Sabrina Schmidt Gordon

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]

Sabrina Schmidt Gordon
OccupationFilmmaker

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

References/Notes and references
  1. "Academy Invites Record 928 New Members".
  2. Staff, By Times. "NAACP Image Awards 2015: Full list of nominees and winners". latimes.com. 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".
  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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