During her two terms as a Director of Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), co- founder of the International Media Fund and Arthur C. Senate confirmed senior policy positions. She has served under appointments by three U.S. From her courageous tackling of the horrific sex slave trade of Bombay, to her championing the victims of rape in the military, Geralyn has helped make films that give the silenced a voice and the underserved a platform of power.Īmbassador Diana Lady Dougan Executive ProducerĭIANA LADY DOUGAN is an award-winning television producer and long-term pioneer in global information technologies and media. Geralyn was honored with the IDA’s Amicus Award for her significant contribution to documentary filmmaking and Variety recently recognized Geralyn in their 2014 Women’s Impact Report highlighting her work in the entertainment industry. She has produced and executive produced nearly 100 feature-length films including the Academy Award-winning Born Into Brothels Emmy nominated The Day My God Died Academy Award nominated The Square Academy Award nominated The Invisible War and multiple film festival winners. In 2013, Geralyn co-founded Gamechanger Films, a film fund dedicated to women directors. Geralyn’s passion for implementing social change through film inspired her to found the Utah Film Center and co- found IMPACT Partners with Dan Cogan. GERALYN DREYFOUS is a philanthropist, entrepreneur and Academy Award-winning filmmaker with a wide, distinguished background in the arts. Her work has been supported by IFP, the Sundance Institute, Tribeca Institute, Chicken & Egg, Hot Docs, ITVS, Women in Film, Fork Films, SFFILM, IDFA and BAVC among others. She co-directed/produced IN FOOTBALL WE TRUST, an Emmy award-winning, feature documentary about young Pacific Islander men pursuing their dreams of playing professional football, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast on PBS’ 2016 Independent Lens series. Her current releases also include The New York Times Op-Docs short film, WHAT YOU’LL REMEMBER, a beautiful portrait of a family who reframes their experience of homelessness, now playing in theatres and major film festivals. Previously, Erika directed/produced THE JUDGE, a Peabody Award-winning and Emmy-nominated film about the first woman judge appointed to the Middle East’s Shari’a courts, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and was broadcast on PBS’ 2018 Independent Lens series. This powerful exposé of human rights abuses in women’s prisons opened in theatres and was broadcast on PBS’ Independent Lens series last fall. Most recently, Erika directed/produced the New York Times Critics Pick, Emmy Award-winning and Peabody nominated BELLY OF THE BEAST, featuring the 2021 Oscar shortlisted original song, “See What You’ve Done” by Mary J. ERIKA COHN is a two-time Emmy, Peabody and DGA Award-winning filmmaker who Variety recognized as one of 2017’s top ten documentary filmmakers.
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