Esther Gabriel is the Director of Operations for NWFFest. 

After graduating UNLV’s Film Program, Esther began her career producing a long-running pay-per-view promotional series in Toronto, and started a broadcast licensing company with her husband. Later in Los Angeles, she worked as an editor and handled the post production on many documentaries and films, including Everything will be Alright and A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow. In 2013 Esther and her husband moved back to Las Vegas to open the production facility Mission Control Studio.