Caregiver: A Love Story (2021)

Caregiver: A Love Story
16+
  • Country:

    USA

  • Duration:

    24 min

  • Program:

    Competition, 7th MJFF

  • Type:

    Documentary, Short

  • Genre:

    biography, drama

  • Director:

    Jessica Zitter, Kevin Gordon

  • Producer:

    Jeannie Blaustein, Kevin Gordon

  • Cast:

    Bambi Fass, Rick Tash, Aryeh Schleider, David Schleider

About film

Rewards and nominations

Director

Jessica Zitter, Kevin Gordon

Jessica Nutik Zitter, MD, MPH, is a writer, co-director and producer of Caregiver: A Love Story. The film is based on Zitter’s experience in healthcare and highlights the weight faced by family caregivers. This is not Dr Zitter’s first attempt at filmmaking — her work was previously featured in the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated documentary film Extremis (2017).

Kevin Gordon is an American director, producer, and editor, winner of a Student Academy Award. For a long time, he was doing human rights work but then shifted towards documentary filmmaking, which he studied at Stanford University. His first feature, True Son (2014), premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.

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Director

Jessica Zitter, Kevin Gordon

Jessica Nutik Zitter, MD, MPH, is a writer, co-director and producer of Caregiver: A Love Story. The film is based on Zitter’s experience in healthcare and highlights the weight faced by family caregivers. This is not Dr Zitter’s first attempt at filmmaking — her work was previously featured in the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated documentary film Extremis (2017).

Kevin Gordon is an American director, producer, and editor, winner of a Student Academy Award. For a long time, he was doing human rights work but then shifted towards documentary filmmaking, which he studied at Stanford University. His first feature, True Son (2014), premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.