Gene Gallerano

Gene Gallerano is an Emmy Grammy and Peabody Awardwinning producer filmmaker and actor whose work spans from heartpounding adventure stories to deeply human character studies He got his start in Hollywood with a small acting role in Wes Andersons cult classic Bottle Rocket and since then his films both narrative and documentary have traveled the world premiering from Anchorage to Berlin His projects feature a remarkable roster of talent including Meryl Streep Natalie Portman Ethan Hawke Philip Seymour Hoffman Peter Sarsgaard Maggie Gyllenhaal Denis OHare Olympia Dukakis Reed Birney Paul Benjamin and Lorelei Linklater Gene is the writer director and actor of the creature feature The Yeti a characterdriven monster movie that blends Americana and myth starring Brittany Allen Dexter Original Sin Eric Nelsen 1883 Corbin Bernsen LA Law Psych Kiss Kiss Bang Bang William Sadler The Shawshank Redemption Christina Bennett Lind House of Cards Atlanta Heather Lind TURN Demolition Your Friends and Neighbors and Jim Cummings Thunder Road He is also a coproducer on the limited series The Savant starring Jessica Chastain and directed by Matthew Heineman produced for Apple TV As an Executive Producer Gene helped bring to life the Grammywinning and Oscarshortlisted documentary American Symphony which follows musician Jon Batiste and writer Suleika Jaouad through an extraordinary year of love art and resilience Directed by Matthew Heineman and produced by Barack and Michelle Obamas Higher Ground the film premiered at Telluride and went on to win the Critics Choice PGA and Pare Lorentz Awards with nominations from BAFTA and others Gene is also a producer on the Peabody Awardwinning National Geographic and Disney series Photographer from Oscarwinning duo Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin the team behind Free Solo and The Rescue Premiering at SXSW Photographer earned nominations from the ASC NAACP Cinema Eye Independent Spirit Emmy and GLAAD awards In 2021 Gene produced ten episodes of Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin for National Geographic and Disney an electrifying docuseries that follows the worlds most elite adventure athletes including Alex Honnold Justine Dupont Conrad Anker Travis Rice and Angel Collinson as they face the limits of human performance and risk Previously Gene coproduced the Emmywinning and Oscarshortlisted documentary The First Wave directed by Matthew Heineman Cartel Land Retrograde Embedded inside New York Citys ICUs during the height of the COVID19 pandemic Gene and the team captured history in real time The film won Emmys for Best Documentary Best Cinematography and Best Editing and was distributed by Nat Geo Participant and Neon for Hulu His documentary Thank You For Listening is about Country and Americana musician Joshua Ray Walker