Gia Rigoli
Gia Rigoli is a Los Angeles-based Mexican-American film producer who made her producing debut at the age of 20 with the feature film, Rock Steady Row. The film premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival and won both the Narrative Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for Best Narrative Film. Gia holds a BFA in Creative Producing from Chapman University and was mentored by Michael Apted. Her senior thesis film was a Student Academy Award Finalist.
Gia has been recognized for her talent by various film industry programs including Berlinale Talents, Project Involve Producing Fellowship, Sony Pictures Entertainment Fellowship, NALIP Producer’s Incubator Lab, PGA Create, and Rotterdam Producing Lab Fellowship. She is currently an inaugural fellow of Film Independent's Imaginar Producer's Residency. She founded Discordia, a production company, in 2020 with her frequent collaborators. Their work has received support from Locarno, Film Independent, The Gotham, Tribeca, PGA, and SFFilm.
Selected Awards
Imaginar Producer's Residency (2023)
Tribeca Untold Stories (2022)
Rotterdam Producing Lab Fellow (2022)
PGA Create Fellow (2021)
NALIP Producer Incubator Lab (2021)
Best Film, Anchorage - Oldenburg International Film Festival (2021)
Film Independent Fast Track (2020)
IFP Week No Borders International Co-Production Market (2020)
SFFilm Westridge Grant Winner (2020)
Sundance Institute Talent Forum (2020)
Venice Production Bridge (2019)
Berlinale Talents (2019)
Film Independent Project Involve (2019)
Sony Pictures Entertainment Fellowship (2019)
Student Academy Award Nominee (2018)
Narrative Grand Jury Prize, Rock Steady Row - Slamdance Film Festival (2018)
Audience Award for Best Narrative Film, Rock Steady Row - Slamdance Film Festival (2018)
Audience Award for Best Narrative Film, Rock Steady Row - Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (2018)
CV
PRODUCER
*Selected Fimography
Features
This Closeness, 2023 / Dir. Kit Zauhar
Patria Y Muerte, In Development / Dir. Veronica Kompalic
Paper Trail, In Development / Dir. Rachael Moton
The Weight of Land, In Development / Dir. Daniel Drummond
Plastico, 2022 / Dir. Veronica Kompalic
Anchorage, 2021 / Dir. Scott Monahan
Birds Without Feathers, 2019 / Dir. Wendy McColm
Desert Shores, 2018 / Dir. Michael Stevantoni
Rock Steady Row, 2018 / Dir. Trevor Stevens
Shorts
Scotty's Vag, 2023 / Dir. Chaconne Martin-Berkowicz
A Summer Job, 2022 / Dir. Joie Estrella Horwitz & Sergi Castella
October Mourning, 2022 / Dir. Frederick Thornton
When There Was Water, 2022 / Dir. Nicole Otero
Bottle Bomb!!!, 2021 / Dir. Frida Perez
Mary, Mary Quite Contrary / Dir. Rachael Moton
La Gloria, 2019 / Dir. Mary Evangelista
Swim, 2019 / Dir. Enrique Unzueta
The Great Family, 2019 / Dir. Gus Krieger
Nintendo - "Generations", 2019 / Dir. Trevor Stevens
The Girl, 2018 / Dir. Wendy McColm
Transient Passengers, 2018 / Dir. Natalia Hermida
*Student Academy Award Finalist
Love Hurts, 2017 / Dir. Trevor Stevens
Gamberger, 2017 / Dir. Natalia Hermida
Carmensita, 2017 / Dir. Emiliana Ammirata