American film director Tim Sorel produces documentaries that examine and investigate pediatric health and literacy issues, as well as other subjects. His documentary Women, Children and AIDS garnered one of his four Emmy nominations. Sorel’s documentary The Trap of Saving Cambodia (2012) is credited with fueling a realignment of United States State Department policy concerning human rights in Cambodia. In collaboration with film directors Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly, Sorel produced and was DOP on the Lifecasters series for PBS (2014). In 2018, his EMMY Award winning documentary My Kid is Not Crazy was a compelling breakthrough film focusing on the link between bacteria and pediatric mental illness. In 2020, Sorel teamed up with UF Professor of Education Maria Coady to produce Small Town-Big Dreams, investigating how U.S. states skirt federal laws meant to protect Hispanic and Latino public-school students. The filmmaker’s current tv series World Pediatric Project features U.S. surgeons who travel to developing countries to perform lifesaving surgeries on children. He is also working on a new feature documentary scheduled for release in 2023 concerning new treatments in pediatric mental health.

Sorel is a tenured full-Professor of Media Production, Management, and Technology at the University of Florida, where he teaches storytelling, cinematography, and advanced post-production.