Geralyn Dreyfous
Geralyn White Dreyfous | |
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| Occupation | Film producer |
Geralyn White Dreyfous is an American
Primetime Emmy
awards.
Early life
Dreyfous Grew up in Groveland, Massachusetts.[1] Early in her career, she worked at The Philanthropic Initiative in Boston. She taught Documentary and Narrative writing with Dr. Robert Coles at Harvard University.[2]
Career
Dreyfous is the chair and co-founder of the Utah Film Center, which provides funding to filmmakers.[3][4] In 2007, Dreyfous co-founded Impact Partners, a documentary production company alongside Dan Cogan.[5][6] In 2013, Dreyfous co-founded Gamechanger Films, a production company which only finances films directed by women.[7]
Dreyfous has produced multiple films which have gone on to receive
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[9] The Invisible War (2012), directed by Kirby Dick,[10] The Square (2013) directed by Jehane Noujaim,[11] and The Hunting Ground (2015) directed by Kirby Dick.[12]
Dreyfous has been nominated for two
Primetime Emmy awards for producing Brave Miss World (2013), directed by Cecilia Peck,[13] and The Great Hack (2019), directed by Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer.[14]
In 2013, Dreyfous was honored by the International Documentary Association with the Amicus Award.[15] Additionally, Dreyfous was honored by Variety for the 2014 Women’s Impact Report.[16]
In 2020, Dreyfous produced Peabody Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking.[17][18][19] In 2021, Dreyfous was nominated for a Peabody Award as one of the executive producers of the docuseries Nuclear Family.[20]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Day My God Died | executive producer |
| 2004 | Born into Brothels | executive producer |
| 2008 | Kick Like a Girl | co-producer |
| In a Dream | executive producer | |
| The Dhamma Brothers | executive producer | |
| Waiting for Hockney | executive producer | |
| Project Kashmir | executive producer | |
| Living in Emergency | executive producer | |
| Paints on a Ceiling | executive producer | |
| 2009 | Sergio | co-executive producer |
| 2010 | Lead with Love | executive producer |
| 2011 | Miss Representation | executive producer |
| Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death and Technology | executive producer | |
| Boys of Bonneville: Racing on a Ribbon of Salt | executive producer | |
| 2012 | The Invisible War | executive producer |
| Sugar Babies: Two Epidemics of Diabetes in Our Children | executive producer | |
| 2013 | Open Heart | executive producer |
| The Square | executive producer | |
| The Crash Reel | executive producer | |
| Anita: Speaking Truth to Power | executive producer | |
| Brave Miss World | executive producer | |
| China in Three Words | executive producer | |
| Wrenched | executive producer | |
| 2014 | Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory | executive producer |
| Land Ho! | executive producer | |
| Vessel | executive producer | |
| Meet the Patels | executive producer | |
| Compared To What: The Improbable Journey Of Barney Frank | executive producer | |
| Unbreakable | executive producer | |
| Crescendo! The Power of Music | executive producer | |
| 2015 | In Football We Trust | executive producer |
| The Hunting Ground | executive producer | |
| Hot Girls Wanted | executive producer | |
| Dreamcatcher | executive producer | |
| The Mask You Live In | executive producer | |
| Prophet's Prey | executive producer | |
| The Invitation | executive producer | |
| Addicted to Fresno | executive producer | |
| The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano | executive producer | |
| Song of Lahore | executive producer | |
| All Eyes and Ears | executive producer | |
| Dogtown Redemption | executive producer | |
| The Millennials | executive producer | |
| 2016 | Lovesong | executive producer |
| Obit | executive producer | |
| Money Monster | associate producer | |
| Franca: Chaos and Creation | executive producer | |
| Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War | executive producer | |
| The Journey is the Destination | executive producer | |
| Buster's Mal Heart | executive producer | |
| City of Joy | executive producer | |
| Swift Current | executive producer | |
| Dying in Vein: The Opiate Generation | executive producer | |
| 2017 | Step | executive producer |
| Bending the Arc | executive producer | |
| I Am Jane Doe | executive producer | |
| Embargo | executive producer | |
| The Strange Ones | executive producer | |
| The Last Animals | executive producer | |
| Eating Animals | executive producer | |
| Hunting Season | executive producer | |
| The Rape of Recy Taylor | executive producer | |
| The Judge | executive producer | |
| Open Shadow: The Story of Teal Swan | executive producer | |
| Of Fathers and Sons | executive producer | |
| Voyeur | executive producer | |
| The World is My Country | executive producer | |
| Undiagnosed | executive producer | |
| 2018 | Generation Wealth | executive producer |
| Our New President | executive producer | |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? | executive producer | |
| The Tale | executive producer | |
| Nancy | co-executive producer | |
| Bisbee '17 | executive producer | |
| The Long Dumb Road | executive producer | |
| The Feeling of Being Watched | executive producer | |
| The Way Madness Lies.. | executive producer | |
| Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché | Executive producer | |
| Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes | executive producer | |
| Wrestling Ghosts | executive producer | |
| Still Plays with Trains | executive producer | |
| Cracked Up | executive producer | |
