Maya Gnyp is an Academy Award and EMMY Award nominated film producer.
She produced the documentary, I Am Ready, Warden (2024) and was an executive producer of the TV Series Muslim Matchmaker (2025), commissioned by ABC New Studios and released by Hulu and Disney+. I Am Ready, Warden was nominated for the Short Documentary Academy Award during the 97th Oscars, has won two prizes at the Austin Film Festival, and was part of the DocNYC and CinemaEye Shortlists in 2024.
In 2026 she Executive Produced the docu-series created by Smriti Mundhra, Bollywood Dance U, with her partners at Amplify Pics, and 30West.
She has produced the episode "Shelter" for the series Through Our Eyes, and the films Mystify: Michael Hutchence, Finding the Field, Ecco Homo, In Bob We Trust, and Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard. "Shelter" won the Audience Award at the 2021 AFI DOCS Film Festival and the 2022 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Children's Program. It was nominated for the 2022 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Short Form Series or Special, and was nominated for the 2022 Humanitas Prize (Best Documentary), and the 2022 News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Documentary.
Maya was educated at The University of Melbourne, Victoria, The University of California at Berkeley, and at IE Business School. She lives and works between Los Angeles, California and Melbourne, Victoria.
Filmography YearTitleRole2026Bollywood Dance UExecutive Producer4-episode docu-series 2024 I Am Ready, Warden ProducerAmerican short documentary film directed by Smriti Mundhra, shortlisted for the Best Documentary Short Film at the 97th Academy Awards.2024Muslim MatchmakerExecutive Producer8-episode docu-series2021 ShelterProducer2021Eyes on The Prize: Hallowed GroundAssociate Producer2019Mystify: Michael HutchenceProducer2018Finding the Field2015Ecco Homo2013 In Bob We Trust 2011 Autoluminescent2011Ben Lee: Catch My DiseaseLine Producer
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