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Axel Gerdau

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Axel Gerdau is a documentary producer and director based in New York City best known for "Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street" (Netflix), "Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial" (Netflix), and "On The Wave." He is a former New York Times staff journalist and a member of the team that built VICE News Tonight on HBO.
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      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Adolf Hitler in Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial (2024)
    Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial
    7.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Producer
    VICE News Special Reports: The Inauguration of Donald Trump (2017)
    VICE News Special Reports: The Inauguration of Donald Trump
    3.6
    TV Special
    • Producer
    • 2017
    On the Wave (2025)
    On the Wave
    8.5
    • Director
    • 2025
    Vice News Tonight (2016)
    Vice News Tonight
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Producer

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    Producer

    • The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (2026)
      The Dynasty: UConn Huskies
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2026
    • Charles Manson in Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes (2026)
      Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • co-executive producer
      • story producer
      • 2026
    • Adolf Hitler in Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial (2024)
      Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2024
    • Adolf Hitler in Hitler: The Lost Tapes of the Third Reich (2023)
      Hitler: The Lost Tapes of the Third Reich
      8.1
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2023
    • Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street (2023)
      Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • series producer
      • 2023
    • (Un)Well (2020)
      (Un)Well
      6.4
      TV Series
      • producer
      • segment producer
      • 2020
    • Why We Hate (2019)
      Why We Hate
      7.4
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2019
    • Vice News Tonight (2016)
      Vice News Tonight
      8.2
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2016–2018
    • VICE News Special Reports: The Inauguration of Donald Trump (2017)
      VICE News Special Reports: The Inauguration of Donald Trump
      3.6
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 2017

    Director

    • On the Wave (2025)
      On the Wave
      8.5
      • Director
      • 2025
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