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Skye Borgman

Director

Skye Borgman

8 films

Skye Borgman is an award-winning director and cinematographer who films narrative and documentary films all over the world. She has shot over 50 films, traveled to over 60 countries and lived on three continents. Her global experiences guide her vision, thought and approach to film-making. This gives her the unique ability to connect with all types of personalities. She has filmed rock-stars, prime ministers, drug addicts, environmentalists, Academy award winners, Buddhist nuns and anarchist chocolate makers. With a keen sense of adventure, Skye brings excitement to everything that she films. Her fusion of lighting, collaboration, and absolute fearlessness gives her filmmaking an evocative, honest and approachable style.

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Skye's latest Netflix documentary, 'Abducted in Plain Sight' has captivated the world, with people boasting "it's the craziest documentary I've ever seen." With write ups in Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Vice, Newsweek, The Vulture and Marie Claire (to name a few) the film redefines the true crime genre and delves deep into the human condition.

Skye is the co-owner of Top Knot films, an award winning production company creating extraordinary film, television, documentary and new media content. Committed to delivering captivating projects with such emotional impact that they challenge, amaze and inspire us to celebrate our everyday lives.

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The best way into Skye Borgman's work
Girl in the Picture posterFirst watchGirl in the Picture20227.1A young mother’s mysterious death and her son’s subsequent kidnapping blow open a decades-long mystery about the woman’s true identity, and the murderous federal fugitive at the center of…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Abducted in Plain Sight poster6.6Abducted in Plain Sight2017Unknown Number: The High School Catfish poster6.8Unknown Number: The High School Catfish2025My Father, the BTK Killer poster6.7My Father, the BTK Killer2025Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story poster6.2Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story2025

Filmography

8 films as director
  1. 2025Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt StoryDirector
  2. 2025My Father, the BTK KillerDirector
  3. 2025Unknown Number: The High School CatfishDirector
  4. 2022Girl in the PictureDirector
  5. 2021Dead AsleepDirector
  6. 2021Murdered and Missing in MontanaDirector
  7. 2017Abducted in Plain SightDirector
  8. 2010Junk DreamsDirector