written for publications, including The Wall Street Journal - WSJ.com, The Christian Science Monitor, NYTimes.com, Los Angeles Magazine, GlobalPost, among others.

He made his directorial debut with the film, "Leather Jude," a short documentary about Holocaust survivor Hans Biglajzer and the significance of his craft as a master saddle maker. The film won first place in the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Short Documentary Contest and debuted at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.