Provided by Wikipedia Dennis "Doc" Littky is the co-founder and co-director of The Big Picture Company, The Met School and College Unbound, and a former principal of Thayer High School in Winchester, New Hampshire. He was the subject of the 1992 NBC film ''A Town Torn Apart'' and the 1989 book ''Teacher: Dennis Littky's Fight for a Better School'' by Susan Kammeraad-Campbell, on which the film was based. He was portrayed in the film by Michael Tucker.