Carolina (Carla) Magdalena Borrás

Carla Borrás is a two-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and journalist. For 15 years, she worked for the PBS series FRONTLINE, where she oversaw and produced short documentaries and special projects, expanding the footprint of the series’ journalism. In addition to working for FRONTLINE, she has collaborated on projects with The New Yorker, The Marshall Project, Nova, StoryCorps and The GroundTruth Project. Some of her award-winning documentary journalism includes: Un(re)solved (Emmy, Edward R. Murrow, SXSW Innovation Award), The Last Generation (Emmy, Scripps Howard, World Press Photo Interactive of the Year), Crime Scene Bucha (Emmy Nominee), Tutwiler (Emmy Nominee), The Last Call (Online Journalism Award), Death is Our Business (Official selection Blackstar), Two Strikes (Official selection Florida Film Fest), and Greenland Melting (SXSW Grand Jury Prize VR, Online Journalism Award). Carla was also instrumental in launching and running a fellowship that FRONTLINE created with Firelight Media aimed at addressing the need for more diverse voices in the documentary journalism industry. Prior to jumping at the chance to join FRONTLINE, Carla worked on features and nonfiction programming for the Discovery Channel, Sony Pictures, and TruTV. She graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in psychology.