Geralyn Dreyfous

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Geralyn White Dreyfous is an American film producer. She has produced multiple documentary and narrative films focusing on social justice issues including The Invisible War (2012), The Square (2013), The Hunting Ground (2015), Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018), The Great Hack (2019), and On the Record (2020). Dreyfous has been nominated for Primetime Emmy awards.

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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 and Emmy Award nominations. [8] Including Born into Brothels (2005) directed by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, which won the 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 76 Days directed by Hao Wu, Weixi Chen and Anonymous, revolving around the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The film won a 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

YearTitleNotes
2003The Day My God Diedexecutive producer
2004 Born into Brothels executive producer
2008Kick Like a Girlco-producer
In a Dream executive producer
The Dhamma Brothers executive producer
Waiting for Hockneyexecutive producer
Project Kashmirexecutive producer
Living in Emergency executive producer
Paints on a Ceilingexecutive producer
2009 Sergio co-executive producer
2010Lead with Loveexecutive producer
2011 Miss Representation executive producer
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death and Technologyexecutive producer
Boys of Bonneville: Racing on a Ribbon of Saltexecutive producer
2012 The Invisible War executive producer
Sugar Babies: Two Epidemics of Diabetes in Our Childrenexecutive 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 Wordsexecutive producer
Wrenchedexecutive 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 Frankexecutive producer
Unbreakableexecutive producer
Crescendo! The Power of Musicexecutive producer
2015In Football We Trustexecutive 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. Toledanoexecutive producer
Song of Lahore executive producer
All Eyes and Earsexecutive producer
Dogtown Redemptionexecutive producer
The Millennialsexecutive 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 Destinationexecutive producer
Buster's Mal Heart executive producer
City of Joy executive producer
Swift Currentexecutive producer
Dying in Vein: The Opiate Generationexecutive producer
2017 Step executive producer
Bending the Arc executive producer
I Am Jane Doe executive producer
Embargoexecutive producer
The Strange Ones executive producer
The Last Animalsexecutive producer
Eating Animalsexecutive producer
Hunting Season executive producer
The Rape of Recy Taylorexecutive producer
The Judgeexecutive producer
Open Shadow: The Story of Teal Swanexecutive producer
Of Fathers and Sons executive producer
Voyeur executive producer
The World is My Countryexecutive producer
Undiagnosedexecutive 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 Ghostsexecutive producer
Still Plays with Trainsexecutive producer
Cracked Upexecutive producer
Bleed Out executive producer
2019Where We Disappearexecutive producer
Always in Seasonexecutive producer
The Great Hack executive producer
Fantastic Fungiexecutive producer
16 Shotsexecutive producer
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code executive producer
The Kingmaker executive producer
2020Persuasion Machineexecutive 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
Jacintaexecutive producer
#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trumpco-executive producer
Love & Stuff executive producer
Belly of the Beastexecutive producer
The Genetics of Hopeexecutive producer
76 Days executive producer
Driving While Black: Race, Space, and Mobility in Americaexecutive 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
202232 Soundsexecutive producer
Mijaexecutive producer
Aftershock executive producer
To the Endexecutive producer
Still Working 9 to 5executive producer
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile executive producer
Into the Weedsexecutive producer
Make People Betterexecutive producer
My Name is Andreaexecutive producer
Of Medicine and Miraclesexecutive producer
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy executive producer
Merkelexecutive producer
Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedomexecutive producer
The Grab executive producer
What Comes Around executive producer
2023 Beyond Utopia co-executive producer
Going Varsity in Mariachiexecutive producer
Food and Countryexecutive producer
The Right to Readexecutive producer
Another Body executive producer
Of Night and Light: The Story of Iboga and Ibogaineexecutive producer
Hollywoodgate co-executive producer
Gonzo Girl executive producer
Defiant executive producer
Invisible Nationexecutive producer
2024Gaucho Gauchoexecutive producer
Sugarcane executive producer
Union executive producer

Television

YearTitleNotes
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

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