KARAM GILL

Forbes 30 Under 30, Adweek Creative 100, Realscreen Under 40, Variety’s Top 10 Documentary Filmmakers to Watch

Karam Gill is a filmmaker and creative director based in Los Angeles. His projects use contemporary culture as an entry point to explore larger social issues, and are known for a heavily stylized blend of both documentary and narrative aesthetics.

Gill made his directorial debut with G Funk (2017) – the untold story of Warren G, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and the rise of hip-hop’s most iconic sub-genre. G Funk had its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival, making Gill the youngest director to have a feature doc premiere at SXSW (22 years old). Gill then wrote and directed Showtime’s doc series, Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine (2021) in partnership with Rolling Stone, Lightbox, and Imagine Entertainment. The project examined the dangers of our digital culture and the rise of Donald Trump through the concept of “manufactured celebrity”. That same year he also premiered the doc series Ice Cold (2021) at the Tribeca Film Festival which used jewelry to explore deeper issues around materialism and racial perception. Ice Cold has since become a bestselling Taschen coffee table book and is an exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History through January 2025 (Gill co-curated the exhibit).

In 2022, Gill directed and produced the Amazon Prime Video film, Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby (2022), which also premiered at Tribeca. Untrapped looks at the disenfranchisement of the Atlanta communities that birthed today’s generation of rap superstars. He also executive produced and creative directed Hulu’s doc series, RapCaviar Presents (2023). As part of the series he directed a film on Tyler, The Creator that explored the hypermasculine stereotypes projected upon black and brown youth.

Gill is the co-founder and CEO of MGX CREATIVE. With over seven billion views on branded content and ongoing clients like FUJIFILM, Mercedes-Benz, Levi’s, and Uber – MGX is a specialized creative and production partner for brands, agencies, and streamers looking to reach Gen Z and Millennial audiences. Over the years, the company has been behind some of today’s most impressive digital case studies and is currently in production on several docs and docuseries set to release in 2025. Adweek recently wrote “MGX CREATIVE is building a portfolio unlike any other creative agency” and Complex named MGX “the industry’s top music doc guys.”

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