Jill Yesko

I am a journalist and documentary filmmaker who specializes in sports documentaries. Sports are a microcosm of life. I'm always looking for great stories.

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Company

Baxter World Media

Legal Representative

Astrachan Gunst Thomas

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Frank Morgan, Esq.

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Baltimore director Jill Yesko is the director of three documentaries: Tainted Blood: The Untold Story of the 1984 Olympic Blood Doping Scandal (Amazon) and Broken Trust: Athlete Abuse Exposed (Kanopy) and Uphill Climb: The Women Who Conquered the Impossible Race (Peacock). Jill is the host of the sports podcast The Bounce (NPR) and the author of two acclaimed Baltimore-based crime fiction novels.

Director (8 Credits)
Broken Trust: Ending Athlete Abuse
Documentary
Mieke Havik: Champion Dutch Cyclist2024
Documentary, Short
Broken Trust Fine-ish Cut2019
Documentary
Broken Trust: Athlete Abuse Exposed2019
Documentary
Baltimore, You're Beautiful2017
Short
Tainted Blood2017
Documentary
Dog Spelled Backwards: An Unholy Mystery - Book Trailer2015
Web / New Media, Other
Strangers and Secrets2015
Short
Producer (2 Credits)
Tainted Blood2017
Documentary
Dog Spelled Backwards: An Unholy Mystery - Book Trailer2015
Web / New Media, Other
Writer (1 Credit)
Dog Spelled Backwards: An Unholy Mystery - Book Trailer2015
Web / New Media, Other

Current City

Baltimore, MD

The first American to win the Tour de France was Marianne Martin, not Greg LeMond. Martin won the yellow jersey for her stunning victory at the 1984 Tour de France Féminin--the subject of my documentary Uphill Climb: The Women Who Conquered the Impossible Race.

"Sometimes a girl's gotta be bad to be good."