Alyse Shorland is a two-time Emmy and Peabody-winning director and producer. She has made films and series independently and in collaboration with network and streaming clients, including HBO, Netflix, CNN, HULU, NBC Films, and FX. Her most recent projects include the coming-of-age documentary "The Debutantes" and "Empire of Ebony", the first film to tell the story of the Johnson Publishing Company, creators of Ebony and Jet magazine. She was previously a director on The Weekly, a documentary series with the New York Times, Fiasco, and Vice News Tonight for HBO. She’s produced stories for CBS Sunday Morning and the CNN documentary series Black in America with Soledad O’Brien. In 2023, she was named to Doc NYC’s 40 Under 40. She received her master’s degree in documentary filmmaking from New York University.