SURVEILLED tracks Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ronan Farrow as he investigates the growing business of commercial spyware, following the story from New York City to Tel Aviv, Israel, a center of espionage cybertechnology. Once a target of covert surveillance himself, Farrow explores the multi-billion-dollar industry, addressing the contradictory uses and implications of phone hacking – the ability to monitor criminal activity and the attendant threats to civil liberties. HBO Documentary Films presents SURVEILLED. Produced and directed by Matthew O’Neill and Perri Peltz; produced by Ronan Farrow, Beth Morrissey and Unjin Lee; edited by David Meneses; original music by Mac Quayle; written by Ronan Farrow, Matthew O’Neill, and Perri Peltz. For HBO: executive producers, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller and Sara Rodriguez.
