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Jannat Gargi

Jannat Gargi

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Jannat Gargi is an award-winning creative producer and film executive. Prior to joining Westbrook Inc., as Senior Vice President of Documentaries, she was Vice President of Documentaries for VICE Studios overseeing development for a slate of premium documentaries and series including ESPN's 30 For 30 series about the American Gladiators and Executive Producer of three time Academy Award nominated documentary FLEE (2022). Prior to VICE Studios, Gargi served as Head of Documentary Films for Vulcan Productions where she developed and produced a wide range of acclaimed, cause-based documentary films including the Academy Award Nominated documentary and BAFTA winning Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson (2022), Academy Award Nominated short documentary, Lead Me Home (2022), Master of Light, Best Documentary Prize winner SXSW (2022), Academy Award nominated short documentary, Hunger Ward (2021), and Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning Body Team 12 (2016). In her work as an independent producer, Gargi co-executive produced the Academy Award nominated short documentary Knife Skills (2018) and produced the Emmy nominated feature documentary CIRCO (2010). Gargi is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS), the Producer's Guild of America (PGA), serves on the Board of Directors for Washington FilmWorks and is the Co-Chair of The Redford Center, a non-profit that harnesses the power of media to engage people and galvanize environmental action.

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Jannat Gargi

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Executive Producer

Lift shines a spotlight on the invisible story of homelessness in America through the eyes of a group of young homeless and home-insecure ballet dancers in New York City and the mentor that inspires them.

Maestro de la Luz

Maestro de la Luz

Executive Producer

George Anthony Morton, a classical painter who spent ten years in federal prison, travels to his hometown to paint his family members. Going back forces George to face his past in his quest to rewrite the script of his life.

Anonymous Sister

Anonymous Sister

Executive Producer

Filmmaker Jamie Boyle, a DOC NYC 40 Under 40 honoree, turns the camera on her own family when her mother and sister become dependent on opioids. Drawing upon footage shot for over 30 years, Boyle creates a poignant and timely study of the deadliest man-made epidemic in United States history. The film is an eye-opening look at what it means to suffer, to survive, and to experience life in all of its pain and beauty.

La última aventura

La última aventura

Co-Producer

Cuando el cirujano cardíaco retirado Ben Givens se entera de que tiene un cáncer terminal, lleva a su amado perro a la casa de su niñez en el este de Washington, decidido a terminar con su vida en sus propios términos. Sin embargo, el viaje de Ben da un giro inesperado y pronto se convierte en una aventura a la que se enfrenta con el estoicismo, el ingenio y la determinación característicos.

Executive Producer

Explora el legendario Harlem Cultural Festival celebrado en los Estados Unidos en 1969. En él se rindió homenaje a la cultura y música afroamericana, además de promover el 'black pride' y la unidad entre personas de una misma raza.

Producer

A fisherman (Matt Beacham) and young mother (Emily Beth Beacham) have a chance encounter when their lines become tangled. But in this story of a mother’s desperate love, there’s more beneath the surface.

Executive Producer

Filmed from inside two of the most active therapeutic feeding centers in Yemen, HUNGER WARD documents two female health care workers fighting to thwart the spread of starvation against the backdrop of a forgotten war. The film provides an unflinching portrait of Dr. Aida Alsadeeq and Nurse Mekkia Mahdi as they try to save the lives of hunger-stricken children within a population on the brink of famine.

Producer

EDDY'S WORLD is a fascinating portrait of a 98 year old working toy inventor. Best known for the iconic "chattering teeth" and 800 classic toys, he shares his passion for creativity and his philosophies of life and aging. Eddy lives in a retirement community and we follow him through his daily routine - working on new models in his garage machine shop, writing short stories on his computer, creating translucent lithophane portraits with his new 3D printer., walking and exercising. Eddy began designing toys on the Batfish Submarine during World War II. He is an endearing story teller who believes that optimism and new ideas keep him young and healthy.

The Reason I Jump

The Reason I Jump

Executive Producer

Basado en el libro escrito por Naoki Higashida cuando apenas tenía 13 años, este documental trata de realizar un retrato de distintas personas autistas alrededor del mundo. Lo hace a través de un niño que explora un impresionante paraje natural, y en el que se produce un torbellino de impulsos, emociones, sentimientos y de memorias que afectan a cada acción que realiza y a través de las cuales descubre qué significa exactamente para él el autismo. Así comprenderá mejor el porqué de sus pensamientos, por qué actúa como actúa... Y la verdadera razón "por la que salta"

Producer

Three days leading up to Tiler Peck's direction and performance of a ballet exhibition in Los Angeles.

Co-Executive Producer

Edwin’s Restaurant is determined to become one of America’s top French restaurants, with a staff unlike any other in the country. Brandon Edwin Chrostowski prepares to open his Cleveland, Ohio fine dining establishment with a staff composed nearly entirely of recently released prisoners in search of an opportunity to get their lives back on track. They sign up for a classical French food boot camp to learn the ins and outs of fine wine, sauces, and more.

Consulting Producer

The senior year of a girls’ high school step team in inner-city Baltimore is documented, as they try to become the first in their families to attend college. The girls strive to make their dancing a success against the backdrop of social unrest in their troubled city.

Producer

Tells the story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup, which saw soccer teams from all over the world gather in Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium to compete in front of more than 100,000 spectators. It was the last women’s World Cup until the official FIFA event 20 years later. Dismissed by the male-dominated football associations around the world, the event was written out of history — until now.