Beth Aala is a three-time award-winning[1] American documentary filmmaker and film producer.[2]

Life

Aala's parents emigrated from the Philippines to the United States,[2] where she was born. She attended Elk Grove High School in Sacramento.[3] Aala received a bachelor's degree from UC San Diego in both Visual Arts and Communication.[4]

Film career

Aala is best known for her 2013 film, Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, which she co-directed and produced with comedian Mike Myers.[5][6]

She was the co-director, with Susan Froemke and John Hoffman, of the film Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman, which premiered at the Sundance film festival in 2017.[7][8]

Aala directed Made in Boise, which premiered in June 2019 at the AFI DOCS film festival. The film is a documentary on commercial surrogacy and follows four surrogates.[9]

In 2023 Aala directed Uncharted, a film that shows the behind the scenes of Alicia Keys' songwriting camp, "She is the Music".[10] The film premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Festival.[11]

Awards

In 2005, Aala won an Emmy Award for co-producing I Have Tourette's but Tourette's Doesn't Have Me.[12] She also received Emmys for producing in the "Outstanding Children's Program" category in 2008 and 2011.[13]

In 2006, she won a Peabody Award for co-producing the film The Music in Me.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Made in Boise".
  2. 1 2 "Fil-Am Beth Aala wins third Emmy". Manila Times – via PressReader.com.
  3. ↑ "Super Grads – Making History".
  4. ↑ Lo, Ricky (19 October 2011). "More than just a Wiltime 1st-year celebration". philstar.com. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. ↑ Chang, Justin (10 June 2014). "Film Review: 'Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon'".
  6. ↑ "Shep Gordon lives life like a movie - The Japan Times".
  7. ↑ "'Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman': Film Review - Sundance 2017". The Hollywood Reporter.
  8. ↑ Harvey, Dennis (24 January 2017). "Sundance Film Review: 'Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman'".
  9. ↑ Grobar, Matt (2019-10-11). "Beth Aala Crafts Intimate Portrait Of Commercial Surrogacy With 'Made In Boise' – For The Love Of Docs Screening Series". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  10. ↑ "Uncharted | 2023 Tribeca Festival". Tribeca. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  11. ↑ Kaufman, Gil (2023-04-18). "2023 Tribeca Festival to Feature Films About Alicia Keys, Biz Markie, Tierra Whack, Milli Vanilli, Indigo Girls & More". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  12. ↑ "Children Persevering in the Face of Tourette's". The New York Times.
  13. ↑ "Beth Aala - Television Academy".
  14. ↑ "The Music in Me".
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