Jyllian Gunther
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2026
- Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story ... (Director)
2025
- Sunset and the Mockingbird ... (Director)
2024
- Good One: A Show About Jokes ... (Co-Executive Producer)
2023
- Swiping America ... (Co-Executive Producer)
2020
- Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution ... (Director)
2016
- The New Yorker Presents ... (Director)
2013
- The New Public ... (Director)
2004
- Pull Out as Self