Directing
Jyllian Gunther
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
11 titles
Jyllian is an Emmy Award–winning filmmaker working across film, television, and audio. She is known for drawing comedic, heartfelt characters with distinct voices. Most recently she co-directed and produced the feature documentary, Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story, for HBO. She was Director, Writer, & Co-Executive Producer for the new HBO MAX rom doc series, Swiping America. Her documentary short, Sunset & The Mockingbird, is currently on the 2025–2026 festival circuit and will stream on PBS in the fall. Her feature script Pleased To Meet Me is being developed and represented by Wren Arthur and Olive Productions. She previously served as Co-Executive Producer, Director, and Writer on …
Known for
5.3Robin Byrd pioneered NYC public access with her cult sex-positive call-in show. Now the larger-than-life 70-year-old champion of free speech, queer visibility, and safe sex reflects on her unique legacy and her hidden, decades-long marriage behind the scenes.
Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story
2026
8.0A documentary chronicling the role of Black heroism in America's Revolutionary War.
Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution
2020
10.015 years, 5 wrecked relationships, 1 girl's wreckless idea: Go back and find out why...
Pull Out
2004
NRThe love story of Gloria Clayborne and jazz pianist Junior Mance as they face Junior’s diagnosis of dementia.
Sunset and the Mockingbird
2025
NRA diverse group of idealistic educators create their own public high school in an under-served neighborhood of Brooklyn. But their high ideals are tested when their vision for reform clashes with needs of the community they mean to serve.
The New Public
2013
Film credits
Behind the camera
5.3Robin Byrd pioneered NYC public access with her cult sex-positive call-in show. Now the larger-than-life 70-year-old champion of free speech, queer visibility, and safe sex reflects on her unique legacy and her hidden, decades-long marriage behind the scenes.
Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story
2026
5.3Robin Byrd pioneered NYC public access with her cult sex-positive call-in show. Now the larger-than-life 70-year-old champion of free speech, queer visibility, and safe sex reflects on her unique legacy and her hidden, decades-long marriage behind the scenes.
Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story
2026
8.0A documentary chronicling the role of Black heroism in America's Revolutionary War.
Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution
2020
10.015 years, 5 wrecked relationships, 1 girl's wreckless idea: Go back and find out why...
Pull Out
2004
10.015 years, 5 wrecked relationships, 1 girl's wreckless idea: Go back and find out why...
Pull Out
2004
NRThe love story of Gloria Clayborne and jazz pianist Junior Mance as they face Junior’s diagnosis of dementia.
Sunset and the Mockingbird
2025
NRThe love story of Gloria Clayborne and jazz pianist Junior Mance as they face Junior’s diagnosis of dementia.
Sunset and the Mockingbird
2025
NRA diverse group of idealistic educators create their own public high school in an under-served neighborhood of Brooklyn. But their high ideals are tested when their vision for reform clashes with needs of the community they mean to serve.
The New Public
2013
NRA diverse group of idealistic educators create their own public high school in an under-served neighborhood of Brooklyn. But their high ideals are tested when their vision for reform clashes with needs of the community they mean to serve.
The New Public
2013
NRA diverse group of idealistic educators create their own public high school in an under-served neighborhood of Brooklyn. But their high ideals are tested when their vision for reform clashes with needs of the community they mean to serve.
The New Public
2013