Millimeter Magazine named writer-producer-director Jo Franklin "One of the Top 50 Film Producers in the U.S."

Following her work as Senior Washington Producer of the MacNeil-Lehrer Report, Ms. Franklin produced and directed The Middle East Trilogy, a unique history-making series that aired to rave critical reviews, unprecedented audience numbers, and repeated worldwide broadcasts. Her eight films have won numerous awards including an Emmy nomination.

Throughout Operation Desert Storm, The Middle East Trilogy was used by General Norman Schwarzkopf, the U.S. State and Defense Departments, and the military to train their personnel for deployment to the Persian Gulf. In an unusual move, the U.S. Military also requested that Ms. Franklin work personally with the Special Operations Forces during the Gulf War-a request she honored and which ultimately became the heart of her novel The Wing of The Falcon.