Natalie Bullock Brown is the director of the Documentary Accountability Working

Group, a collective she helped to found in 2020 which released a values-informed

framework for documentary filmmakers that emphasizes care, consent, and

collaboration as pathways to ethical storytelling. She is also a seasoned documentary film

producer and emerging director; a 2023 Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein

Center Documentary Film Fellow; a 2023 DOC NYC New Leader; and a 2021

Rockwood Institute JustFilms Fellow. Natalie is director/producer of a work-inprogress

that explores the intersection of Black women, aging, and care, and is executive

producer for filmmaker Resita Cox's upcoming film, Basketball Heaven. Natalie was a producer

on award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt’s PBS documentary, HAZING, and produced his

PBS NOVA film, Lee and Liza’s Family Tree, as well as his latest award-winning

documentary short, Men of Courage. Natalie taught at North Carolina State University

where she served as an Assistant Teaching Professor and adjunct in Interdisciplinary

Studies for eight years. Natalie was the StoryShift Strategist for Working Films, where she

guided the organization’s work in promoting accountable documentary storytelling. Natalie also served 12 years as

co-host of Black Issues Forum, a public affairs program on UNC-TV, North Carolina’s

statewide public television network. And for nearly 12 years, Natalie was an assistant

professor of Film and Broadcast Media in the Department of Media & Communications at

Saint Augustine's University. Natalie was an associate producer on filmmaker Ken Burns’

10-part PBS series, Jazz, and production coordinator for Burns' film about architect, Frank

Lloyd Wright. Natalie holds a Master of Fine Arts in Film Production from Howard

University, and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Northwestern University.