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Gabriel Diamond started working in video at age 13 when he enrolled in a television production class at KDOL-TV in Oakland, CA. He co-founded The Factory, an award-winning production company and learning lab for Bay Area youth. Works created under his mentorship won top prizes at dozens of national festivals. He continued his work with Youth Sounds, UthTV, and BAVC as supervising producer for several more youth productions including Elements a series of six-half hour shows broadcast on UPN about youth and music, which won an Emmy for best youth production. In collaboration with the Pearson Foundation he has produced documentaries on school reform around the world. His first feature Less, an independent narrative film about a man who has chosen to live on the streets in San Francisco, received honorable mention for the grand jury prize at Dances With Films Festival. He shot and acted in How To Cheat which premiered at the LA Film Festival and won best acting ensemble and best narrative at Bend Film Festival. In 2011 he shot a short documentary in Nepal entitled "We Are In The Field: Adventures of a 3rd World Environmental Activist" As an adjunct professor at San Francisco State University he taught video production and continues teach workshops and develop curriculum on filmmaking for Adobe and the National Academy Foundation. He is a graduate from New College of California with a major in Visual Media. To see his most recent work go to vimeo.com/outsidefilms. |
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