Jyllian Gunther
Directing
Biography
Jyllian is an Emmy-award winning multimedia storyteller. She is currently in production on an unannounced feature documentary for HBO about Robin Byrd, which she is co-directing and producing with longtime collaborator Stephanie Schwam. Her last award-winning feature doc, The New Public, aired on PBS, distributed by Kino Lorber. Her first critically-acclaimed doc, Pull Out, was an official selection of numerous national and international film festivals and is in development as a series for television.Other credits include: Director, Writer, & Co-Executive Producer of the HBO rom doc series, Swiping America; Director/Writer on multiple episodes of the NBC Emmy award-winning series, Who Do You Think You Are; ABC’s The Last Defense, Prod/Writer for the Amazon/New Yorker Magazine series, The New Yorker Presents. She won a Christopher Award for her work as EP/Director of the History/A&E documentary, Black Patriots: Heroes of the American Revolution.
Known For
A groundbreaking series that brings America's most award-winning magazine, The New Yorker, to the screen with documentaries, short narrative films, comedy, poetry, animation, and cartoons from the hands of acclaimed filmmakers and artists.
The New Yorker Presents
Follow a group of diverse singles from New York City on an introspective, eight-city dating app journey, as they explore personal issues around sex, relationships, love and connection.
Swiping America
Follow Mike Birbiglia from Providence, R.I. to Washington, D.C. as he builds jokes based on personal truths, mixing comedy with revelations and anecdotes from family and his fellow comedians.
Good One: A Show About Jokes
Robin Byrd pioneered NYC public access with her cult sex-positive call-in show. Now the larger-than-life 70-year-old champion of free speech, queer visibility, and safe sex reflects on her unique legacy and her hidden, decades-long marriage behind the scenes.
Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story
15 years, 5 wrecked relationships, 1 girl's wreckless idea: Go back and find out why...
Pull Out
A diverse group of idealistic educators create their own public high school in an under-served neighborhood of Brooklyn. But their high ideals are tested when their vision for reform clashes with needs of the community they mean to serve.
The New Public
A documentary chronicling the role of Black heroism in America's Revolutionary War.
Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution
The love story of Gloria Clayborne and jazz pianist Junior Mance as they face Junior’s diagnosis of dementia.