Brian Gerber
Brian Gerber
Brian Gerber is a Los Angeles-based producer and is currently Vice President of Tree Media Group. He has produced the acclaimed feature documentary "Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew," by Matthew Buzzell, which won the Audience Award on PBS Independent Lens in 2005. Brian recently produced Buzzell's feature documentary "Tell Me Do You Miss Me" for Rhino Home Video, which chronicles the bittersweet final bows of the critically acclaimed NYC indie-rock band Luna.
Gerber has also produced Buzzell's most recent documentary film, "Putting The River In Reverse," a document of the collaboration between music legends Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint as they embark on the first major recording sessions to take place in New Orleans post-Katrina. "Putting The River In Reverse" was released June 2006 from The Verve Music Group.
In 2004, Gerber directed and produced "Show Us the Jobs," a documentary on the jobs crisis in America, and produced Norman Lear's "Declare Yourself" youth voter campaign called "Let's Go Voting," starring Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn.
Gerber spent four years as Director of Development at Alphaville, the production company owned by producers Jim Jacks and Sean Daniel. While there, he developed several feature film and television projects, including "The Mummy," "A Simple Plan," "Michael," "The Jackal," "Freedom Song," "Down To Earth," "Lucky Numbers," "Rat Race," "Attila," "The Mummy Returns" and "The Gift."
Gerber received his M.F.A. in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute in 1997. Prior to that, he received his ABJ from the Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia in 1994, where he served as a student judge for the Peabody Awards and was Editor of The Red & Black daily newspaper.
Brian Gerber is a Los Angeles-based producer and is currently Vice President of Tree Media Group. He has produced the acclaimed feature documentary "Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew," by Matthew Buzzell, which won the Audience Award on PBS Independent Lens in 2005. Brian recently produced Buzzell's feature documentary "Tell Me Do You Miss Me" for Rhino Home Video, which chronicles the bittersweet final bows of the critically acclaimed NYC indie-rock band Luna.
Gerber has also produced Buzzell's most recent documentary film, "Putting The River In Reverse," a document of the collaboration between music legends Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint as they embark on the first major recording sessions to take place in New Orleans post-Katrina. "Putting The River In Reverse" was released June 2006 from The Verve Music Group.
In 2004, Gerber directed and produced "Show Us the Jobs," a documentary on the jobs crisis in America, and produced Norman Lear's "Declare Yourself" youth voter campaign called "Let's Go Voting," starring Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn.
Gerber spent four years as Director of Development at Alphaville, the production company owned by producers Jim Jacks and Sean Daniel. While there, he developed several feature film and television projects, including "The Mummy," "A Simple Plan," "Michael," "The Jackal," "Freedom Song," "Down To Earth," "Lucky Numbers," "Rat Race," "Attila," "The Mummy Returns" and "The Gift."
Gerber received his M.F.A. in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute in 1997. Prior to that, he received his ABJ from the Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia in 1994, where he served as a student judge for the Peabody Awards and was Editor of The Red & Black daily newspaper.
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