Love, Gilda

Directed By Lisa D'Apolito

Love, Gilda is a unique window into the world of Gilda Radner. Director Lisa D’Apolito unearthed a collection of diaries and personal audio and videotapes documenting her childhood, comedy career, relationships and, her struggles with cancer.

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In her own words, comedienne Gilda Radner looks back and reflects on her life and career. Weaving together recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with her friends, rare home movies and diaries read by modern day comediennes (including Amy Poehler), LOVE Gilda offers a unique window into the honest and whimsical world of a beloved performer whose greatest role was sharing her story.
Lisa D’Apolito is a documentary and branded content director and producer. Lisa started out as an actress in film, theater and television including a part in Goodfellas. She went on to producing making her way to SVP/EP of Production for FCB, an advertising agency and then to starting her own production company 3 Faces films specializing in real people and celebrity stories. Her first feature documentary film “Love, Gilda” was selected as the opening night film of the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, opened theatrically in over 100 cities in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Israel, U.K. and Scandinavia and aired on CNN January 1. Lisa was named one of Variety Magazine’s 10 Documentarians to Watch in 2018.