Denise Zmekhol
Denise Zmekhol (2021) is a Brazilian-American journalist, an award-winning producer and director of documentary films and media projects that span the globe. Her feature documentary “Children of the Amazon” was supported by ITVS and broadcast on PBS, as well as on European and Latin American television. The film won multiple awards at film festivals around the world. Denise co-produced and co-directed “Digital Journey,” an Emmy Award-winning PBS series exploring emerging technologies in their social, environmental and cultural contexts. Denise co-directed “Bridge to the Future,” a short for PBS/TED Talks, and was co-producer on Amir Soltani’s “Dogtown Redemption” that was exhibited on the PBS series “Independent Lens.”
As a Logan fellow, Denise will work on the documentary “Skin of Glass,” which follows the story of São Paulo’s tallest high-rise favela (slum) — a 24-story glass office tower and the architectural masterpiece of her late father.