Geralyn White Dreyfous is an American film producer. She has produced multiple documentary and narrative films focusing on social justice issues including ''

The Invisible War ''The Invisible War'' is a 2012 American documentary film written and directed by Kirby Dick and produced by Amy Ziering and Tanner King Barklow about sexual assault in the United States military. It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, w ...

'' (2012), '' The Square'' (2013), ''

The Hunting Ground ''The Hunting Ground'' is a 2015 American documentary film about the incidence of sexual assault on college campuses in the United States and the reported failure of college administrations to deal with it adequately. Written and directed by K ...

'' (2015), '' Won't You Be My Neighbor?'' (2018), ''

The Great Hack ''The Great Hack'' is a 2019 documentary film about the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal, produced and directed by Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer, both previous documentary Academy Award nominees ( ''The Square'', ''Control Room'', ' ...

'' (2019), and '' On the Record'' (2020). Dreyfous has been nominated for

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awards.

Early life

Dreyfous Grew up in

Groveland, Massachusetts Groveland is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is thirty-four miles north of Boston. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 6,752. The town is divided into two precincts, Groveland and South Groveland. History Grovelan ...

. Early in her career, she worked at The Philanthropic Initiative in

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. She taught Documentary and Narrative writing with Dr. Robert Coles at

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.Dreyfous's IMDB bio
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Career

Dreyfous is the chair and co-founder of the Utah Film Center, which provides funding to filmmakers. In 2007, Dreyfous co-founded Impact Partners, a documentary production company alongside

Dan Cogan Dan Cogan is an American film producer. He has produced multiple documentary films including ''The Queen of Versailles'' (2012), ''How to Survive a Plague'' (2012), ''The Hunting Ground'' (2015), ''Icarus (2017 film), Icarus'' (2017), ''Won't You ...

. In 2013, Dreyfous co-founded

Gamechanger Films Gamechanger Films is an American company that finances independent films directed by women. History Gamechanger Films was founded in 2013 by Julie Parker Benello, Dan Cogan, Geralyn Dreyfous, Wendy Ettinger. Mynette Louie was the President, De ...

, a production company which only finances films directed by women. Dreyfous has produced multiple films which have gone on to receive

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and Emmy Award nominations. Including ''

Born into Brothels ''Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids'' is a 2004 Indian-American documentary film about the children of prostitutes in Sonagachi, Kolkata's red light district. The widely acclaimed film, written and directed by Zana Briski and Ross ...

'' (2005) directed by

Zana Briski Zana Briski (born 25 October 1966) is a British photographer and filmmaker, best known for '' Born into Brothels'', the 2004 Oscar winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, which she directed. She founded Kids with Cameras, a non ...

and Ross Kauffman, which won the

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. ''

'' (2012), directed by

Kirby Dick Kirby Bryan Dick (born August 23, 1952) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor best known for directing documentary films. He received Academy Award nominations for Best Documentary Feature for directing ''Twist of Fait ...

, '' The Square'' (2013) directed by

Jehane Noujaim Jehane Noujaim ( ar, جيهان نجيم, ) (born May 17, 1974) is an Academy Award nominated American documentary film director best known for her films ''Control Room'', '' Startup.com'', '' Pangea Day'' and '' The Square.'' In 2019, she co-di ...

, and ''

'' (2015) directed by Kirby Dick. Dreyfous has been nominated for two

awards for producing '' Brave Miss World'' (2013), directed by

Cecilia Peck Cecilia Peck (born May 1, 1958) is an American film producer, director and actress. She is the only daughter of actor Gregory Peck and his second wife Veronique Passani. Career As an actress, Peck was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for '' ...

, and ''

'' (2019), directed by Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer. In 2013, Dreyfous was honored by the International Documentary Association with the Amicus Award. Additionally, Dreyfous was honored by

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for the 2014 Women’s Impact Report."WOW Conference to feature five inspiring women," North Andover Eagle Tribune, April 4, 2019
/ref> In 2021, Dreyfous was nominated for a Peabody Award as one of the executive producers of the docuseries Nuclear Family.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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