Bio

Gabrielle Paciorek is a director and cinematographer.

Gabrielle shot her first short film at 15— stop motion on VHS. It was a disaster. Undeterred, she moved from Massachusetts to California to study graphic design and film production at San Diego State University. While in San Diego, she worked as a graphic designer at a small design firm. All the illustration and painting classes she took eventually paid off, and she got work as a storyboard artist on commercial projects.

As a documentary cinematographer, Gabrielle has worked with cancer and open heart surgery patients, ER doctors and nurses, and stroke and brain tumor survivors to tell their stories of trauma, recovery, and hope at Sharp Hospital. Her cinematography work for Sharp has earned her four Emmy Awards. On the commercial side, she shot cars, VFX, actors underwater, ducks, mice, explosions, and more on projects for Aflac, Nissan, Dodge, Postal Annex, and SDG&E.

She currently live in Los Angeles where she writes music, brews beer, and tinkers with lenses while on the lookout for her next project.