Biography
Gabriel Brakin is Chief Operating Officer of Participant Media and oversees company-wide strategy, business operations, deal making, legal affairs, and is responsible for the integration and operationalization of Participant’s content, impact and audience strategy. Participant produces annually up to six narrative feature films, five documentary films, three episodic television series, as well as digital short form programming — all aimed at entertainment that inspires social awareness and engaging audiences to participate in positive social change. Prior to Participant, Brakin was an entertainment and media transactions attorney in the Century City office of O’Melveny & Myers LLP. Brakin holds a J.D. from the UCLA School of Law, and B.A. in Political Science from UCLA.