Laura Checkoway

Laura Checkoway is an Oscar and Emmy nominated filmmaker known for intimate character-driven stories. Her film Edith+Eddie received an Academy Award nomination and Emmy nomination and won numerous awards including the IDA Documentary Awards Best Short. Her latest feature documentary The Cave of Adullam is executive produced by Laurence Fishburne and premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, winning Best Documentary Feature and the Audience Award. It was released by ESPN Films. She received NYWIFT's Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking Award in 2022. She was series director of an original doc series reframing perceptions about refugees (executive produced by Alma Har'el) which won the people's choice award at the Webby Awards in 2024.