• Larry A. Sargent, MD, FACS, FAAP

    Larry A. Sargent, MD, has dedicated his career to the treatment of children with facial deformities. He is internationally renowned as a leader in craniofacial surgery, maxillofacial trauma and has trained over 70 board certified plastic surgeons. He has appeared on the Emmy® award-winning and nationally syndicated show The Doctors, discussing his innovative techniques in craniofacial surgery.

  • Beth

    Beth Wilson has a rare condition called Pfeiffer syndrome, a condition in which certain bones are fused prematurely. Beth has had a series of complex craniofacial surgeries with Dr. Larry Sargent as her family is trying to provide her with as normal of a life as possible. They are looking forward to all she will accomplish in the future and the testimony she will someday share.

  • Greer

    Greer Cofield had gone to horseback riding lessons at a far m not far from her Cartersville, Ga., home. She and her mother, Shannon, ventured into the pasture, searching for Greer’s favorite horse. As her horse came near, another horse charged and her horse reacted by kicking. The result was a traumatic head injury and an air lift to Erlanger Medical Center, where they met Dr. Larry Sargent. Greer sustained multiple orbital fractures impacting her eye, ear, skull, and more.

  • Josh

    Josh Bennett is an aspiring singer and actor that was born with a cleft of the lip and palate. Cleft of the lip and palate are birth defects that occur when a baby’s lip or mouth do not form properly during pregnancy. As a baby, Josh was put in the hands of Dr. Larry Sargent who worked to repair Josh’s lip and palate to reduce the impact of his condition and set him up for a beautiful future.

“Beautiful Faces is unlike any other film as it provides viewers with never-before seen surgical access, while telling the beautiful stories of these extraordinary children, their world-renowned surgeon, and their loving families. We are proud of our film and it’s message of hope and inspiration.”

-Dagan W. Beckett, Director

Dagan W. Beckett has dedicated his career to telling inspiring stories. He is an Emmy® Award-Winning film director and producer. He graduated from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with his Bachelor of Arts in both music and mass communications with a degree emphasis on filmmaking and storytelling. In 2020, Dagan and his production team produced the Emmy®Award-Winning documentary feature film, Songbirds, which is distributed on Amazon Prime through Gravitas Venture Films. In 2022, Dagan founded a 501C-3 Non-Profit Organization, Beckett Arts Project. Dagan and his board of directors provided scholarships to music composition students at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and on-location internship opportunities for aspiring film students at both Tennessee Wesleyan University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dagan has traveled and collaborated with filmmakers and creatives around the world. His films have played at film festivals in Cannes, Barcelona, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta, Nashville, and more.

Dagan W. Beckett, Film Director