Gabrielle Ewing is a documentary filmmaker and journalist. She produces, writes, and edits digitally distributed web series and short documentaries on a wide variety of topics, including science, social justice, and history. She has worked at NBC, CNN, and National Geographic where her work was part of a package that was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Gabrielle graduated with honors in Journalism and Film & Television from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and is now the Director of Programming at PBS Digital Studios in Washington DC where she lives with her husband and rescue dog. She’s currently directing her first feature length documentary, Credible Fear, about the US asylum system.

Fellowships, Grants & Residencies:

• Mass Humanities “Story Forward” Grant Recipient

• 2025 Aspen Ideas Festival Fellow

• 2025 Athena Documentary Pitch Fellow

• Poynter Leadership Academy for Women in Media 2023

• 2022 Mass Humanities “Expand Massachusetts Stories” Grant Recipient

• Logan Nonfiction Fellowship Fall 2021 Cohort

• 202Creates Announces Fall Residents

• Meet the 2020 Docs in Progress Fellows!

Speaking Opportunities:

• Planet Forward 2025 Summit: Storytelling Science (watch here)

• Wildscreen 2025: The Science of Storytelling

• SXSW 2025: YouTube, Social & STEM: Creating Shareable Science Stories

• Association of Science Communicators 2025: YouTube, Social & Stem: Creating Shareable Science Stories

• SXSW EDU 2024: Inclusive STEM Content: How to Make Science for Everybody

• AAAS 2023: Creating More Inclusive STEM Content on YouTube & Social Media (watch here)

• 2019 Pulitzer Reporting Fellows Panel on Cultural Sensitivity - (Watch the full panel here)

• The Power of the Arts To Create Social Change Panel

Honors & Other Press:

• Credible Fear documentary tracks asylum process - Local News Live

• DC OCTFME Filmmaker of the Month - October 2020

• “Alum’s Documentary Highlights Immigration Issue” - Washington Square News