Documentary

Below is a full list of The Gotham Documentary Filmmaker Lab alumni. Only those who attended the Labs are listed in the credits section.

2019

Beba
Director: Rebecca Huntt
Director: Sofia Geld
Editor: Andrea Cruz

Frank Bey: You’re Going to Miss Me
Director, Co-Writer, DP: Marie Hinson
Producer: Trevite Willis

The Last Out
Director, Producer: Sami Khan
Director, Producer: Michael Gassert
Producer, DP: Jonathan Miller
(WP: Tribeca Film Festival 2020) 

Memphis
Director: David Zucker
Producer: Luke Terrell
Producer: Benjamin Edelman

Million Dollar Block
Director, Producer: Diane Hodson
Director, Producer: Jasmine Luoma
Producer: Shantel Palacio

A Place of Absence
Director, Writer, Producer: Marialuisa Ernst
Associate Producer: Nora Poggi

Red Heaven
Director, Producer: Lauren DeFilippo
Director, Producer, Editor: Katherine Gorringe
(WP: SXSW/DOCNYC 2020)

Two Gods
Director, DP: Zeshawn Ali
Producer: Aman Ali
Editor: Colin Nusbaum
(WP: Hot Docs 2020)

Untitled Barry Gibbs Project
Director, Producer, DP: Zoe Potkin
Editor: Ines Vogelfang
Producer: Theodora Dunlap

2018

512 Hours
Directors, Producer: Adina Istrate
Director, Producer: Giannina La Salvia
Co-Producer: Irina Albita
(WP: CPH:DOX 2021)

Bloodthicker
Director, Writer, DP, Editor: Zac Manuel
Writer, Producer: Chris Haney
Executive Producer: Justin Fontenot

Border South
Director, Producer, DP: Raúl O. Paz Pastrana
Editor, Co-Producer: Ellen Knechel
(WP: Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019)

The Burning Field
Director, Writer, Producer, DP, Editor: Justin Weinrich
(WP: CinemAmbiente 2019)

Charm Circle
Director, Writer, DP: Nira Burstein
(WP: TBC 2021)

Chèche Lavi (Looking for Life)
Director, DP: Sam Ellison
Producer: Abraham Ávila
Producer:Rachel Cantave
(WP: Rotterdam Film Festival 2019)

Flood
Director, Writer, Producer, DP: Katy Scoggin

The In Between
Director, Producer, DP, Editor: Robie Flores
Producer, DP: Alejandro Flores

A Machine to Live In
Director, Writer: Yoni Goldstein
Director, Editor: Meredith Zielke
Producer: Sebastian Alvarez
(WP: True/False 2020)

Socks on Fire: Uncle John and the Copper Headed Water Rattlers
Director, Writer: Bo McGuire
Producer: Tatiana Bears
Editor: Max Allman
(WP: Tribeca Film Festival 2020)

2017

The Area
Directors, Producer, DP: David Schalliol
Producer, Editor: Brian Ashby
Editor: Peter Galassi
(WP: Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2018)

Baato
Director, Writer, Producer, DP: Lucas Millard
Director, Writer: Kate Stryker
(WP: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2020)

¡Las Sandinistas!
Director, Writer: Jenny Murray
Producer: Sarah Winshall
(WP: SXSW 2018)

Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window
Director, Writer, Producer, DP: Andrew Hevia
Editor: Carlos Rivera
(WP: CPH:DOX 2019)

Personal Statement
Director, Producer, DP: Juliane Dressner
Co-Director, DP, Editor: Edwin Martinez
Co-Producer: Beth Levison
(WP: AFI Docs 2018)

A Photographic Memory
Director, Producer, DP: Rachel Elizabeth Seed
Producer: Danielle Varga

Shadow of His Wings
Director, Producer, DP: Lucas Habte
Producer, Editor: Isidore Bethel
Producer: Tigist Schmidt

Shirkers
Director, Writer, Producer, Co-Editor: Sandi Tan
(WP: Sundance Film Festival 2018)

TransMilitary
Director, DP, Editor: Gabe Silverman
Director, Executive Producer: Fiona Dawson
Writer, Producer: Jamie Coughlin
(WP: SXSW 2018)

We Are Not Princesses
Director, DP: Bridgette Auger
Director, Producer, DP: Itab Azzam
Editor: Sara Maamouri
(WP: DOC NYC 2018)

2016

306 Hollywood
Directors, Writers, Producers, DP: Elan Bogarin & Jonathan Bogarin
Editor:Nyneve Laura Minnear
(WP: Sundance Film Festival 2018)

