Amy Geller

Geller was born in Hampton, New Hampshire. She holds a B.A. from Bates College and an M.F.A. in Cinema and Media Production from Boston University.^[5] She has served as the artistic director of the Boston Jewish Film Festival and was President of Women in Film and Video New England.^[6][7] She is currently an Assistant Professor of Production at Boston University and has previously taught classes at Emerson College.^[8] She is also a member of Film Fatales, the Documentary Producers Alliance, and the IDA.^[9] In 2015, she received a Chai in the Hub Award for young Jewish leadership and, in 2016, a Boston University Women's Guild Scholarship.^[10][11]

Geller co-directed her debut feature documentary, The Guys Next Door, along with Allie Humenuk, which premiered at the Sarasota Film Festival in 2016 and was broadcast on the World Channel.^[12] In 2019, she co-directed a documentary, The Rabbi Goes West, along with Gerald Peary, about a Chabad Hasidic rabbi and his family who built a shul in their Montana home.^[13]

In 2024, Geller released her first narrative documentary podcast entitled "The Rabbis Go South."^[14] Produced, written and narrated by Geller and Peary, the seven-part series uncovers the true story of Jewish-Black solidarity in St. Augustine, Florida during the Civil Rights Movement.^[15] The podcast is a presentation of Hub & Spoke, an independent audio collective.^[16]