Gene Gallerano
Biography
Gene is an Emmy Award-winning producer, filmmaker, and actor. He started his career in the entertainment industry as an actor in a bit role in the film Bottle Rocket by Wes Anderson.
His narrative and documentary films have played over 100 film festivals around the world from Anchorage to Berlin and feature many celebrated actors including Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Ethan Hawke, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Peter Sarsgaard, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Denis O'Hare, Olympia Dukakis, Peri Gilpin, Reed Birney, Paul Benjamin, and Lorelei Linklater.
Gene is an Executive Producer of the documentary film American Symphony about Grammy-winning musician Jon Batiste and writer Suleika Jaouad. It premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and is directed by Matthew Heineman. The film is produced by Michelle and Barack Obama's production company Higher Ground. American Symphony is the winner of multiple Critics Choice awards.
