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Productions

Gunther is a multimedia storyteller for film, television, radio, and digital. Her third documentary, ''Sunset & The Mockingbird'', produced by Essie Chambers and Kali Holloway, is in post production. Her feature script, ''Pleased To Meet Me,'' is being produced by Wren Arthur and

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’s Olive Productions. She was director and co-executive producer for the 2023

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rom doc series, ''Swiping America'' and an untitled pilot for Conde Naste/

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. Previously, she was co-executive producer, director, and writer on multiple episodes of the NBC series, ''

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'', featuring Allison Janney,

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, and Billy Porter. She won a

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for her work as executive producer and director of the

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/ A&E documentary, ''Black Patriots: Heroes of the American Revolution'', featuring Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. She was producer for

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’s ''The Last Defense,'' a seven part docuseries executive-produced by Viola Davis. She was director, producer, and writer for six short films for the JigSaw, Amazon, and

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magazine series, ''The New Yorker Presents.'' Her second feature documentary, ''The New Public,'' aired on

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and is distributed by

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with a curriculum created by Teachers College at Columbia University. Her first critically-acclaimed documentary, ''Pull Out'', produced by Wren Arthur, was an official selection of numerous national and international film festivals. She served as reporter and co-producer for NPR's ''

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'' program. (Episodes:“Kid Politics” & “Stuck In the Middle.”) She is the recipient of a national Emmy award for writing and directing a series of public service announcements for PBS. She began her television career as a staff writer for

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. She was a freelance writer/producer of numerous promos and producer/director on various docuseries for

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, TLC, MTV, AMC, IFC, and WEtv, and other networks. She is also a certified transitional and creative coach for young people and adults.

Partial filmography

* ''Sunset and the Mockingbird'' feature film (director/producer/writer) * ''The New Public'' feature film (director/producer/camera) * ''Pull Out'' feature film (director/producer/writer) * ''The New Yorker Presents'' Series. (director/writer/producer) * ''

''(reporter) (2011)This American Life
/ref> * ''Who Do You Think You Are'' Series. (director/supervising producer) * '' Postcards From Buster'' Series. (director)

* ''Made'' (director/producer) Series.

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) * ''Love High'' (director/producer) Series pilot. (NOGGIN) * ''THINKPORT.ORG''(co-director/writer)

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Award-winning PSA series for

References

External links

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The New Public Movie (Director)

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