Geralyn Dreyfous

Geralyn White Dreyfous is an American film producer. She has produced multiple documentary and narrative films focusing on social justice issues including The Invisible War, The Square (2013), The Hunting Ground (2015), Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018), The Great Hack (2019), and On the Record (2020). Dreyfous has been nominated for Primetime Emmy awards.

Early life Dreyfous Grew up in Groveland, Massachusetts. Early in her career, she worked at The Philanthropic Initiative in Boston. She taught Documentary and Narrative writing with Dr. Robert Coles at Harvard University.

Career Dreyfous is the chair and co-founder of the Utah Film Center, which provides funding to filmmakers. In 2007, Dreyfous co-founded Impact Partners, a documentary production company alongside Dan Cogan. In 2013, Dreyfous co-founded Gamechanger Films, a production company which only finances films directed by women.

Dreyfous has produced multiple films which have gone on to receive Academy Award and Emmy Award nominations. Including Born into Brothels (2005) directed by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The Invisible War (2012), directed by Kirby Dick, The Square (2013) directed by Jehane Noujaim, and The Hunting Ground (2015) directed by Kirby Dick.

Dreyfous has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy awards for producing Brave Miss World (2013), directed by Cecilia Peck, and The Great Hack (2019), directed by Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer.

In 2013, Dreyfous was honored by the International Documentary Association with the Amicus Award. Additionally, Dreyfous was honored by Variety for the 2014 Women’s Impact Report.

In 2020, Dreyfous produced 76 Days directed by Hao Wu, Weixi Chen and Anonymous, revolving around the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The film won a Peabody Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. In 2021, Dreyfous was nominated for a Peabody Award as one of the executive producers of the docuseries Nuclear Family.

