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Sabrina Schmidt Gordon is an American documentary filmmaker. She is known for producing and editing films on cultural and social issues. In 2018, she was invited to become a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).[1]

Gordon co-produced and edited DOCUMENTED, a documentary about Jose Antonio Vargas, a journalist and immigration activist. DOCUMENTED was nominated for the 2015 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Documentary.[2] She won ADIFF 2015's Public Award for the Best Film Directed by a Woman of Color for BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez[3] about poet and activist Sonia Sanchez. It was broadcast on America ReFramed and nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary.[4] Other notable filmography include Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, produced with Byron Hurt, and Quest, which was nominated for the 2018 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature,[5] the 2019 Peabody Award[6] and the 2019 News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary and Outstanding Social Issue Documentary.[7]

Gordon graduated from New York University and is an adjunct faculty member at Columbia University.[8]

Filmography (partial)

  • Victim/Suspect (Netflix) (Premiere: Sundance Film Festival)
  • To the End (Hulu) (Premiere: Sundance Film Festival)
  • Quest (POV - PBS) (Premiere: Sundance Film Festival)
  • BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez (America ReFramed - PBS) (Premiere: Full Frame Documentary Film Festival)
  • DOCUMENTED (CNN Films) (Premiere: AFI Docs)
  • Mrs. Goundo's Daughter (Afropop - PBS) (Premiere: AFI Docs)
  • Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes (Independent Lens - PBS) (Premiere: Sundance Film Festival)

References/Notes and references

  1. ^ "Academy Invites Record 928 New Members". The Hollywood Reporter. 25 June 2018.
  2. ^ Staff, Times (7 February 2015). "NAACP Image Awards 2015: Full list of nominees and winners". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  3. ^ "Hey NYC: Best of ADIFF's 2015 African Diaspora Films Series Happens This Weekend".
  4. ^ The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. "NOMINEES FOR THE 38th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS ANNOUNCED" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Drumroll. And the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominees are…". Film Independent. 2017-11-21. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  6. ^ "Peabody Award Nominations For TV & Digital Media Unveiled; Ronan Farrow To Host Trophy Show". 9 April 2019.
  7. ^ "NOMINEES FOR THE 40th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCED – The Emmys". Retrieved 2019-08-10.
  8. ^ "Sabrina Gordon | School of Journalism". journalism.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-20.


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