Joanna Rudnick is an Emmy®-nominated director and producer.

In her directorial debut In the Family (POV|PBS), produced by Kartemquin Films, she told her personal story about coming to terms with learning that she had the BRCA1 gene that greatly increases a woman’s risk for breast and ovarian cancer. The film was the first to cover the world of predictive genetic testing via a vérité treatment, and was screened as part of the successful effort to pass the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA) as well as challenge gene patenting, a case that went to the Supreme Court.

Her producing credits include: Kartemquin Films’ Bill T. Jones: A Good Man (American Masters|PBS); Crossfire Hurricane, a documentary about the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones (HBO); and Robert Capa in Love and War (PBS,BBC) which premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival and was the presenting film for the 2003 Emmy® Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Series among others.