Gabriela Cowperthwaite

**Gabriela Cowperthwaite**, born in 1971, is a renowned American filmmaker known for her broad expertise in various fields, including directing, scripting, producing, and editing in television and documentary films. Her most outstanding work, celebrated globally, is *Blackfish* (2013), which received a BAFTA nomination for Best Documentary. Her narratives, often tied to social, cultural, and environmental contexts, effectively reflect real-life events. Born to a Brazilian psychoanalyst mother and an American real estate developer father, Gabriela hails from Denver and communicated in Portuguese during her formative years. She was also a soccer enthusiast in her youth. Her academic journey took her to Occidental College and the University of Southern California, garnering degrees in political science. Gabriela first stepped into the media realm through commissioned television work, spanning over a 12-year period. Her remarkable contributions found space in National Geographic, ESPN, Animal Planet, The History Channel, and Discovery Channel. Her independent debut surfaced in 2010 with the documentary, *City Lax: An Urban Lacrosse Story*. Gabriela's subsequent works like *Megan Leavey* (2017), and *Our Friend* (2019), have further strengthened her position in the film industry.