Dyllan McGee
| Dyllan McGee | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 1993- present |
| Spouse(s) | Married |
| Children | 2 |
Dyllan McGee is a two-time Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and founder of McGee Media. In partnership with Peter Kunhardt, McGee produced "Gloria: In Her Own Words” (HBO), “Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” (PBS), "MAKERS: Women Who Make America” and many more. McGee is the Founder and Executive Producer of AOL’s MAKERS, a digital and video story-telling platform that aims to be the largest video collection of women’s stories ever assembled. MAKERS’ growing library of over 270 interviews with trailblazing women, both known, and unknown.
Her films include: Emmy Award-nominated documentary, Gloria: In Her Own Words (HBO), Emmy and Peabody Award-winning The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross (PBS); Emmy Award-winning Teddy: In His Own Words (HBO); Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (PBS); This Emotional Life (PBS); African American Lives (PBS); Oprah’s Roots (PBS); and Emmy-nominated In Memoriam; 9/11/01 (HBO). McGee was the Founding Executive Director of the Meserve Kunhardt Foundation and the Gordon Parks Foundation. From 2003 to 2005 Dyllan served as the Director of Content and Operations for the International Freedom Center on Ground Zero in New York, a cultural institution that was proposed as part of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation's redevelopment of the World Trade Center site. [1] [2]
McGee is the recipient of many awards including two Emmy awards, a DuPont Journalism award, a Peabody award, the New York Women in Communications Matrix Award, and Planned Parenthood’s Women of Valor award. She also served on the Board of Directors for The Taft School from1997 to 2007. She lives in Katonah, NY with her husband and two boys.
Filmography
| Year | Title [1] | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Makers: Women Who Make America | Mini-series |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Series documentary |
| 2011 | Gloria: In Her Own Words | Documentary short |
| 2010 | Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr. | Series documentary |
| 2010 | This Emotional Life | Series documentary |
| 2009 | Teddy: In His Own Words | Movie documentary |
| 2009 | Benjamin Latrobe: America's First Architect | Movie documentary |
| 2009 | Looking for Lincoln | Movie documentary |
| 2008 | African American Lives 2 | Mini-series |
| 2007 | Til the River Runs Clear | Movie documentary |
| 2005 | The Search for Eternal Egypt | Movie documentary |
| 2003 | Freedom: A History of Us | Series documentary |
| 2002 | In Memoriam: New York City | Movie documentary |
| 2005 | Echoes from the White House | Movie documentary |
| 1999 | Radio City Music Hall: The Story Behind the Showplace | Movie documentary |
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