Documentary Filmmaker

Elena Gaby

About Elena

Elena Gaby is ​an award-winning filmmaker who specializes in

non-fiction storytelling.  She is a Brazilian-American,  

a Nantucket-Native, and a proud alum of Vassar College.  

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In 2019, Elena made her feature-length directorial debut  at Tribeca Film Festival with the Sci-Fi Documentary, I AM HUMAN, alongside Co-Director, Taryn Southern.   

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Elena's first short film, Paper State: Undocumented, Unafraid, Undeterred,

won Best Student Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. 

Her television credits include Showtime's Seven Deadly Sins,

CNN's The Hunt with John Walsh, and CNN's Inside Man.

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She resides with her husband, Kenneth, in Brooklyn, NY. She speaks Portuguese and Spanish.