Joshua Seftel is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind Stranger at the Gate, a project combating Islamophobia that he produced with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai. In addition to his many award-winning documentaries for HBO, PBS, POV, National Geographic, and Showtime, Seftel is known for directing the landmark Emmy-winning Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, contributing to Peabody-winning This American Life and The New York Times, and for his frequent appearances on CBS Sunday Morning where he interviews his 88-year-old mother, Pat.
