Mimi Polk Gitlin

Mimi Polk Gitlin has over 30 years of experience as a Production and Film Finance Executive and has been a Producer/Executive on over 30 projects. Gitlin founded Gaia Entertainment which develops and produces high-caliber scripted and non-scripted series and features. Gitlin produced one on the most talked about films of its decade, Thelma and Louise, which was nominated for 5 Academy Awards and 5 Golden Globes, winning the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Screenplay. In 2018 Gaia's The Breadwinner was nominated for an Academy award and went on to win 19 prestigious awards around the world. In 2020, Gitlin produced the documentary Freak Power, The Ballot or The Bomb on Hunter Thompson's run for Sheriff in 1970 and Executive Produced the recently completed documentary, From Hell To Hollywood on Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Nick Ut. Gaia has a number of scripted features and series in development including a series at HBO. Prior to Gaia, Gitlin served for three years as an Executive at Grosvenor Park Media working on films that include PS I Love You, Penelope, Miss Potter and Hurtlocker. Prior to Grosvenor Park, Gitlin was partnered for thirteen years with acclaimed directors Ridley and Tony Scott, producing and/or overseeing the companies financing, film production and TV series.