Tony Gerber is an American filmmaker and the co-founder of

Market Road Films Market Road Films is an independent production company founded in 2003 by Lynn Nottage, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, and Tony Gerber, Emmy Award-winning director. The company is based in New York. The company produces character-driven, featu ...

, an independent production company.

Personal life

Gerber was born in

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. He is a 1981 graduate of the

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, and a 1995 graduate of the

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. He lives in

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with his wife, playwright

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, 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 ''

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'', a 2017 film about the life and work of Dr.

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. For

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he directed, and co-wrote with

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, ''We Will Rise'' chronicling former First Lady

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’s trip to Africa to raise awareness of the importance of girl’s education which won an American Television Academy Honor and a

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. 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

. Nottage and Gerber are currently developing a feature film, ''Everlasting Yea!'' for

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and are Executive Producers of ''Deep South'', a 10-part podcast for

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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 New York Film Academy – School of Film and Acting (NYFA) is a private for-profit film school and acting school based in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. The New York Film Academy was founded in 1992 by Jerry Sherlock, a former film, t ...

. He is a member of the

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Works

Feature Films * '' Side Streets'' (1998) * '' Full Battle Rattle'' (2008) * ''Notorious Mr. Bout'' (2014) * ''We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World'' (2016) *

'' (2017) – producer Short Films * ''QM, I Think I Call Her QM'' (1999) * ''A Small Taste of Heaven'' (1997) Mini-series * ''

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'' (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) * ''The Bell, the Digger, and the Tropical Pharmacy'' (2014) Games * ''Pavilion'' (2014)

References

External links

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Tribeca Film Institute The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) is a year-round non-profit arts organization founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff, based in New York. The Tribeca Film Institute was created in 2003 in the wake of September 11, 2001. TFI ta ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gerber, Tony Living people American filmmakers Year of birth missing (living people) Film directors from New York City