Gabriella is a Colombian-American documentary filmmaker based in Bogotá. She’s drawn to our relationship to land, place, and the non-human.

Gabriella produced and co-wrote, LA BONGA (True/False 2023), with directors Sebastián Pinzón Silva and Canela Reyes. Co-created with the community it features, the film screened at MoMA, Cinema du Réel, Dokufest, and RIDM, among others, won 10 international awards, and was released theatrically in Colombia. She’s currently directing her first feature, FENCED, with producer Jonna McKone and is producing BACKSIDE with director Raúl Paz Pastrana and producer Patricia Alvarez Astacio. A 2020 Sundance Creative Producing Fellow and 2020 Impact Partners Producers Fellow, Gabriella’s projects have been supported by Sundance, Catapult, ITVS, Creative Capital Awards, Nia Tero, The Gotham, BAVC, Visions sud Est, and NOFS, among others.

Previously, Gabriella created short docs at National Geographic as a one-woman-band, filmed musicians at NPR’s Tiny Desk, designed a summer film program for high school students at Yale, and led horse treks through Chile. Gabriella is a graduate of SCAD and believes deeply in community building. She’s a proud member of BGDM and DPA and founded the Washington, DC chapter of the Video Consortium, where she spent four years curating monthly events and facilitating mentorship for filmmakers and journalists.