Gabrielle Burton
Gabrielle C. Burton is a filmmaker who helms the production company FIVE SISTERS PRODUCTIONS with her five real-life sisters. With a passion for strong human-focused storytelling and social engagement, she won Ohio Arts Council’s Individual Excellence Award both in writing and in filmmaking. Burton directed the award-winning doc KINGS, QUEENS, & IN-BETWEENS on gender and drag which, after a national theatrical release, is used as an education tool in universities, medical conferences, and community organizations. Current projects include: HALF THE HISTORY series , SOMEBODY TO LEAN ON (on an Ohio men's prison choir), A FUTURE WISH (gotv film), and THE SKY’S THE LIMIT (on the 13 women astronaut trainees in 1961-2). Burton’s films incorporate social engagement campaigns with discussions, action, and community dialogues (e.g. the CAST commercial campaign against human trafficking with Emmy nominee Julia Ormond). Burton's creative style weaves complex stories and voices together to explore human nature and social change. FSP produces features, docs, and shorts, focusing on incorporating creative participation and underrepresented voices. Films include MANNA FROM HEAVEN (MGM/Sony), TEMPS (Netflix), JUST FRIENDS (Starz), THE HAPPIEST DAY OF HIS LIFE (MTV/LOGO), Julia Sweeney's LETTING GO OF GOD (Showtime). She also produced and directed on OLD GUY (IGTV), a comedic short form series about the stereotypes of aging in the media which was up for an Emmy nomination. Burton is a published poet and working actor (Foxcatcher, Outsiders) and won a Wexner Center for the Arts artist's residency for her next project inspired by her TEDxTalk about gender and parenting (selected by TEDx for their national playlist: http://youtu.be/YOkyc91eY90). Her TEDxTalk on complexity and our “spheres of personal perspective” was given as part of TEDx Tours (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNUPLd6OVZw). More at www.fivesisters.com.
