{{Short description|American filmmaker}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox writer | name = Tony Gerber | birth_place = [[New York City, New York]], U.S. | occupation = Filmmaker | nationality = [[United States|American]] | spouse = [[Lynn Nottage]] | children = 2 }}

'''Tony Gerber''' is an American filmmaker and the co-founder of [[Market Road Films]], an independent production company.

==Personal life== Gerber was born in [[New York City]]. He is a 1981 graduate of the [[Hackley School]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hackleyschool.org/news-detail?pk=895154 |title=Tony Gerber '81's documentary to debut at Sundance Film Festival |date=10 January 2014 |publisher=[[Hackley School]] |access-date=May 22, 2022}}</ref> and a 1995 graduate of the [[Columbia University School of the Arts]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://arts.columbia.edu/news/filmtony-gerber-95-wins-pga-award-jane |title=Tony Gerber '95 Wins PGA Award for 'Jane' |publisher=[[Columbia University School of the Arts]] |date=February 6, 2018 |access-date=May 22, 2022}}</ref> He lives in [[Brooklyn, New York]] with his wife, playwright [[Lynn Nottage]], and their two children, Ruby and Melkamu Gerber.

==Career==

Gerber is a two-time Emmy winner.

He directed and executive produced ''Kingdom of the White Wolf'', a 3-part natural history series for National Geographic, filmed on location in the High Arctic.

He is a producer of the ''[[Jane (2017 film)|Jane]]'', a 2017 film about the life and work of Dr. [[Jane Goodall]].

For [[CNN Films]] he directed, and co-wrote with [[Meryl Streep]], ''We Will Rise'' chronicling former First Lady [[Michelle Obama]]’s trip to Africa to raise awareness of the importance of girl’s education which won an American Television Academy Honor and a [[CINE Golden Eagle]].

His independent films include ''[[Full Battle Rattle]]'' (Berlinale premiere and SXSW Special Jury Prize) and ''The Notorious Mr. Bout'' (Sundance premiere).

In 2005, Gerber co-founded NY-based production company, Market Road Films with playwright [[Lynn Nottage]]. Nottage and Gerber are currently developing a feature film, ''Everlasting Yea!'' for [[Amazon Studios]] and are Executive Producers of ''Deep South'', a 10-part podcast for [[Stitcher]] investigating an unsolved 1950s lynching and the conspiracy of silence in a small southern town.

Gerber is an instructor at the [[New York Film Academy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nyfa.tumblr.com/post/12568237238/emmy-winning-new-york-film-academy-instructor |title=Emmy-Winning New York Film Academy Instructor Premieres Doc Tonight! |publisher=[[New York Film Academy]] |date=November 9, 2011 |access-date=May 22, 2022 |quote=New York Film Academy’s Emmy-winning documentary instructor Tony Gerber will premiere The Forbidden Tomb of Genghis Khan tonight at 9pm (EST) on the National Geographic Channel.}}</ref> He is a member of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]].

==Works== '''Feature films''' * ''[[Side Streets (1998 film)|Side Streets]]'' (1998) * ''[[Full Battle Rattle]]'' (2008) * ''Notorious Mr. Bout'' (2014) * ''We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World'' (2016) * ''[[Jane (2017 film)|Jane]]'' (2017) – producer * ''[[War Game (2024 film)|War Game]]'' (2024)

'''Short films''' * ''QM, I Think I Call Her QM'' (1999) * ''A Small Taste of Heaven'' (1997)

'''Mini-series''' * ''[[National Geographic Explorer]]'' (TV series documentary) ** ''Congo Bush Pilots'' (2008) ** ''Science of Evil'' (2008) ** ''Secret History of Diamonds'' (2009) ** ''Man vs. Volcano'' (2010) ** ''Inside the DEA'' (2010) ** ''Kingdom of the White Wolf'' (2019)

'''Museum works''' * ''How to Move a Landscape film'' (2020)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/massmoca/docs/bdsc_galleryguide |title=Blane De St. Croix: How To Move A Landscape |work=[[Mass MoCA]] |date=July 9, 2020 |access-date=October 10, 2020}}</ref> * ''The Bell, the Digger, and the Tropical Pharmacy'' (2014)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bam.org/film/2014/shorts-program-the-island-is-enchanted-with-you |title=Shorts Program: The Island is Enchanted with You |work=BAMcinématek 2014 series Migrating Forms |publisher=[[Brooklyn Academy of Music]] |date=December 16, 2014 |access-date=October 10, 2020}}</ref>

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== External links == * {{Official website}} * {{IMDb name}} * [https://www.tfiny.org/filmmakers/detail/tony_gerber Tony Gerber] at [[Tribeca Film Institute]]

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