Tony Gerber
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About
Filmmaker Tony Gerber is the co-founder (with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage) of Market Road Films. He is the director, producer and cinematographer of the award-winning and critically acclaimed film FULL BATTLE RATTLE about life inside the US Army’s Iraq simulation in the California desert. FULL BATTLE RATTLE was developed with a grant from the Sundance Documentary Fund and had its World premiere at the 2008 Berlinale and went on to win the Special Jury Prize at its US premiere at the SXSW Film Festival. In addition to independent films and television commissions, Gerber collaborates with cutting edge visual artists Allora and Calzadilla, Ann Sofi Siden and Matthew Barney. Gerber is a two-time Emmy recipient and has filmed, directed and written over half-a-dozen documentaries for the National Geographic Channel, filmed in some of the most remote regions of the world. He most recently directed and produced the 2-hour special Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron for National Geographic Channel.
First to Fall
First to Fall follows a group of young civilian expatriate ‘rebels’ on their 8-month journey to liberate their home country. They give up comfortable, stable lives in order to take up arms against a corrupt regime and risk their lives in a brutal, chaotic war.