Howard Gertler

Howard Gertler
Occupation
  • Film producer
Years active1999–present

Howard Gertler is an American film producer. He has produced narrative and documentary films including Shortbus (2006), World's Greatest Dad (2009), How to Survive a Plague (2012), How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017), Crip Camp (2020), and the Peabody Award-winning documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022). He has been nominated for two Academy Awards and a BAFTA.

Career

While at Princeton University, Gertler served as an intern at Good Machine, where he decided to become a producer. Gertler additionally served as head of production at Process Media from 2001 to 2011. Gertler founded Little Punk, a production company.

Gertler served as a producer on the narrative films Shortbus and How to Talk to Girls at Parties directed by John Cameron Mitchell.

In 2012, Gertler served as a producer on How to Survive a Plague directed by David France, which he was nominated for an Academy Award. In 2014, Gertler served as a producer on Do I Sound Gay?.

In 2020, Gertler served as an executive producer on Crip Camp directed by James LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham which was nominated for Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

In 2022, Gertler served as a producer on All the Beauty and the Bloodshed directed by Laura Poitras, for which won a Peabody Award and was nominated for an Academy Award and BAFTA.

In 2023, Gertler served as an executive producer on Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York directed by Anthony Caronna, and executive produced by Liz Garbus and Charlize Theron for HBO.

Personal life

Gertler is gay.

References

  1. 1 2 "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 2025-04-03.
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  6. ↑ Kaufman, Anthony (September 7, 2006). "Tim Perell and Howard Gertler". Variety. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  7. ↑ Knegt, Peter (March 23, 2012). "How To Make a Powerful AIDS Doc: Talking to the Team Behind 'How To Survive a Plague'". IndieWire. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  8. ↑ Harris, Lissa (January 10, 2013). "Local filmmaker's "How To Survive A Plague" gets Oscar nomination". Watershed Post. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Do I Sound Gay?". IFC Films. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  10. ↑ Mora, Alyssa (July 15, 2021). "Howard Gertler, Jim LeBrecht, Nicole Newnham". Variety. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  11. ↑ Hipes, Patrick; Fleming Jr, Mike (March 15, 2021). "Oscar Nominations: 'Mank' Tops List With 10 Including Best Picture; Six Other Films With Six; Female Directors Record Set – The Complete List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  12. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (August 18, 2022). "Neon Takes Laura Poitras Documentary 'All The Beauty And The Bloodshed'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  13. ↑ Ntim, Zac (January 19, 2023). "BAFTA Film Awards Nominations: 'All Quiet On The Western Front,' 'Banshees Of Inisherin' & 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' Lead — The Complete List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  14. ↑ Lewis, Hilary (January 24, 2023). "Oscars: Full List of Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  15. ↑ "HBO Original Docuseries LAST CALL: WHEN A SERIAL KILLER STALKED QUEER NEW YORK Debuts July 9". Warner Bros. Discovery. June 21, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  16. ↑ Lee, Benjamin (July 8, 2023). "'Righteous anger was a part of it': the shocking story of New York's gay bar killer". The Guardian. Retrieved July 8, 2023.