Documentary film director Laura Gabbert has made critically acclaimed films that deploy humor and emotion to tell penetrating, character-driven stories about American culture and society.
Among her documentaries, Food and Country, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically in October 2024. Laura’s film, Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles, explores chef Yotam Ottolenghi’s collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She also directed City of Gold, which is about Pulitzer Prize winning food writer, Jonathan Gold. City of Gold was named by Vogue Magazine among their “65 Best Documentaries of All Time.”
Additional feature work includes the documentaries No Impact Man, Sunset Story, and the short film Monument/Monumento.
Her TV work includes the Netflix shows Ugly Delicious and Disclosure. Most recently, Laura completed the 6-part non-fiction series, The Power of Film, based on the work of legendary UCLA film scholar, Professor Howard Suber. The series premiered on Turner Classic Movies in January 2024.
For the record, Laura and I know one another from “The Power of Film” as I became involved in this exceptional project as a Co-Executive Producer. Like Laura, I’m a UCLA MFA Graduate and one of Howard Suber’s former students. Howard has been a guest on StoryBeat, and his episode is one of this show’s most downloaded.
https://lauragabbertfilms.com/
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