Abigail Disney
Abigail Disney is a filmmaker, philanthropist, and scholar known for her documentary films focused on social themes. She is Co-Founder and Co-President of the Daphne Foundation, and board member of the Roy Disney Family Foundation, The White House Project, the Global Fund for Women, the Fund for the City of New York, and Peace is Loud. Disney recently launched Peace is Loud, an organization that supports female voices and international peace building through nonviolent means. Peace is Loud organized a 2009 Global Peace Tour as part of the UN’s International Day of Peace. As the Co-Founder and Co-President of the Daphne Foundation, Disney leads initiatives that fund programs which confront the causes and consequences of poverty in the five boroughs of New York City, with a particular interest in grassroots and emerging organizations. Her five-part television project, “Women, War & Peace,” produced by PBS Wide Angle by Fork Films, Disney’s production company, which was established in 2007, premiered on PBS in 2011. Her films include “Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” “Playground,” and “Family Affair.“