Gabrielle Schonder

Director

Gabrielle Schonder is a multi-Emmy award-winning director covering politics, national affairs, foreign policy, and national security for over a decade at PBS FRONTLINE, and 60 MINUTESShe was a 2022 Nieman Fellow at Harvard.

Gabrielle had her directorial debut in 2020 with The NRA: Under FireShe was a member of the FRONTLINE team that covered the insurrection on January 6th in America After 9/11. Last year she co-directed the three part investigative climate series Black Gold, Executive Produced by Oscar Nominee Darren Aronofsky. Her upcoming project is America's Dangerous Trucksa collaboration with ProPublica and FRONTLINE.

Gabrielle’s Frontline films include America’s Great Divide: From Obama to TrumpSupreme RevengeThe Mueller InvestigationZero ToleranceTrump’s ShowdownTrump’s TakeoverBannon’s WarTrump’s Road to the White House, and the four-hour Divided States of America.

Prior to joining PBS, Gabrielle was an investigative producer at 60 Minutes, the highest rated news program in history. Her coverage of the 2015 Paris Attacks for the broadcast was recognized with an Emmy® award. Her groundbreaking report about insider trading by members of Congress led to the passage of The STOCK Act. The report was honored with three Emmy® nominations and a Joan Shorenstein Barone Award from the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association.

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The VP Choice: Vance vs. Walz
FRONTLINE investigates the lives and views of Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz as they run for vice president.
October 8, 2024
28m
Palestinian gunmen infiltrate areas of southern Israel
Failure at the Fence
With The Washington Post, how Israel’s security barrier was breached on Oct. 7.
December 19, 2023
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America's Dangerous Trucks
FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate deadly truck accidents and the fight over measures that could save thousands of lives.
June 13, 2023
1h 54m
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America After 9/11
FRONTLINE traces the U.S. response to the September 11 terrorist attacks and the devastating consequences that unfolded across three presidencies.
September 7, 2021
54m
Trump Supporters Hold "Stop The Steal" Rally In DC Amid Ratification Of Presidential Election
Trump's American Carnage
From his first days as president to his last, how Trump stoked division, violence and insurrection.
January 26, 2021
1h 54m
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The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
FRONTLINE investigates the defining moments that shaped Donald Trump and Joe Biden's lives.
September 22, 2020
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NRA Under Fire
FRONTLINE investigates how the NRA, once an unrivaled political power, faced growing challenges from all sides.
March 24, 2020
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America’s Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
FRONTLINE investigates America’s increasingly bitter, divided and toxic politics.
January 13, 2020