Jannat Gargi
История
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.
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.
Executive Producer
Темнокожий живописец Джордж Энтони Мортон был осужден за торговлю запрещенными веществами и долгие годы отбывал наказание за решеткой. В заключении он не только переосмыслил свое прошлое, но и вплотную занялся искусством: все свободное время он посвящал живописи, создавая шедевр за шедевром. Теперь он возвращается домой, чтобы предстать перед родными в новом свете и побороться за свое место в арт-индустрии, где доминируют белые.
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.
Co-Producer
When retired heart surgeon Ben Givens learns that he has terminal cancer, he takes his beloved dog back to his boyhood home in Eastern Washington, determined to end his life on his own terms. Ben's journey, though, takes an unexpected turn, and soon becomes an adventure against which he pits himself with characteristic stoicism, wit, and determination.
Executive Producer
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.
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
Съемка изнутри двух самых активных центров лечебного питания в Йемене. Фильм документирует борьбу двух медицинских работников женского пола, которые пытаются предотвратить распространение голода. Непоколебимый портрет доктора Аиды Альсадек и медсестры Меккиа Махди, когда они пытаются спасти жизни голодающих детей среди населения, находящегося на грани голода.
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.
Executive Producer
Based on the book by Naoki Higashida, filmmaker Jerry Rothwell examines the lives of five non-speaking, autistic youngsters.
Producer
Известную балерину Тайлер Пек приглашают в Лос-Анджелес поставить свое первое шоу. Она собирает группу талантливых танцоров, чтобы по-новому взглянуть на балет: гений степа, танцор хип-хопа, клоун и прима-балерина вместе работают над созданием перформанса. Первая встреча с дирижером и художником по свету, интервью, бесконечные репетиции. Времени на постановку совсем немного, замысел грандиозный и требует безошибочного исполнения. Проект начинает пугать Тайлер — справится ли она с ним?
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.
