Abigail Disney
- Producción
- 24 de enero de 1960 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Biografía
Abigail E. Disney is an Emmy-winning director and producer, philanthropist and the CEO and president of Fork Films. An active supporter of peacebuilding, she is passionate about advancing women's roles in the public sphere. Abigail's films and series focus on social issues and spotlight extraordinary people who speak truth to power. Having grown up in a family of filmmakers, Abigail turned to documentaries when inspired to tell the story of a brave group of women who used nonviolent protests and sex strikes to bring an end to Liberia's long civil war. She and renowned filmmaker Gini Reticker made the widely acclaimed Pray the Devil Back to Hell, which is broadly credited with highlighting the achievements of Leymah Gbowee, who received a Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. Abigail and Gini went on to found Fork Films, which is known for making and funding high profile, critically acclaimed documentaries that are seen on PBS, Netflix, HBO and other major outlets. In addition to producing original films, Fork Films awards grants to non-fiction films that promote peacebuilding, human rights and social justice with a particular emphasis on projects with women behind or in front of the camera. As of June 2017, Fork Films has awarded over $4 million to 90 documentaries including Cameraperson, Trapped, 1971, The Mask You Live In, Citizen Koch, Hot Girls Wanted, The Invisible War, and Sun Come Up. Fork Films grantees have premiered at top tier film festivals, won major awards and moved the needle on important social issues. In 2009, Abigail founded Peace is Loud, a nonprofit that inspires action through media and live events that spotlight women leaders on the frontline of peacebuilding worldwide. Abigail's directorial debut, Emmy-winning The Armor of Light, co-directed by Kathleen Hughes, premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. The film follows Reverend Rob Schenck, an Evangelical minister, and Lucy McBath, the mother of a teenage shooting victim, who ask, is it possible to be both pro-gun and pro-life? Peace is Loud led the outreach and engagement campaign for The Armor of Light to restore a moral, ethical, and theological framework to the conversation about gun violence in America. The campaign has initiated and supported dialogue with faith leaders and communities around the country, reaching out beyond the documentary film community to target dozens of conservative evangelical influencers. In 2012, along with Pamela Hogan and Gini Reticker, Abigail created and executive produced the first-of-its-kind series for PBS- Women, War, & Peace. The five-part series looked at women in modern war as active agents for peace and positive change makers in their communities. It garnered the Overseas Press Club's Edward R. Murrow Award, a Gracie Award, and a Television Academy Honor. Season II of the series is currently in production. Abigail is the recipient of numerous awards including an honor by the International Women's Media Foundation for advancing women's issues and peace initiatives; IDA's Amicus Award, The International Advocate for Peace Award, presented by Cardozo Law School; and the Epic Award presented by The White House Project. Disney received her Bachelor's degree from Yale University, her Master's degree from Stanford University and her Doctorate from Columbia University. She is a mother of four.
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Filmografía
- Ultra-riches – Taxe-moi (si tu peux !) · En persona
- Lady · Producción ejecutiva
- Ratified · Co-Executive Producer
- The Quilters · Producción ejecutiva
- The First Step · Producción ejecutiva
- Tu me ressembles · Producción ejecutiva
- Manipulación: Sexo, cámara, poder · Producción ejecutiva
- The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales · En persona, Historia
- The Art of Rebellion · Producción ejecutiva
- Cuerpos de película · Producción ejecutiva
- My Name Is Andrea · Producción ejecutiva
- Boycott · Producción ejecutiva
- Missing in Brooks County · Producción ejecutiva
- Rebel Hearts · Producción ejecutiva
- Holler · Producción ejecutiva
- Reality Winner · Co-Executive Producer
- Women in Blue · Producción ejecutiva
- Mayor · Co-Executive Producer
- Disclosure · Producción ejecutiva
- For the Love of Rutland · Producción ejecutiva
- The Assistant · Producción ejecutiva
- Afterward · Producción ejecutiva
- American Woman · Producción ejecutiva
- Cooked: Survival by Zip Code · Producción ejecutiva
- A High School Rape Goes Viral: Roll Red Roll · Producción ejecutiva
- Women, War & Peace II · Producción ejecutiva
- Roll Red Roll · Producción ejecutiva
- Sé natural: la historia nunca contada de Alice Guy-Blaché · Associate Producer
- Same God · Producción ejecutiva
- En pocas palabras · En persona
- Netizens · Producción ejecutiva
- Call Her Ganda · Producción ejecutiva
- The Tale · Producción ejecutiva
- Naila and the Uprising · Producción ejecutiva
- Nahuel · Co-Executive Producer
- Liyana · Co-Executive Producer
- That Way Madness Lies... · Producción ejecutiva
- Birds Like Us · Producción ejecutiva
- Love the Sinner · Co-Executive Producer
- Wenn Gott schläft · Producción ejecutiva
- Lovesong · Co-Executive Producer
- Bending the Arc: Sanidad sin fronteras · Co-Executive Producer
- Shadow World · Producción ejecutiva
- Cameraperson · Producción ejecutiva
- Would Jesus Wear a Sidearm? · Dirección
- The Trials of Spring · Producción ejecutiva
- The Armor of Light · Dirección, Producción ejecutiva
- From This Day Forward · Producción ejecutiva
- Hot Girls Wanted · Producción ejecutiva
- She's Beautiful When She's Angry · Coproducción
- En Islandia... · Co-Executive Producer
- Out in the Night · Producción ejecutiva
- Food Chains · Producción ejecutiva
- Hateship Loveship · Producción ejecutiva
- Vessel · Producción ejecutiva
- Seeds of Time · Producción ejecutiva
- Open Heart · Co-Executive Producer
- The Iran Job · Producción ejecutiva
- La reina de Versalles · Co-Executive Producer
- La guerra invisible · Producción ejecutiva
- Women, War & Peace · Producción, Guion
- Lost Bohemia · Producción ejecutiva
- Return · Producción ejecutiva
- Children of Invention · Co-Executive Producer
- Sons of Perdition · Producción ejecutiva
- Sun Come Up · Producción ejecutiva
- Segredos da Tribo · Producción ejecutiva
- Family Affair · Producción ejecutiva
- Playground · Co-Executive Producer
- Sergio · Producción ejecutiva
- Reza para que el diablo regrese al infierno · Producción