Vicki Abeles

Vicki Abeles

Biography

Producer/director Vicki Abeles is a filmmaker, parent, attorney, and passionate education advocate. She directed the award-winning documentary Race to Nowhere (2010) and brought the film to millions of viewers around the globe using a cutting-edge community distribution model. She is the author of a forthcoming book on education change makers to be published by Simon & Schuster later this year. Additional film credits include associate producer on the Sundance favorite Miss Representation (2011) and associate producer on Plastic Man: The Artful Life of Jerry Ross Barrish (MVFF 2014).

Mill Valley Film Festival

Director

Documentaries
2024

Counted Out

2015

Beyond Measure

2009

Race to Nowhere

Producer

Documentaries
2024

Counted Out

2015

Beyond Measure

Screenwriter

Documentaries
2024

Counted Out