
Contessa Gayles
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Female
Contessa Gayles
Biography
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.
Known For
Crew
(2024)
Songs from the Hole
Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
(2024)
The Debutantes
Producer, Director
(2023)
Founder Girls
Producer, Director
(2022)
For Our Children
Director of Photography
(2020)
Surge
Cinematography
(2018)
The Feminist on Cellblock Y
Director of Photography, Director, Editor