Tony Gerber


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 and 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 Award recipient and has written and directed over a dozen documentaries for National Geographic, shot in some of the most remote and dangerous regions of the world. Gerber has collaborated with artists Matthew Barney, Allora|Calzadia and Ann Sofi Siden. He most recently directed We Will Rise chronicling former First Lady Michelle Obama’s trip to Africa to raise awareness of the importance of girl’s education, featuring Meryl Streep, Isha Sesay, and Freida Pinto. The film was a 2017 recipient of an American Television Academy honor. His documentary about the fight to protect mountain gorillas, Explorer: Battle for Virunga was a 2017 recipient of a Genesis Award, the Humane Society’s top honor for bringing critical animal protection issues to the public. His films include Full Battle Rattle about life inside the US Army’s Iraq simulation in the California desert and The Notorious Mr. Bout about Russian arms dealer, Victor Bout. His feature article on Jane Goodall was the October 2017 cover story in National Geographic and he is a producer on the Oscar short-listed film Jane He recently co-conceived and created films for the multimedia installation in Reading, Pennsylvania, This is Reading.

Works

National Geographic Explorer
Feature Films
Short Films
Games