Sabrina Schmidt Gordon Producer, Director, & Editor.

July 07, 2021

Sabrina Schmidt Gordon is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and impact strategist from NYC. Her editing debut won an Emmy, and she has continued to distinguish herself as a producer, editor, and director. Her film, Quest, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017, was nominated for a Peabody, two Emmys, two Independent Spirit Awards, and is a New York Times Critic’s Pick. VOGUE magazine featured Sabrina in an article about the making of the film and disrupting American narratives about race.

Sabrina’s credits include Documented, which she co-produced and edited, had record viewership on CNN; the Emmy-nominated BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez, which she co-directed, produced and edited, winning Best Film Directed by a Woman of Color at the African Diaspora Film Festival; and her feature debut as a producer and editor, Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, also premiered at Sundance and made the Chicago Tribune’s list “Best Documentaries of 2007.”