Contessa Gayles
Directing · Director · Producer · Editor
Active 2018–present
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.
Filmography
The Feminist on Cellblock Y (2018) - Director · Editor · Director of PhotographySongs from the Hole (2024) - Producer · Director · Editor · Writer · Director of PhotographySurge (2020) - CinematographyFor Our Children (2022) - Director of PhotographyFounder Girls (2023) - Director · ProducerThe Debutantes (2024) - Director · Producer