Michelle Mizner

Senior Documentary Editor & Producer

Michelle Mizner is an Academy and Emmy award-winning documentary film editor and producer on staff at FRONTLINE PBS. She works to craft compelling narratives from archive and original footage in a variety of forms, while meeting the high editorial standards of the series. Films and projects Michelle has cut and produced have broadcast internationally, screened at top tier festivals including Sundance, SXSW, DOC NYC and CPH:DOX, and have been awarded by the Peabodys, World Press Photo, Overseas Press Club, Edward R. Murrow Awards and the duPont-Columbia Awards.

Michelle's work for the series has spanned many storytelling forms. In addition to films, she has produced podcasts and multiple acclaimed interactive documentaries, including Inheritance (2016), The Last Generation (2018), and Un(re)solved. (2021). All three earned Emmys for Outstanding New Approaches in Documentary. Most recently, Michelle edited and produced the feature documentary 20 Days in Mariupol (dir. Mstyslav Chernov) which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Audience Award. The film was nominated in two categories for the BAFTAs, winning in Documentary Feature, and won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Twitter:

@michellemizner

Email:

michelle_mizner@wgbh.org
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Inside the Uvalde Response
Drawing on real-time, firsthand accounts and using official bodycam and audio, FRONTLINE, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reconstruct the chaotic response to the Uvalde school shooting and examine the missteps.
December 5, 2023
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20 Days in Mariupol
Now an Academy Award & BAFTA Award winner. FRONTLINE and The Associated Press present an extraordinary account of the Russian siege of Mariupol, seen through the lens of the AP’s Mstyslav Chernov and two colleagues who documented the atrocities and their own escape.
November 21, 2023
DAMAGED BUILDINGS IN MANHATTAN AFTER WORLD TRADE CENTER COLLAPSE.
The Weight of Dust
Scott Gaines was a first responder on 9/11. When he retired a couple months later, he thought he’d escaped the aftermath unscathed.
December 13, 2018
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The Last Generation
Explore an island nation threatened by climate change through the eyes of three children who call call it home. FRONTLINE and The GroundTruth Project present "The Last Generation."
April 6, 2018
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Notes From An Invisible War
FRONTLINE filmmaker Martin Smith witnesses chaos and suffering on a rare trip to Yemen – a closer look inside a largely invisible war.
October 26, 2017
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Inside Yemen
An up-close look at how Yemen’s humanitarian crisis was worsened by a brutal war.
October 18, 2017
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Betting on Trump: Water
Though California is a famously blue state, water shortages tipped the vote in its agricultural heartland decisively in Donald Trump's favor.
February 15, 2017
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How the Deck Is Stacked: The Cost of College Debt
Across the nation, many individuals feel as though they're drowning in student loan payments, yet some experts argue that the idea of a "crisis" is overblown. Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal takes a 360-degree look at the problem, in the latest video in our "How the Deck Is Stacked" collaboration with Marketplace and PBS NewsHour.
September 30, 2016
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Zika Uncontained
How Brazil became a breeding ground for an outbreak.
August 10, 2016
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Mosquito Hunter
August 2, 2016
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The Recovery’s Racial Divide
The economy is recovering, but not everyone has felt it equally. The wealth gap between black and white households has grown dramatically, and is now the widest it's been in nearly three decades.
August 1, 2016
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Why the Middle Class Matters
Most Americans used to be middle class, but today that number is shrinking. Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal explains why.
June 9, 2016