93QUEEN
Director, Producer: Paula Eiselt
Producer:Heidi Reinberg
(WP: Hot Docs Film Festival 2018)

Curandera
Director, Producer: Ethan Goldwater
Editor: Alessandra Lacorazza
DP: Max Basch

For the Birds
Director, Producer, Editor: Richard Miron
Producer: Holly Meehl
Producer: Jeffrey Star
(WP: Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018)

Gautam Buddha
Director, Producer, DP, Editor: Shayok Mukhopadhyay
(WP: Transilvania International Film Festival 2019)

Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Director, Writer, Producer, DP, Editor: RaMell Ross
Creative Producer, Story Consultant: Maya Krinsky
(WP: Sundance Film Festival 2018)

Jaddoland
Director, DP: Nadia Shihab
Executive Producer:Talal Al-Muhanna
(WP: New Orleans Film Festival 2018)

Sage Country
Director, Writer, Editor, DP, Composer: Yuri Chicovsky
Producer: Lauren Blair

Swim Team
Director, Producer: Lara Stolman
Co-Producer, Editor: Ann Collins
Producer: Shanna Belott
(WP: DOC NYC 2016)

Unrest
Director, Producer: Jennifer Brea
Producer: Patricia Gillespie
(WP: Sundance Film Festival 2017)

2015

Boone
Director: Christopher LaMarca
Editor: Katrina Taylor
(WP: SXSW 2016)

Decade of Fire
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor: Gretchen Hildebran
Writer, Producer: Vivian Vazquez
(WP: Full Frame Film Festival 2019)

Distant Constellation
Director, Cinematographer: Shevaun Mizrahi
Producer: Shelly Grizim
Producer: Deniz Buga
(WP: Locarno Film Festival 2017)

Hooligan Sparrow
Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor: Nanfu Wang
Composer: Kuan He
(WP: Sundance Film Festival 2016)

Kivalina
Director, Producer: Gina Abatemarco
Editor: Nadav Harel
(WP: Berlinale Culinary Cinema 2016)

Memories of a Penitent Heart
Director: Cecilia Aldarondo
Producer: Patricia Benabe
Editor: Hannah Buck
(WP: Tribeca Film Festival 2016)

The Nine
Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor: Katy Grannan
Producer: Marc Smolowitz
Editor: Eli Olson
(WP: Vision du Reel 2016)

Raising Bertie
Director, Writer, Producer: Margaret Byrne
Writer, Editor: Leslie Simmer
Cinematographer, Co-Producer: Jon Stuyvesant
(WP: Full Frame Film Festival 2016)

Supergirl
Director, Producer, Editor: Jessie Auritt
Producer, Cinematographer: Carmen Delaney
Co-Producer: Justin Levy
(WP: Hamptons FF 2016)

Swing Low
Director: Javid Soriano
Editor: Manuel Tsingaris

2014

The Dream of the Audience: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
Writer, Director, Producer: Woo Jung Cho
Editor, Producer: Cindy Yoon
Cinematographer, Editor: JiYe Kim

From This Day Forward
Director, Producer: Sharon Shattuck
Producer: Martha Shane
Editor: Frederick Shanahan

Mad Tiger
Director, Producer, Cinematographer: Jonathan Yi
Director, Producer, Cinematographer: Michael Haertlein

Man of the Monkey
Director: David Romberg
Editor: Èlia Gasull Balada

Quest
Director, Producer, Cinematographer: Jonathan Olshefski
Editor: Tim Fryett
Music Supervisor: Christopher Rainey

Romeo is Bleeding
Director: Jason Zeldes
Producer: Michael Klein
Editor: Kevin Klauber

(T)error
Directors, Cinematographers: Lyric Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe
Edtior: Laura Minnear

T-Rex
Director, Producer, Cinematographer: Zackary Canepari
Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematographer: Drea Cooper
Producer: Sue Jaye Johnson

The Seventh Fire
Director, Producer, Cinematographer: Jack Pettibone Riccobono
Producer: Jihan Robinson
Producer, Cinematographer: Shane Slattery-Quintanilla
Editor: Andrew Ford

Very Semi-Serious
Director: Leah Wolchock
Producer: Davina Pardo
Editor: Nels Bangerter

2013

Approaching the Elephant
Director: Amanda Wilder
Producer: Jay Craven
Associate Producer: Caitlin Mae Burke

Bringing Tibet Home
Director: Tenzin Tsetan Choklay
Editor: Milica Zec

Do I Sound Gay?
Director: David Thorpe

Evolution of a Criminal
Director: Darius Clark Monroe
Producer: Jen Gatien
Editor: Doug Lenox

