Madeleine Sackler

Biography

Madeleine Sackler founded Great Curve Films in 2009 and has been directing, editing and producing films for over a decade. In 2018, she released two films which focus on life inside a maximum-security prison, both available on HBO. O.G. is a drama fiction film starring Jeffrey Wright and Theothus Carter, and It’s A Hard Truth Ain’t It is a documentary made with 13 incarcerated men. The documentary has been nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary category.