Beth Aala

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Beth Aala
Born
United States
CitizenshipAmerican
OccupationsDocumentary filmmaker, film producer
Notable workSupermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman, Made in Boise
AwardsEmmy Award, Peabody Award

Beth Aala is an American documentary filmmaker and film producer.[1][2]

Life

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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

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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] The film would get a wider release as part of PBS documentary series Independent Lens on October 16, 2019.[10]

In 2023 Aala directed Uncharted, a film that shows the behind the scenes of Alicia Keys' songwriting camp, "She is the Music".[11] The film premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Festival.[12]

Awards

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In 2005, Aala won an Emmy Award for co-producing I Have Tourette's but Tourette's Doesn't Have Me.[13] She also received Emmys for producing in the "Outstanding Children's Program" category in 2008 and 2011.[14]

In 2006, she won a Peabody Award for co-producing the film The Music in Me.[15]

In 2020, Made in Boise would be nominated for Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary at the 41st News and Documentary Emmy Awards.[16]

References

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