Filmography

Film Year Title Notes 2003 The Day My God Died executive producer 2004 Born into Brothels executive producer 2008 Kick Like a Girl co-producer In a Dream executive producer The Dhamma Brothers executive producer Waiting for Hockney executive producer Project Kashmir executive producer Living in Emergency executive producer Paints on a Ceiling executive producer 2009 Sergio co-executive producer 2010 Lead with Love executive producer2011 Miss Representation executive producer Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death and Technology executive producer Boys of Bonneville: Racing on a Ribbon of Salt executive producer2012 The Invisible War executive producer Sugar Babies: Two Epidemics of Diabetes in Our Children executive producer2013 Open Heart executive producer The Square executive producer The Crash Reel executive producer Anita: Speaking Truth to Power executive producer Brave Miss World executive producer China in Three Words executive producer Wrenched executive producer2014 Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory executive producer Land Ho! executive producer Vessel executive producer Meet the Patels executive producer Compared To What: The Improbable Journey Of Barney Frank executive producer Unbreakable executive producer Crescendo! The Power of Music executive producer2015 In Football We Trust executive producer The Hunting Ground executive producer Hot Girls Wanted executive producer Dreamcatcher executive producer The Mask You Live In executive producer Prophet's Prey executive producer The Invitation executive producer Addicted to Fresno executive producer The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano executive producer Song of Lahore executive producer All Eyes and Ears executive producer Dogtown Redemption executive producer The Millennials executive producer 2016 Lovesong executive producer Obit executive producer Money Monster associate producer Franca: Chaos and Creation executive producer Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War executive producer The Journey is the Destination executive producer Buster's Mal Heart executive producer City of Joy executive producer Swift Current executive producer Dying in Vein: The Opiate Generation executive producer2017 Step executive producer Bending the Arc executive producer I Am Jane Doe executive producer Embargo executive producer The Strange Ones executive producer The Last Animals executive producer Eating Animals executive producer Hunting Season executive producer The Rape of Recy Taylor executive producer The Judge executive producer Open Shadow: The Story of Teal Swan executive producer Of Fathers and Sons executive producer Voyeur executive producer The World is My Country executive producer Undiagnosed executive producer2018 Generation Wealth executive producer Our New President executive producer Won't You Be My Neighbor? executive producer The Tale executive producer Nancy co-executive producer Bisbee '17 executive producer The Long Dumb Road executive producer The Feeling of Being Watched executive producer The Way Madness Lies.. executive producer Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché Executive producer Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes executive producer Wrestling Ghosts executive producer Still Plays with Trains executive producer Cracked Up executive producer Bleed Out executive producer 2019 Where We Disappear executive producer Always in Season executive producer The Great Hack executive producer Fantastic Fungi executive producer 16 Shots executive producer Cooked: Survival by Zip Code executive producer The Kingmaker executive producer2020 Persuasion Machine executive producer Aggie executive producer Us Kids executive producer On the Record executive producer Spaceship Earth executive producer Assassins executive producer Giving Voice executive producer The Truffle Hunters executive producer Jacinta executive producer #Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump co-executive producer Love & Stuff executive producer Belly of the Beast executive producer The Genetics of Hope executive producer 76 Days executive producer Driving While Black: Race, Space, and Mobility in America executive producer Francesco executive producer The Life Ahead executive producer A Crime on the Bayou executive producer Television Event executive producer 2021 What Would Sophia Loren Do? executive producer Bring Your Own Brigade executive producer Rebel Hearts co-executive producer Try Harder! executive producer Cusp co-executive producer Ailey executive producer Dear Mr. Brody executive producer When Claude Got Shot executive producer Pray Away co-executive producer Paper & Glue executive producer Citizen Ashe executive producer Procession executive producer You Resemble Me executive producer Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over executive producer 2022 32 Sounds executive producer Mija executive producer Aftershock executive producer To the End executive producer Still Working 9 to 5 executive producer The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile executive producer Into the Weeds executive producer Make People Better executive producer My Name is Andrea executive producer Of Medicine and Miracles executive producer Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy executive producer Merkel executive producer Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom executive producer The Grab executive producer What Comes Around executive producer 2023 Beyond Utopia co-executive producer Going Varsity in Mariachi executive producer Food and Country executive producer The Right to Read executive producer Another Body executive producer Of Night and Light: The Story of Iboga and Ibogaine executive producer Hollywoodgate co-executive producer Gonzo Girl executive producer Defiant executive producer Invisible Nation executive producer2024 Gaucho Gaucho executive producer Sugarcane executive producer Union executive producer Admissions Granted executive producer Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It executive producer Songs from the Hole executive producer A King Like Me executive producer Fly executive producer Love to the Max executive producer The Bitter Pill executive producer Antidote executive producer Searching for Amani executive producer The Pool executive producer Paint Me a Road Out of Here executive producer Satisfied executive producer Mrs. Robinson executive producer Mistress Dispeller executive producer Viktor executive producer A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole executive producer The Inn Between executive producer All God's Children executive producer A Shot at History executive producer Mothers of Chibok executive producer 2025 Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore executive producer The Librarians executive producer All That's Left of You executive producer Move Ya Body: The Birth of House executive producer How to Build a Library executive producer Baby Doe executive producer Facing War executive producer Arrest the Midwife executive producer We Are Pat executive producer The Cycle of Lover executive producer This Is Not A Drill executive producer Ask E. Jean executive producer The Bend in the River executive producer All the Empty Rooms executive producer The Voice of Hind Rajab executive producer Remake executive producer The Wilderness executive producer 2026 The Lake executive producer Soul Patrol executive producer Cookie Queens executive producer A Mosquito in the Ear executive producer Just Look Up executive producer My NDA executive producer Daughters of the Forest executive producer

Television Year Title Notes 2004-2020 Independent Lens 8 episodes; executive producer 2020-2022 The Vow executive producer 2021 Allen v. Farrow executive producer 2021 Nuclear Family executive producer 2022 Phoenix Rising executive producer 2022 The Lincoln Project executive producer 2024 Dante: Inferno to Paradise executive producer 2026 The Man Will Burn executive producer