Farmer Veteran
Directors: D.L. Anderson, Alix Blair
DP: Jeremy Lange
Editor: Mikel Barton

In Country
Director: Meghan O’Hara
Director, DP: Mike Attie
Producer: Daniel Chalfen
Editor: Lindsay Utz

Kasamayaki (Made in Kasama)
Director: Yuki Kokubo

The Life & Mind of Mark DeFriest
Director: Gabriel London
Producer: Daniel Chalfen

Mateo
Director: Aaron Naar
Producer, Executive Producer: Benjamin Dohrmann
Editor: Nicole Vaskell

Roots and Webs
Director: Sara Dosa
Producer: Josh Penn

2012

Alias Ruby Blade
Director: Alex Meiller
Producer: Tanya Ager Meillier

Big Joy Project: The Adventures of James Broughton
Directors, Producers: Stephen Silha, Eric Slade
Editor: Dawn Logsdon

For Thousands of Miles
Writer, Director: Mike Ambs
Production Manager: Erica Hampton

Brave New Wild
Writer, Director: Oakley Anderson-Moore
Producer: Alexander Reinhard

Lucky
Director, Producer: Laura Checkoway
Producer: Neyda Martinez

Our Nixon
Director, Producer: Penny Lane
Producer: Brian Frye

Purgatorio: A Journey into the Heart of the Border
Director, Producer: Rodrigo Reyes
DP: Justin Chin
Editor: Manuel Tsingaris

Survival Prayer
Director, Producer: Benjamin Greene
Editor: P. Corwin Lamm
Composer: Michael Beharie

These Birds Walk
Directors, Producers: Bassam Tariq, Omar Mullick
Producer: Valentina Canavesio

Where God Likes to Be
Writer, Director: Nicolas Hudak
Writer, Producer: Anna Hudak

2011

Herman’s House
Director, Producer: Angad Bhalla
Producer: Lisa Valencia-Svensson
Exec. Producers: Ed Barreveld, Loring McAlpin
Editor: Ricardo Acosta

High Tech, Low Life
Director, Producer, Editor: Stephen Maing
Producer: Trina Rodriguez
Editor: Jonathan Oppenheim

The Light in Her Eyes
Director, Producers: Laura Nix, Julia Meltzer

Northern Light
Director: Nicholas Bentgen
Producer: Lisa Kjerulff
Editor: Yoonha Park

Oscar’s Comeback
Director, Producer: Lisa Collins
Co-Director, Producer: Mark Schwartzburt
Executive Producer: Lisa Cortes; Stephen Winter; L. Collins; M. Schwartzburt
Editor: Brian Kates

Sister
Director/Producer: Brenda Davis
Editor: Alison Shurman

Sun Kissed
Director, Producers: Maya Stark, Adi Lavy
Producer: Jocelyn Glatzer
Editor: Ron Goldman

The Twelve O’Clock Boyz
Director, Producer: Lotfy Nathan
Producers: Ross Finkel, Patrick Wright
Editor: Patrick Wright

Us Naked: The Adventures of Trixie and Monkey
Director, Producer, Editor: Kirsten D’Andrea Hollander
Producer, Editor: Scot Hollander
Editor: Kata Frederickr

Welcome to the Machine
Director, Producer, Editor: Avi Zev Weider
Editor: Ann Husaini

2010

25 To Life
Director, Producer: Michael L. Brown
Producer: Yvonne Shirley
Editor: Emir Lewis

Dear Mandela
Director, Producer, Editors: Dara Kell, Christopher Nizza

Fambul Tok
Director, Producer: Sara Terry
Producer: Rory Kennedy
Executive Producer, Producer: Libby Hoffman
Editor: Brian Singbiel
Consulting Editor: Kate Amend

Give Up Tomorrow
Director, Producer: Michael Collins
Producer: Marty Syjuco
Executive Producer: Ramona Diaz

Our School
Director: Miruna Coca-Cozma
Director, Producer: Mona Nicoara
Editor: Erin Casper, Jonathan Oppenheim

The Patron Saints
Director, Producer: Brian M. Cassidy, Melanie Shatzky

Puppet
Director, Producer, Editor: David Soll
Producer: Jared Ian Goldman, Hannah Rosenzweig

A Rubberband Is An Unlikely Instrument
Director, Editor: Matt Boyd
Executive Producer: Jason Ross
Editor: Michael Carter

Smokin’ Fish
Director, Producer, Writer: Luke Griswold-Tergis
Writer, Producer: Cory Mann
Executive Producer: Jed Riffe
Editor: Maureen Gosling

