Akil Gibbons is an Emmy nominated and multi-award-winning film director, producer, journalist whose works have debuted at Sundance and distributed by HBO, BET, VICE, CNN, The Daily Show, Netflix, Amazon, and through his own company CoINTEL Productions (CoINTELPRO) for original films, features, series, social issue campaigns, and brands.

His film and video work has earned over 40 million viral impressions creating impactful stories for studios, networks, and brands online.

Akil’s direction for brand campaigns include Google, Mastercard, ReMax, AT&T, Square, LinkedIn, Fortune and De Beers Group, earning multiple Webby, Clio, Anthem, Telly, Academy Of Interactive & Visual Arts Awards, and Gold in the 2026 Branded Content Awards for Best Storytelling.s.

Akil produced Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words for Amazon Prime + Roc Nation and directed the pilot episode for HBO's Level Playing Field earning an Emmy nomination in 2023.

At Vice Media, Gibbons hosted on camera and produced stories earning over 30 million views and viral media impressions online with his skill for telling stories that resonate covering topics in society including science & technology, sports, civil-rights, crime, capitalism, mass incarceration, and hip-hop culture.

Akil has directed Olympic Gold Medalist Letsilie Tebogo in Talent Unearthed for Fortune, NFL wide receiver Matthew Golden for REMAX, and story produced a 5 episode docu-series for ITVS/PBS “Dallas, 2019” earning a Cinema Eye Honors nomination.

Akil’s original film works include the upcoming feature  “Fear and Loathing in New York City”, “Harlem Is Nowhere” a short film that blends fictional noir-style scenes inspired by Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison, and his first feature thesis film in college “Paper City - Stop the School To Prison Pipeline.”