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Howard Gertler’s producing credits include HBO’s limited docuseries “Last Call,” which he co-created with series director Anthony Caronna and produced with Story Syndicate; Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” with Participant and HBO and released by Neon; Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht’s “Crip Camp,” executive-produced with President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions and Netflix; David France’s “How to Survive a Plague,” released by IFC Films/Sundance Selects. He’s produced multiple projects by John Cameron Mitchell, including the Cannes-premiering “Shortbus,” “How to Talk to Girls at Parties” and “Anthem: Homunculus,” and Sundance-premiering features such as Bobcat Goldthwait’s “World’s Greatest Dad” and Rhys Ernst’s “Adam.” He’s a two-time Oscar-nominee, and both he and his films have won Film Independent Spirit, Gotham, IDA, New York Film Critics’ Circle, Venice Film Festival (Golden Lion), Sundance Film Festival, Peabody and GLAAD Media awards.