Abbey Hoekzema is a documentary filmmaker in Savannah, GA. She co-founded DOC Savannah, a non-profit collective of nonfiction storytellers. Her past projects include producing and directing short documentaries exploring social issues on women, the environment, education, and small communities.

She was a 2020 Southern Producing Lab Fellow for Daniel & Nate, which premiered at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2022. Her work has been presented at film festivals nationally, including the New Orleans Film Festival, Miami Film Festival, Heartland Film Festival, Dallas VideoFest, DOCUTAH, and Doc Edge Film Festival. Her short Mentor (2020) premiered on REEL SOUTH and Georgia Public Broadcasting.

Her past films include Migrant (2019), Kicking All Odds (2017), and Into the Canyons (2014). She completed her MFA in Documentary Production and Studies at the University of North Texas and teaches film production at Georgia Southern University.