Abigail Edna Disney was born on the 24th January 1960, in Los Angeles, California, USA and is the daughter of Roy Edward Disney and Patricia Ann Dailey and the sister of Roy Patrick Disney. She is a philanthropist and filmmaker, film producer and an activist well known for documentary series on social subjects. Her filmography includes, among others, “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” (2008), “The Queen of Versailles” (2012), “The Invisible War” (2012) and “Hateship, Loveship” (2013). She has been active in the entertainment industry since 2006.
How much is the net worth of Abigail Disney? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of her wealth is as much as $500 million, as of the data given in the middle of 2017. Films are the major source of Abigail’s fortune.
Abigail Disney Net Worth $500 Million
To begin with, the girl was raised in North Hollywood, California. She earned a Bachelors degree at Yale, majored in English Literature at Stanford in which she earned a Master’s degree, as well as a gaining a Doctor of Philosophy degree at Columbia University.
Concerning her professional career, she entered the filmmaking industry after finishing her studies. At first, she produced a documentary “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” (2006) directed by Gini Reticker. The film won as the Best Documentary in the Tribeca Film Festival. Alongside the winner of Emmy Award, Gini Reticker, Abigail founded film production company Fork Films in 2007; in the aforementioned company, she served as the CEO, the CCO and the President.
In 2011, Disney produced another five part documentary entitled “Women, War & Peace”, which won a Television Academy Honor and the America Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award, a Gracie Award and Overseas Press Club’s Edward R. Murrow Award. Additionally, Abigail was encouraged for using films to facilitate social change and given An Athena Film Festival Award. She also worked as an executive producer in the films “The Invisible War” (2012), “This is How I Roll” (2012), “Sexy Baby” (2012) and “Alias Ruby Blade” (2012) and other documentary films. It is worth mentioning the fact that Disney worked as an executive producer in the feature length documentary entitled “The Trials of Spring” (2015) directed by Gini Reticker, and the same year, she debuted as a director and screenwriter on the documentary film “The Armor of Light” (2015), which won the Galway Film Fleadh Award as the Best International Feature Documentary and the Special Award at the Traverse City Film Festival.
Finally, in the personal life of Abigail Disney, she has been married to the activist Pierre Norman Hauser since 8th October 1988; the two have four children.
What is more, Abigail Disney is well known as a community activist, and for philanthropic work. In 1991, Abigail alongside her husband launched The Daphne Foundation which helps those who live in poverty. In 2008, she created a non profit organization entitled Peace is Loud. Additionally, she participated in a number of charitable events inside the USA and outside, like in the Democtratic Republic of Congo.
News & Documentary Emmy Awards - Best Documentary (2014), Documentary Award - Best International Feature Documentary (2015), Woman of the Year (2015, Women's Image Network Awards), Television Academy Honor, Founders Prize - Traverse City Film Festival (2015), America Bar Association's Silver Gavel ...
Nominations
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism (2014), Video Source Award, Pare Lorentz Award (2008, International Documentary Association)
Movies
“Pray the Devil Back to Hell” (2008), “The Queen of Versailles” (2012), “The Invisible War” (2012), “Hateship, Loveship” (2013), “The Invisible War” (2012), “This is How I Roll” (2012), “Sexy Baby” (2012), “Alias Ruby Blade” (2012)
TV Shows
“Pray the Devil Back to Hell” (2006, documentary), “Women, War & Peace”, “Shadow World” (2016), “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” (2008), “The Armor of Light” (2015), “Oil on Ice” (2004), Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs (2017)
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
That Way Madness Lies...
2017
Documentary executive producer completed
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2017
Documentary associate producer post-production
The Tale
2017
executive producer post-production
Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs
2017
TV Movie executive producer post-production
62 Days
Documentary executive producer completed
Birds Like Us
2017
executive producer
When God Sleeps
2017
Documentary executive producer
Bending the Arc
2017
Documentary co-executive producer
The Boy Who Cried Fish!
2016
Short executive producer
Independent Lens
TV Series documentary executive producer - 2 episodes, 2015 - 2016 co-executive producer - 1 episode, 2012
Shadow World
2016
Documentary executive producer
Split
2016/II
co-producer
Cameraperson
2016
Documentary executive producer
Lovesong
2016
co-executive producer
P.O.V.
2015
TV Series documentary executive producer - 1 episode
The Babushkas of Chernobyl
2015
Documentary co-executive producer
The Trials of Spring
2015
Documentary executive producer
The Armor of Light
2015
Documentary executive producer
From This Day Forward
2015
Documentary executive producer
Tocando la Luz
2015
Documentary executive producer
Drawing the Tiger
2015
Documentary executive producer
The Invitation
2015/I
co-executive producer
The Mask You Live In
2015
Documentary executive producer
Hot Girls Wanted
2015
Documentary executive producer - as Abigail E. Disney
She's Beautiful When She's Angry
2014
Documentary co-producer
Out in the Night
2014
Documentary executive producer
1971
2014
Documentary executive producer
Vessel
2014/II
Documentary executive producer
Food Chains
2014
Documentary executive producer
Land Ho!
2014
co-executive producer
Seeds of Time
2013
Documentary executive producer - as Abigail E. Disney