Her first feature, OBVIOUS CHILD (A24) premiered at Sundance in 2014. The film got a nod for the year's "Best Discovery" on iTunes and Ms. Robespierre won Best Directorial Debut from the National Board of Review. Her second feature LANDLINE, premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and was released by Amazon Studios in July of 2017. She has directed episodes of CASUAL, a Hulu original television series as well as episodes of HBO's SILICON VALLEY and CRASHING. Gillian currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two year old daughter.