Contessa Gayles
Directing
Contessa is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist, and an Emmy-nominated producer. She tells stories about identity, socio-political movement, healing, liberation, and radical imagination, with a focus on race and gender.
Known for
Behind the camera6
- 2024The Debutantes Director, Producer
- 2024Songs from the Hole Director, Producer, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
- 2023Founder Girls Director, Producer
- 2022For Our Children Director of Photography
- 2020Surge Cinematography
- 2018The Feminist on Cellblock Y Director, Editor, Director of Photography