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Jyllian Gunther is an American director, writer, and film and television producer. She is known for her role as co-executive producer on the BBC genealogy documentary series, Who Do You Think You Are? and director of the History Channel/A&E-produced documentary Black Patriots: Heroes of the American Revolution.
Gunther has directed and produced a range of documentary projects, including serving as director and co-executive producer for the HBO series Swiping America and an untitled pilot for Condé Nast and Amazon. She was also a co-executive producer, director, and writer for multiple episodes of the NBC series Who Do You Think You Are , featuring celebrities such as Allison Janney, Nick Offerma n, and Billy Porter. Her work on the History/A&E documentary Black Patriots: Heroes of the American Revolution , featuring Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, earned a Christopher Award.
As a producer, she contributed to ABC’s seven-part docuseries The Last Defense , executive-produced by Viola Davis. She also directed, produced, and wrote six short films for The New Yorker Presents , a series by JigSaw, Amazon, and The New Yorker magazine. Her first documentary, Pull Out , produced by Wren Arthur, received a national Emmy Award, and her second feature documentary, The New Public , aired on PBS and is distributed by Kino Lorber, accompanied by an educational curriculum developed by Teachers College at Columbia University.
Gunther served as a reporter and co-producer for NPR's This American Life. She received a national Emmy Award for writing and directing a series of public service announcements for PBS. She began her television career as a staff writer for Nickelodeon and later worked as a freelance writer and producer for promotional content. She also served as a producer and director on various docuseries for networks including Discovery Channel, TLC, MTV, AMC, IFC, and We TV.
| Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Untitled Robin Byrd Documentary | co-director/co-producer | feature HBO documentary |
| Sunset and the Mockingbird | director/producer/writer | short documentary film |
| The New Public | director/producer/camera | feature film |
| Pull Out | director/producer/writer | feature film |
| The New Yorker Presents | director/writer/producer | series |
| Who Do You Think You Are | director/supervising producer | series |
| Made | director/producer | series |
| Love High | director/producer | series pilot |
| THINKPORT.ORG | co-director/writer | series |
| This American Life | reporter | series |
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