Georgina Gonzalez
Director | Producer
Georgina Gonzalez is a South-London based film director and producer. Through the Sutton Trust - US Fulbright programme she received a John Jay scholarship to Columbia University in New York City, where she was awarded a dual degree in Neuroscience and Political Science. After graduating Georgina began her career in the US working in journalism as a reporter creating articles, news clips and digital content at NBC New York, The Verge and Hearst Television.
From there she was sucked into the world of documentary, creating her first short in 2020 based on an intimate family history in Cuba, exploring the world of Afro-Cuban spiritualism and familial ties to slavery and ultimate freedom. During her two years at Hearst Television, she pitched and produced news explainers for the HTV Clarified series and directed archival history documentaries broadcast on Hearst’s streaming platform Very Local, reaching millions of Americans across 26 local news stations. Her latest doc, Heroes on Call, explores the legacy of the world's first paramedics in an underserved community in Pittsburgh, PA, a story that has been buried until now due to systemic racism and discrimination. For this, she won a Mid-Atlantic Emmy as Writer and Producer in the cultural / historical long-form category.
Georgina has directed and written her first narrative short film, No More Leaving Parties, a tale of revenge when a Harlem native finds creative ways to get back at her landlord against the backdrop of extreme gentrification.
Since moving back to London, Georgina has served as Lead Producer on the short film, Nothing Ever Happens, a surrealist exploration of stagnation and boredom, and has worked in development at production company Nutopia. She also worked as Producer on a Straight 8 challenge submission. She is currently in development for her next short, a comedy inspired by the time her Cuban grandfather went missing in London.
Georgina is a member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia, New York Women in Film & TV and We are POCC. She is drawn to narratives from underrepresented groups, and themes of magical realism and science fiction.