Maya Gnyp

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Maya Gnyp is an Australian film producer. She has produced the documentaries, Shelter, an episode of the HBO Max and Sesame Workshop series "Through Our Eyes", Mystify: Michael Hutchence, Finding the Field, Ecco Homo, In Bob We Trust, and Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard. Shelter has won the Audience Award at the 2021 AFI DOCS Film Festival and the 2022 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Children's Program, it was nominated for the 2022 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Short Form Series or Special, and is currently nominated for the 2022 Humanitas Prize (Best Documentary), and the 2022 News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Documentary. [1]

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Maya was educated at The University of Melbourne, Victoria, The University of California at Berkeley, and at IE Business School. She lives and works between Los Angeles, California and Melbourne, Victoria. [2]

Filmography

YearTitleRole
2024 I Am Ready, Warden ProducerAmerican short documentary film directed by Smriti Mundhra, shortlisted for the Best Documentary Short Film at the 97th Academy Awards. [3]
2021 Shelter Producer
2021 Eyes on The Prize: Hallowed Ground Associate Producer
2019 Mystify: Michael Hutchence Producer
2018Finding the Field
2015Ecco Homo
2013 In Bob We Trust
2011 Autoluminescent Line Producer

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References

  1. Beatrice Verhoeven. "2022 News and Documentary EMMYS". The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. "4:3 Film Interview". 4:3 Film. Four Three Film.
  3. "I Am Ready, Warden". The Film Collaborative . 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.