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Abby Ellis is a Peabody and Emmy nominated Director who makes films about the moments and institutions that shape us. Her film, FLINT’S DEADLY WATER, was a multi-year investigation that exposed an unusually high number of deaths from a deadly disease outbreak during the Flint water crisis, the negligence of officials who allowed it to continue and the efforts to obstruct the legal and scientific investigations around it. In 2020 she was the Hollyhock Filmmaker-in-Residence at PBS, where she wrote, directed and produced SHOTS FIRED, an unflinching look at the high rate of police shootings in Utah and the state's controversial police training programs. Prior to that, Abby produced AMERICA DIVIDED, an original docu-series executive produced by Norman Lear and Shonda Rhimes, which featured narratives around inequality in America woven into an eight-story, five-part series. In 2023 Abby was selected for DOCNYC’s “40 Under 40” list. She is a member of the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalist Association and serves frequently in the industry as a juror, panelist and moderator for film festivals and funding panels. She regularly guest lectures at colleges and universities, and is an adjunct professor at the University of Utah’s film school. Abby is currently in production on her first independent feature.

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