Beth Aala
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 codirector, with Susan Froemke and John Hoffman, of the film Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman, which premiered at the Sundance film festival in 2017.[7][8]
Awards
In 2005, Aala won an Emmy Award for co-producing I Have Tourette's but Tourette's Doesn't Have Me.[9] She also received Emmys for producing in the "Outstanding Children's Program" category in 2008 and 2011.[10]
In 2006, she won a Peabody Award for co-producing the film The Music in Me.[11]
References
- ↑ "Made in Boise".
- 1 2 "Fil-Am Beth Aala wins third Emmy". Manilla Times – via PressReader.com.
- ↑ "Super Grads – Making History".
- ↑ http://www.philstar.com:8080/entertainment/738704/more-just-wiltime-1st-year-celebration
- ↑ Chang, Justin (10 June 2014). "Film Review: 'Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon'".
- ↑ "Shep Gordon lives life like a movie - The Japan Times".
- ↑ "'Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman': Film Review - Sundance 2017".
- ↑ Harvey, Dennis (24 January 2017). "Sundance Film Review: 'Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman'".
- ↑ "Children Persevering in the Face of Tourette's". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Beth Aala - Television Academy".
- ↑ "The Music in Me".