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Gabrielle Pfeiffer, director, producer, screenwriter, Berlin
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  • producer
  • screenwriter

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About Gabrielle Pfeiffer

Gabrielle Pfeiffer is an award-winning director, producer and screenwriter. She was born and raised in New York, educated in Geneva, and lives in Berlin. She studied filmmaking at New York University.

She has earned more than 35 director, producer, writer and script supervisor credits on feature films and documentaries. Her films have been screened and broadcast all over the world, and won awards at numerous international film festivals.

Gabrielle is a Swiss-American dual national from a multicultural family (Swiss father, Dutch-Indonesian mother). She spent her youth in New York making super-8 films, active in photography contests, co-founding a community theater and as team captain in competitive horseback riding. She works in English (mother tongue), German and French.

She also runs a successful production services business in Berlin.

Previous to working in film, Gabrielle served the United Nations as an aid worker and researcher for seven years stationed in Mali, Sierra Leone, Switzerland (Geneva) and the US (New York).

She also earned an Master's degree in International Economics (University of Geneva) and a Bachelor's in Political Science (Drew University).


Website/Showreel: www.gabriellepfeiffer.com

Movies as director

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YearTitleGenreDirectorProducerComment
2017StiffShort FilmGabrielle PfeifferGrit Pix LLC [us]
2013Le Road TripDocumentaryGabrielle PfeifferGrit Pix LLC [us]
2008Majestät! Freiheit für die Frauen! - Mohammed und Salma von MarokkoDocumentary (Series), ZDF [de]Gabrielle PfeifferZeitsprung Pictures GmbH (formerly Zeitsprung Entertainment GmbH)
2005Facing the DeadDocumentary, arteGabrielle PfeifferLichtblick Film GmbH [de]
2003A Poet on the Frontline - The Reportage of Ryszard KapuscinskiDocumentaryGabrielle PfeifferEpix Film Production [us]
2002Secrets of the Sequence
episode: Germany and Bio-ethics
TV Magazine, PBS [us]Gabrielle PfeifferWard Television [us]episode: Germany and Bio-ethics
1999Treasure Seekers - In the Shadow of Ancient RomeDocumentary (Series), National GeographicGabrielle PfeifferJWM Productions [us]
1998One World - FinlandDocumentary (Series), PBS [us]Gabrielle PfeifferWard Television [us]
1998National Dance Institute - 1998Corporate FilmGabrielle PfeifferLeslie Shampaine Production [us]
1997Frankenstein - The Celluloid Monster (Ausstellungsfilm der The National Library of Medicine Museum)Short FilmGabrielle PfeifferGabrielle Pfeiffer Produktion
1992Common Destinies - Staying Power. Development and the Environment in IndiaDocumentaryGabrielle PfeifferUnited Nations
1990Friends of the Lambs - Center for the HomelessDocumentaryGabrielle PfeifferCindy DuPree Productions [us]
1989Yo, QuixoteShort FilmGabrielle PfeifferEpix Film Production [us]

Movies as producer

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YearTitleGenreDirectorProducerComment
2017StiffShort FilmGabrielle PfeifferGrit Pix LLC [us]
2012Le Road TripDocumentaryGabrielle PfeifferGrit Pix LLC [us]
2003A Poet on the Frontline - The Reportage of Ryszard KapuscinskiDocumentaryGabrielle PfeifferEpix Film Production [us]
1989Yo, Quixote
co-producer
Short FilmGabrielle PfeifferEpix Film Production [us]co-producer

Movies as screenwriter

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YearTitleGenreDirectorProducerComment
2020Die Concorde - Absturz einer Legende
writer on English version
Documentary, artePeter BardehleVidicom Media GmbHwriter on English version
2017StiffShort FilmGabrielle PfeifferGrit Pix LLC [us]
2008Majestät! Freiheit für die Frauen! - Mohammed und Salma von MarokkoDocumentary (Series), ZDF [de]Gabrielle PfeifferZeitsprung Pictures GmbH (formerly Zeitsprung Entertainment GmbH)
2002Secrets of the Sequence
episode: Germany and Bio-ethics
TV Magazine, PBS [us]MultipleWard Television [us]episode: Germany and Bio-ethics
2002Alles SambaTV Movie, ARD [de], Degeto [de]Bernd BöhlichZiegler Film GmbH & Co. KG
2002Avalanche Rescue Dogs
writer on English version
Documentary, National GeographicPeter BardehleVidicom Media GmbHwriter on English version
1999Daring CapersDocumentary (Series), Discovery ChannelBertrand MorinNew Dominian Pictures [us]
1989Yo, QuixoteShort FilmGabrielle PfeifferEpix Film Production [us]

Movies in other capacities

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YearTitleGenreDirectorProducerComment
2023Call Me DancerDocumentaryPip GilmourShampaine Pictures [us]2nd unit director credited as Field Director
2018Turning Point - Kaiser Wilhelm IIDocumentary (Series), History (History Channel)Anne DelaneyRadiance Entertainment Pty Ltd [au]producer credited as Field Producer
2015Sum1Feature FilmChristian PasquarielloSyrreal Entertainment GmbHdialog editor credited as Writer (Dialogue polishing)
2013Le Road TripDocumentaryGabrielle PfeifferGrit Pix LLC [us]editor
2005Facing the DeadDocumentary, arteGabrielle PfeifferLichtblick Film GmbH [de]editor
2003A Poet on the Frontline - The Reportage of Ryszard KapuscinskiDocumentaryGabrielle PfeifferEpix Film Production [us]editor
2002Secrets of the SequenceTV Magazine, PBS [us]MultipleWard Television [us]producer Field Producer, episode: Language and Genes
2001Leonardo - The Man Behind the Shroud?Documentary, National GeographicSusan GrayStefilm International S.r.l. [it]script consultant
2001Leonardo - The Man Behind the Shroud?Documentary, National GeographicSusan GrayStefilm International S.r.l. [it]producer Field Producer

Film awards

YearFilmAwardCategory 
2017StiffBirmingham Film Festival [uk]Best Short FilmNominated
2017StiffNorth Carolina Film Award [us]President's PrizeWinner
2017StiffBirmingham Film Festival [uk]Best CostumesWinner
2005Facing the DeadGolden Gate Award, San Francisco International FilBest Documentary (non-feature)Winner
1990Yo, QuixoteSuffolk County Film and Video FestivalShort FilmWinner

Basic data

NationalitySwiss, U.S.-American
LanguagesDutchEnglishFrenchGermanSpanish
Experience abroadCentral Europe: Germany, Luxembourg, Poland, Switzerland
North Africa: Morocco
North America: USA
Northern Europe: Finland
East Africa: Ethiopia
Eastern Europe: Belarus, Russia
South Asia: India
Southern Europe: Italy
Southeastern Europe: Greece
West Africa: Mali
West Asia: United Arab Emirates
Western Europe: England, France, United Kingdom
LicencesB (car) [eu], BE (car with trailer) [eu], M (autocycle) [eu]
EducationNew York University
Advanced Certificate in Filmmaking

Universite de Geneve
Masters in International Economics

Drew University
BA in Policital Science
Immediate working areaBerlin
1st residence (federal state or country)Germany - Berlin
Associations