FILMMAKER PROFILE
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GAYLE KIRSCHENBAUM started her career as a freelance graphic designer in advertising and promotion in New York.   In less than a year, she became a producer/director of award winning multimedia shows both here and abroad.   Soon afterwards, she formed her own company, Kirschenbaum Productions, producing television national commercials for such clients as Pepsi, General Foods, Pampers, Coleco and Mattel.

Combining her talents as a writer, producer and director, Gayle gravitated towards documentary filmmaking, producing her first film on homeless women and children, HESTIA HOUSE, which garnered an award at the Chicago Film Festival. Her second film, which she wrote, produced and directed for PBS entitled DOUMENI HOUSE, won an Emmy Award.   Her third documentary, the intimate portrayal of a woman novelist, OCTAVIA BUTLER, earned an Emmy nomination.

Gayle has written, directed and produced documentaries for several cable network series including Arts & Entertainment's ANCIENT MYSTERIES, and MYSTERIES OF THE BIBLE, Lifetime Television's INTIMATE PORTRAIT and NEW ATTITUDES series. She's produced for COURT TV, the FOOD NETWORK, the ROSIE O'DONNELL SHOW, AMERICA'S MOST WANTED. Her producing credits include reality shows for NBC, CBS, TLC and DISCOVERY CHANNEL.

Kirschenbaum has written screenplays and developed several dramatic films and non-fiction television series several of which have been optioned by various producers and production companies such as David Wolper, Robert Greenwald, Dick Clark, Craig Anderson, Grosso/Jacobson, Brave Street, Hearst Television, Steve White and Lee Rich.

Gayle co-created a pilot for a new series called JUDGMENT DAY: SHOULD THE GUILTY GO FREE which aired on HBO's American Undercover.

A DOG'S LIFE: A DOGAMENTARY is Gayle's first personal documentary. She produced, directed and edited it and it premiered on HBO/Cinemax in 2005. She and her star dog have been featured in the New York Times, Ladies Home Journal and appeared on the Today show, Fox TV, Howard Stern plus many others. The DVD produced and marketed by Kirschenbaum is widely distributed from Borders, Bestbuy, Tower, Netflix to Petsmart. Gayle designed and produced the film's popular website, www.dogamentary.com .

Kirschenbaum Productions is currently in development and production on several projects including My Nose, a personal documentary, television series and a book. LOOK WHO'S TICKING, a feature film script written by Gayle was a winner of the AIVF Screenwriters Mentorship program and currently is in development.

Gayle is also a published author whose short stories, essays and articles have appeared in literary journals, magazines and newspapers.