Andréa Schmidt

Andréa Schmidt is an independent journalist and filmmaker. She has made current affairs films in more than a dozen countries, many in complex or high-risk environments, including “El Chapo’s Son: The Siege of Culiacán” for The Weekly (New York Times/FX/Hulu) which was awarded a News and Documentary Emmy. For Al Jazeera English’s documentary program Fault Lines, she produced and directed more than twenty films, including “Haiti: Six Months On,” which garnered Al Jazeera its first duPont-Columbia Award. Andréa helped launch AJ+, Al Jazeera’s digital channel, as the executive producer of short documentaries. She has also worked as a showrunner of documentary series and a managing editor of podcasts. Andréa serves as the secretary of the board of the ACOS (A Culture Of Safety) Alliance. Her production company, What Escapes Production, is based in Toronto.