Toby Perl Freilich

(She/Her)
Producer/Director
Framework Films LLC

A documentary filmmaker and writer, Freilich co-produced/directed Moynihan; directed, produced and wrote Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment; and wrote and co-produced Secret Lives: Hidden Children & Their Rescuers, for which she received an Emmy nomination.

Full Bio
Toby Perl Freilich co-produced and co-directed MOYNIHAN, slated for a broadcast premiere on PBS’ American Masters series in 2024. Freilich wrote, directed, & produced INVENTING OUR LIFE: The Kibbutz Experiment, hailed as “thought-provoking” by Variety, “fascinating,” by the NY Times, & “excellent” by NPR.
Freilich co-produced & wrote SECRET LIVES: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers, for which she received an Emmy nomination for her writing; the film was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Historical Programming.
Freilich was also co-producer of the Emmy-nominated RESISTANCE: Untold Stories of Jewish Partisans, broadcast nationally on PBS.
Freilich is a contributing writer to the magazines, Tablet, Sh’ma, the Jewish Review of Books and the Forward, where she was awarded a Simon Rockower Award for Excellence in Jewish Journalism.

Industry Awards
• Nominated for a news and documentary Emmy in the category of Outstanding Achievement in a Craft: Writing for the documentary film, SECRET LIVES: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers
• 2007 Simon Rockower Award for Excellence in Jewish Journalism
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