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Yael Bridge

(she/her)
Producer/Director
Oakland, California US
Available for Full Time
Available for Freelance
Is Hiring
Open To Mentoring
Open To Virtual Coffee

About

Yael Bridge is an Emmy-nominated documentary producer and director. Her directorial feature debut, The Big Scary “S” Word premiered at Hot Docs 2020 and on Hulu in 2022. Previously, she produced Left on Purpose, winner of the Audience Award at DOC NYC as well as the Netflix Original Emmy-nominated film, Saving Capitalism, starring former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. She served as Head of Production at Inequality Media, making viral videos that tackled complex political issues and gained over 100 million views in 2016 alone. Yael was included in DocNYC’s 40 Under 40 list of 2021 and is a current resident at the Jewish Film Institute. She proudly serves on the board of the Documentary Producers Alliance and as co-chair of the Labor Committee. She holds an MFA in documentary film and video from Stanford University and an MA in media studies from the New School.