Tony Gerber

Tony Gerber is an American filmmaker and the co-founder of Market Road Films, an independent production company.

Tony Gerber
BornNew York City, New York, United States
OccupationFilmmaker
NationalityAmerican
SpouseLynn Nottage
Children2

Personal life

Gerber was born in New York City and lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife, playwright Lynn Nottage, and their two children, Ruby and Melkamu Gerber.

Career

Tony Gerber is a two-time Emmy winner and recently 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 PGA award-winning film Jane about the life and work of Dr. Jane Goodall. For CNN Films he directed, and co-wrote with Meryl Streep, We Will Rise chronicling former First Lady Michelle Obama’s trip to Africa to raise awareness of the importance of girl’s education which won an American Television Academy Honor and a Cine Golden Eagle. 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 two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage. Nottage and Gerber are currently developing a feature film, Everlasting Yea! for Amazon Studios and are Executive Producers of Deep South, a 10-part podcast for Stitcher investigating an unsolved 1950s lynching and the conspiracy of silence in a small southern town. Gerber is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Works
  • Kingdom of the White Wolf (2019)[1]
  • We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World (2016)[3]

National Geographic Explorer (TV series documentary)

  • Man vs. Volcano (2010)[4]
  • Inside the DEA (2010)[5]
  • Secret History of Diamonds (2009)[6]
  • Congo Bush Pilots (2008)[7]
  • Science of Evil (2008)[8]

Feature Films

Short Films

  • QM, I Think I Call Her QM (1999)[12]
  • A Small Taste of Heaven (1997)[13]

Museum Works

  • How to Move a Landscape film (2020)[14]
  • The Bell, the Digger, and the Tropical Pharmacy (2014)[15]

Games

References
  1. IMDB, "Kingdom of the White Wolf", Kingdom of the White Wolf IMDB" 10/10/2020
  2. IMDB, "Jane", Jane IMDB" 10/10/2020
  3. IMDB, We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World IMDB" 10/10/2020
  4. IMDB, "Man vs. Volcano", "Man vs. Volcano IMDB" 3/5/2011
  5. IMDB, "Inside the DEA", "Inside the DEA IMDB" 3/5/2011
  6. IMDB, "Secret History of Diamonds", "Secret History of Diamonds IMDB" 3/5/2011
  7. IMDB, "Congo Bush Pilots", "Congo Bush Pilots IMDB" 3/5/2011
  8. IMDB, "Science of Evil", "Science of Evil IMDB" 3/5/2011
  9. IMDB, "Notorious Mr. Bout", "Notorious Mr. BoutIMDB" 10/10/2020
  10. IMDB, "Full Battle Rattle", "Full Battle Rattle IMDB" 3/5/2011
  11. IMDB, "Side Streets", "Side Streets IMDB" 3/5/2011
  12. IMDB, "QM, I Think I Call Her QM", "QM, I Think I Call Her QM IMDB" 3/5/2011
  13. IMDB, "A Small Taste of Heaven", "A Small Taste of Heaven IMDB" 3/5/2011
  14. Mass MoCA catalogue "How to Move a Landscape film", How to Move a Landscape filmgalleryguide" 10/10/2020
  15. BAMcinématek 2014 series Migrating Forms "The Bell, the Digger, and the Tropical Pharmacy", The Bell, the Digger, and the Tropical PharmacyBAMcinématek 2014 series Migrating Forms" 10/10/2020
  16. Joystiq, "Dreamy indie game Pavilion coming to PS4, Vita in Spring 2014" 9/14/2013
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