DIRECTORS

Sabrina Schmidt Gordon is an award-winning Haitian-American documentary filmmaker and impact strategist from NYC. Her films employ provocative, nuanced storytelling to center marginalized voices, illuminate diverse experiences, and explore the issues that affect our global society. Since her Emmy-winning editing debut for GBH, she has distinguished herself as a producer, editor, and director. She is a Women at Sundance Fellow, recipient of the Dear Producer Award recognizing excellence in independent filmmaking, and a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Sabrina’s recent films include Victim/Suspect (Netflix) which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, an investigative documentary following a journalist who uncovers a shocking pattern about police handling of sexual assault cases; and To the End (Hulu), on Variety's list of "films to watch" at Sundance, follows four young women of color leaders, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, on the front lines of the fight for the most sweeping climate change legislation in U.S. history. Sabrina is the producer of critically-acclaimed Sundance film QUEST, which premiered on POV and for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, a Peabody, and two Emmys. A New York Times Critic's Pick and Rolling Stone Top 10 Films of the Year, Sabrina is featured in VOGUE magazine's QUEST: a Documentary Disrupts American Narratives About Race.