Wildness
Director, Writer, Editor: Wu Ingrid Tsang
Producer: Kathy Rivkin, Ernesto Foronda, Felix Endara
Editor: Suzanne Mejean

2009

Beijing Taxi
Director/Producer/Editor – Miao Wang

Casino Nation
Director/Producer – Terry Jones
Director/Producer/Editor – Laure Sullivan
Director/Producer/DP – Paul Wilson

An Interview with Simone Weil
Director/Producer/Editor – Julia Haslett
Producer – Fabrizia Galvagno

Land of Opportunity
Director/Producer/Editor – Luisa Dantas
Co-Producer – Rebecca Snedeker

Our House
Director/Producer/DP/Editor – Greg King
Director/DP – David Teague

Paul Goodman Changed My Life
Director/Producer – Jonathan S. Lee
Editor – Kimberly Reed
Associate Producer – Robert Hawk

The Road to Nasiriyah
Director/Producer/Writer/DP – Marie Hélène Carleton
Director/Producer/Writer/DP – Micah Garen

Texas Heart
Director/Producer/Writer/DP/Editor – Treva Wurmfeld

Twelve Ways to Sunday
Director/Producer/DP/Editor – Anna Rose Holmer

War Don Don
Director/Producer – Rebecca Richman Cohen
Producer/Editor – Francisco Bello

2008

Burning In the Sun
Director/Producer/Writer/DPs: Cambria Matlow, Morgan Robinson
Editor: Claire Weingarten

The Hand of Fatima
Director/Writer: Augusta Palmer
Producer/Editor: Chris Arnold

Mine/span
Director/Producer/Writer: Geralyn Pezanoski
Producer: Erin Essenmacher

The Presence of Joseph Chaikin
Director/Producer/Writer/DP: Troy Word
Writer/Editor: Encke King

Smile Til It Hurts: The Up With People Story
Director/Writer: Lee Storey
Producer: Bari Pearlman

The Stranger’s Land
Director/Producer/Writer/DP/Editor: Xavier Marrades Orga

Tibet In Song
Director/Producer/Writer: Ngawang Choephel
Editor: Tim Bartlett

Of Kites and Borders
Director/Producer/Writer: Yolanda Pividal
DP: Carmen Vidal
Editor: Sara Booth

Ulises’ Odyssey
Director/Producer/Writer: Lorena Manriquez
Director/Producer/DP/Editor: Miguel Picker

The Visitors
Director/Writer/Producer/DP/Editor: Melis Birder
Editor: K.A. Miille

2007

Between the Folds
Directors: Vanessa Gould, Gil Talmi
Director, Writer, Producer: Vanessa Gould
Editor: Kristi Barlow

Body of Work
Director/Writer/Editor: Kai Beverly-Whittemore
Producers: Kai Beverly-Whittemore, Miranda Beverly-Whittemore

Calling From Tehran
Director: Matthew Nicolau
Producers: Sherry Azimi, Lesli Klainberg, Matthew Nicolau, Tammie Rhee
Editor: David Ambrose

Disabled But Able To Rock!
Director: Blake Myers
Producers: Blake Myers, Takuro Masuda, Mark Wynns

Economy Superstar
Director: Jerry A. Henry
Producer: Andrea J. Chia, Jerry A. Henry

The Money Stone
Director/DP/Editor: Stuart Harmon
Producer: Stuart Harmon, Mayank Bubna

Sold: Fighting the New Global Slave Trade
Director/Writer/Producer: Jody Hassett Sanchez

Victory Over Darkness
Director/DP: Donnie Eichar
Producers: Donnie Eichar, Matt Miller
Editor: Maeve O’Boyle

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
Director/Writer: Matt Wolf
Producers: Kyle Martin, Ben Howe
DP: Jody Lee Lipes

2006

La Americana
Directors: Jesse Thomas, John Mattiuzzi
Producer: Nicholas Bruckman

Luchando
Director: Noelle Stout
Producer: Alphonso Morgan

Maybe Baby
Director/Producer: Shannon O’Rourke
Premiere: SXSW 2007

Mr. Fascination
Directors/Producers: Steve Loff, Prichard Smith

Postcards From Home
Director: Martina Radwan
Producers: Martina Radwan, Pelin Uzay

The Farm
Directors/Producers: Rena Mundo, Nadine Mundo

The Man of Two Havanas
Director/Producer: Vivien Lesnik Weisman

The Real Shaolin
Director/Writer/Producer: Alexander Sebastien Lee

The Sari Soldiers
Director/Producer: Julie Bridgham
Award: Sundance Documentary Fund grant 2007

Trinidad
Directors/Producers: PJ Raval, Jay Hodges