Tony Gerber

Tony Gerber
BornNew York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationFilmmaker
NationalityAmerican
SpouseLynn Nottage
Children2

Tony Gerber is an American filmmaker and the co-founder of Market Road Films, an independent production company.

Personal life

Gerber was born in New York City. He is a 1981 graduate of the Hackley School,[1] and a 1995 graduate of the Columbia University School of the Arts.[2] He lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife, playwright Lynn Nottage, and their two children, Ruby and Melkamu Gerber.

Career

Gerber is a two-time Emmy winner.

He directed and executive produced Kingdom of the White Wolf, a 3-part natural history series for National Geographic, filmed on location in the High Arctic.

He is a producer of the Jane, a 2017 film about the life and work of Dr. Jane Goodall.

For CNN Films he directed, and co-wrote with Meryl Streep, We Will Rise chronicling former First Lady Michelle Obama’s trip to Africa to raise awareness of the importance of girl’s education which won an American Television Academy Honor and a CINE Golden Eagle.

His independent films include Full Battle Rattle (Berlinale premiere and SXSW Special Jury Prize) and The Notorious Mr. Bout (Sundance premiere).

In 2005, Gerber co-founded NY-based production company, Market Road Films with playwright Lynn Nottage. Nottage and Gerber are currently developing a feature film, Everlasting Yea! for Amazon Studios and are Executive Producers of Deep South, a 10-part podcast for Stitcher investigating an unsolved 1950s lynching and the conspiracy of silence in a small southern town.

Gerber is an instructor at the New York Film Academy.[3] He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Works

Feature films

Short films

  • QM, I Think I Call Her QM (1999)
  • A Small Taste of Heaven (1997)

Mini-series

  • National Geographic Explorer (TV series documentary)
    • Congo Bush Pilots (2008)
    • Science of Evil (2008)
    • Secret History of Diamonds (2009)
    • Man vs. Volcano (2010)
    • Inside the DEA (2010)
    • Kingdom of the White Wolf (2019)

Museum works

  • How to Move a Landscape film (2020)[4]
  • The Bell, the Digger, and the Tropical Pharmacy (2014)[5]

Games

  • Pavilion (2014)[6]

References

  1. ^ "Tony Gerber '81's documentary to debut at Sundance Film Festival". Hackley School. 10 January 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  2. ^ "Tony Gerber '95 Wins PGA Award for 'Jane'". Columbia University School of the Arts. February 6, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  3. ^ "Emmy-Winning New York Film Academy Instructor Premieres Doc Tonight!". New York Film Academy. November 9, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2022. New York Film Academy's Emmy-winning documentary instructor Tony Gerber will premiere The Forbidden Tomb of Genghis Khan tonight at 9pm (EST) on the National Geographic Channel.
  4. ^ "Blane De St. Croix: How To Move A Landscape". Mass MoCA. July 9, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "Shorts Program: The Island is Enchanted with You". BAMcinématek 2014 series Migrating Forms. Brooklyn Academy of Music. December 16, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  6. ^ "Dreamy indie game Pavilion coming to PS4, Vita in Spring 2014". Joystiq. September 10, 2013. Archived from the original on September 13, 2013. Retrieved September 14, 2013.