| Bleed Out | executive producer | |
| 2019 | Where We Disappear | executive producer |
| Always in Season | executive producer | |
| The Great Hack | executive producer | |
| Fantastic Fungi | executive producer | |
| 16 Shots | executive producer | |
| Cooked: Survival by Zip Code | executive producer | |
| The Kingmaker | executive producer | |
| 2020 | Persuasion Machine | executive producer |
| Aggie | executive producer | |
| Us Kids | executive producer | |
| On the Record | executive producer | |
| Spaceship Earth | executive producer | |
| Assassins | executive producer | |
| Giving Voice | executive producer | |
| The Truffle Hunters | executive producer | |
| Jacinta | executive producer | |
| #Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump | co-executive producer | |
| Love & Stuff | executive producer | |
| Belly of the Beast | executive producer | |
| The Genetics of Hope | executive producer | |
| 76 Days | executive producer | |
| Driving While Black: Race, Space, and Mobility in America | executive producer | |
| Francesco | executive producer | |
| The Life Ahead | executive producer | |
| A Crime on the Bayou | executive producer | |
| Television Event | executive producer | |
| 2021 | What Would Sophia Loren Do? | executive producer |
| Bring Your Own Brigade | executive producer | |
| Rebel Hearts | co-executive producer | |
| Try Harder! | executive producer | |
| Cusp | co-executive producer | |
| Ailey | executive producer | |
| Dear Mr. Brody | executive producer | |
| When Claude Got Shot | executive producer | |
| Pray Away | co-executive producer | |
| Paper & Glue | executive producer | |
| Citizen Ashe | executive producer | |
| Procession | executive producer | |
| You Resemble Me | executive producer | |
| Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over | executive producer | |
| 2022 | 32 Sounds | executive producer |
| Mija | executive producer | |
| Aftershock | executive producer | |
| To the End | executive producer | |
| Still Working 9 to 5 | executive producer | |
| The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile | executive producer | |
| Into the Weeds | executive producer | |
| Make People Better | executive producer | |
| My Name is Andrea | executive producer | |
| Of Medicine and Miracles | executive producer | |
| Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy | executive producer | |
| Merkel | executive producer | |
| Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom | executive producer | |
| The Grab | executive producer | |
| What Comes Around | executive producer | |
| 2023 | Beyond Utopia | co-executive producer |
| Going Varsity in Mariachi | executive producer | |
| Food and Country | executive producer | |
| The Right to Read | executive producer | |
| Another Body | executive producer | |
| Of Night and Light: The Story of Iboga and Ibogaine | executive producer | |
| Hollywoodgate | co-executive producer | |
| Gonzo Girl | executive producer | |
Defiant |
executive producer | |
| Invisible Nation | executive producer | |
| 2024 | Gaucho Gaucho | executive producer |
| Sugarcane | executive producer | |
| Union | executive producer |
Television
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2004-2020 | Independent Lens | 8 episodes; executive producer |
| 2020-2022 | The Vow | executive producer |
| 2021 | Allen v. Farrow | executive producer |
| 2021 | Nuclear Family | executive producer |
| 2022 | Phoenix Rising |
executive producer |
| 2022 | The Lincoln Project | executive producer |
| 2024 | Dante: Inferno to Paradise | executive producer |
See also
References
- ^ "Women inspire women at the annual WOW conference," North Andover Eagle Tribune, April 13, 2019
- ^ Dreyfous's IMDB bio
- ^ "Sundance helps pave the way for women in film," KUTV, Jan. 30, 2019
- ^ "Meet Utah’s 15 most influential artists, chosen by more than 150 experts and fans," The Salt Lake Tribune, January 6, 2019
- ^ "Geralyn White Dreyfous". CGA Alumni. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ "Oscar-Winning Documentary Backer Now Taking Pitches to Develop and Fund New Non-Fiction Work," IndieWire, November 13, 2018
- ^ "Gamechanger Films". Gamechanger Films. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ "WOW Conference to feature five inspiring women," North Andover Eagle Tribune, April 4, 2019
- ^ Block, Melissa (February 28, 2005). "Documentarian Briski Discusses Oscar Win". NPR. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ Goodavage, Maria (January 10, 2013). "The Invisible War Nominated for Oscar". PBS. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- The Boston Herald. January 20, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- The Salt Lake City Tribune. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- The Emmys. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ "The Great Hack". The Emmys. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ "Utah's Geralyn Dreyfous earns 'rare' honor for film work," The Salt Lake Tribune, Dec. 6, 2013
- ^ "WOW Conference to feature five inspiring women," North Andover Eagle Tribune, April 4, 2019
- ^ "76 Days". Peabody Awards. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
- ^ Morgan, Jillian (June 22, 2021). "Peabodys day two: "76 Days," "Losing Ground" pick up awards". Real Screen. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (September 12, 2021). "MTV Documentary Films & Pluto TV Land First Emmy Win For '76 Days'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
- ^ "82nd Annual Peabody Nominees Announced". Peabody Awards. April 13, 2022. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
External links
- Biography for Geralyn Dreyfous at IMDb
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