Jonathan Stack documentary filmmaker

Jonathan Stack is a documentary filmmaker who has written, produced and directed over twenty-five films and fifty television programs including The Farm: Angola, USA, which was honored with the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize, three Emmy Awards and an Academy Award nomination. While working as an independent filmmaker Jonathan earned a reputation for his unique ability to gain access into forbidden and even dangerous worlds.

In 1991, Jonathan founded Gabriel Films, an independent documentary film production company. In 2008, he formed Highest Common Denominator Media Group. Jonathan Stack and HCD Media Group’s newest venture is Gabriel City– an online community for those affected by incarceration in the United States.

For The Brooklyn Cottage, Jonathan presented Life on Death Row: Stories from Angola Prison in March 2014.