Lailanie Gadia

Lailanie Gadia is a Filipina American community builder and producer based in Los Angeles. She serves as the Asian American Documentary Network (A-Doc)’s Operations Director, supporting over 1,700 filmmakers and film professionals where she helped series produce Emmy-nominated and Silver Anthem award-winning 2022 Asian American Stories of Resilience and Beyond shorts. She is a 2023 Documentary New Leader and a 2021-2022 LEAP Impact alumna. Her projects include Tadashi Nakamura’s Third Act (Sundance 2025) and Shoots (2024 Tribeca AT&T Untold Stories finalist).