About me
BIO
Award-winning filmmaker, Gabriela Tscherniak, descends from a family of
distinguished musicians and artist such as the famed "Arkadi Rajkin." (Russia's
Charlie Chaplin, legendary Regime critic, Comedian and founder of the prestigious
"Satirycon Theater Moscow"). She started as a director's assistant in theatre
productions in Berlin, and moved on to be a photographer for bands and fashion
labels. During her film studies at Central St. Martins, London and the Erasmus
exchange at Pratt Institute New York, she completed several shorts that went onto the
international festival circuits.
She successfully attended the AFI directing program in Los Angeles, after which she
completed her award winning youth drama BERLIN NIGHTS. Gabriela then signed to
direct the Psycho Thriller SOUND HUNTER with Kings Road Ent. LA.
In 2007 she was hired to creative produce and direct the TV series TUNGUS METEORITE for Amedia. After that she
worked on a couple of episodes of the Russian TV Series Adaptation "Married with Children" (Sony Moscow). In 2008
she was one of eight European directors that were invited to prepare and pitch a 54 min fiction documentary for the
ESA (European Space Agency) and won the competition and directed additionally several commercial spots for ESA. .
During 2009 she directed several Episodes of the Russian CSI adaptation for the premier Russian TV channel. And in
2014/15 she directed 20 episodes of the spin off the forensic crime series "Akademia" for DT production. In 2015/16
she was invited to direct a Dramedy Pilot for Goodstory Media and went into development for the "Love Contract" with
the Producer Yu-Fai Suen (of Rocket Pictures - Elton John's company) and Olga Lesnova (Producer of the box Office Hit "The Chef" with Scarlett Johanson...)
Also in 2016 she signed a contract with the prestigious producer Gary Kurtz (Star Wars, American Graffiti) in order to direct the US$ 20million feature project the "Nightwitches" that will Gary produce in collaboration with Guy Avshalom (founder Lionsgate UK, Expendables 3, Olympus Has Fallen, London Burning, Fishing in Yemen with Ewan Mcregor & Emily Blunt)...
Specialties: Directing, Producing, Writing
Clients
Sony Pictures Television, TNT UK LTD, UniversalTvMedia Production