Emma Schwartz is a documentary film producer and director based in Brooklyn, New York.

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She holds a masters in Documentary Filmmaking from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, and has over ten years of experience producing and shooting for magazines, television and independent documentaries. 

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In 2019, she received an International Documentary Award for Brewed in Palestine, which she produced and directed. Most recently, she was a producer and on-screen reporter for The Grab, an investigative feature documentary, which premiered at TIFF in 2022.

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In recent years, she’s worked on projects with Frontline, Netflix, GQ Magazine, Time Magazine, PBS, The Washington Post, The Center for Investigative Reporting and Bon Appétit, among others.

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Outside of the United States, she has produced work in Zambia, India, Argentina, Singapore, China, Dominican Republic, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Ukraine and Nicaragua.

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