Lloyd Handw­erk­er is a film­mak­er, writer, and direc­tor of the doc­u­men­tary Famous Nathan, which serves as a com­pan­ion piece to the book. As a descen­dant of Nathan Handw­erk­er, Lloyd had access to hun­dreds of valu­able resources to pro­vide a thor­ough retelling of his family’s story.