Curriculum Vita

 

JAN KRAWITZ

 

Department of Communication                                                                           2321 Ross Road

McClatchy Hall, Bldg. 120                                                                                   Palo Alto, California  94303

Stanford University                                                                                                  (650) 321-3660  (home)

Stanford, California  94305-2050                                                                       (650) 723-0704  (work)

krawitz@stanford.edu                                                                                             (650) 725-2472  (fax)

 

Education

         Master of Fine Arts (Film), Temple University, January 1979.

         B.A. (Photography/Film), Cornell University, June 1975.

 

Work Experience

         Sept.    1988 -                 Professor, Department of Communication, Stanford University.

         present                             Teaching documentary film and video production/theory.

                                                      Director, Graduate Program in Documentary Film and Video (1998-present).

 

         Sept.    1986 -                 Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Radio-TV-Film,

         June       1988                    The University of Texas at Austin.  (Film Production Area Head, 1984-86).

 

         Sept. 1980-                    Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-TV-Film,

         August 1986                   The University of Texas at Austin.

 

         Sept.    1986 -                 Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard

         June       1987                    University.  On leave from University of Texas.

        

         June       1983 -                 Sound recordist; "A Country Auction"; 60-minute, 16mm documentary

         Aug.     1983                    film directed by Ben Levin and Jay Ruby;  funded by The National                                                                                      Endowment for the Humanities.

        

         Sept.    1979 -                 Visiting Filmmaker, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington.

         May     1980                    Taught film/video production and theory.

 

         Sept.    1978 -                 Audio/Distribution Coordinator, Temple University.  Supervised audio

         Aug.     1979                    production facilities and coordinated film rentals for RTF Department.                                                       

         Sept.    1975 -                 Graduate Assistant, Temple University. Taught 16mm film production

         May     1978                    classes.  Worked in re-recording studio doing transfers and sound mixes.

 

Productions

         1996                                   IN HARM’S WAY.  Writer/Director/Editor.  16mm, color and b/w, 27 minutes.

                                                      Distributed by Women Make Movies.

 

         1990                                   MIRROR MIRROR.  Director/Sound/Editor.  16mm, color, 17  minutes.                                                                             Distributed by Women Make Movies. 

 

         1986                                   DRIVE-IN BLUES.  Director/Sound/Editor.  16mm, color, 28  minutes.                                                                              Distributed by Direct Cinema Limited. 

 

         1984                                   LITTLE PEOPLE.  Co-Producer/Co-Director/Editor.                                                                                                                      16mm, color, 58 minutes  (edited version for PBS).

 

         1982                                   LITTLE PEOPLE.  Co-Producer/Co-Director/Co-Editor.                                                                                                              16mm, color, 88 minutes.  Distributed by Conquest Designs.

 

         1980                                   P.M.  Co-Director/Editor.  16 mm, b&w, 7 minutes.

 

         1979                                   COTTON CANDY AND ELEPHANT STUFF.  Director/Editor/Sound.                                                                          16mm, color, 29 minutes.  Distributed by Direct Cinema  Limited. 

 

         1979                                   AFTERIMAGE.  Co-Director/Sound. 16mm, color, 17 minutes.

                                                      Distributed by Direct Cinema Limited.

 

         1978                                   A CHICKEN IN EVERY POT.  Co-Director/Sound. 16mm, b/w,  29  min.

 

         1976                                   STYX.  Director/Editor.  16 mm, b&w, 10 minutes. 

                                                      Distributed by The Museum of Modern Art.

 

Teaching Awards

The Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University, 1995.

College of Communication Teaching Excellence Award, May 1984.  The University of Texas at Austin.

 

Festival Exhibitions and Awards

IN HARM’S WAY

         Best of Festival, DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival, 1998.

         Best of Festival, Louisville Film and Video Festival, 1997.

         Best of Festival, Utah Short Film and Video Festival, 1996.

         Silver Award, International Documentary Association, 1996.               

         Best Documentary, New Frontiers Film Festival, Ottawa, 1997.

         Jurors’ Citation, Black Maria Film and Video Festival, 1997.

         Isabella Liddell Art Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival, 1997.

         Invited Participant, INPUT, International Public Television Screening Conference, Germany, 1998.

         Award of Merit, Sinking Creek Film/Video Festival, 1996.                   

         Certificate of Merit, Chicago International Film Festival, 1996.

         Jury Award, New York Expo of Short Film & Video, 1996.

         Audience Award, Imagefest, 1996.

         Music Box Theatre, 1-week commercial run in Beverly Hills, 1997.

         Margaret Mead Film Festival, 1996.

         Mill Valley Film Festival, October 1996.

         The Museum of Modern Art, 1997.

         Boston International Festival of Women’s Cinema, 1997.

         Arizona Film Festival, 1997.

         International Short Film Festival, Vila do Conde, Portgual, 1997.

         Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia, 1997.

         St. Petersburg International Film Festival, Russia, 1997.

         Mediawave Festival of Visual Arts, Gyor, Hungary, 1997.

         Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, 1998.

         Film Arts Festival, November 1996.

         Denver International Film Festival, October 1996.

         Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival, 1996.

         St. Louis Film Festival, 1996.

         First International Festival of Women’s Cinema, London, 1997.

         Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1997.

         Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1997.

         Pacific Film Archive, 1996.

         Cinequest, 1997.

         Dallas Video Festival, 1997.

         Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema, 1997.

         Breckenridge Festival of Film, 1997.

         Three Rivers Film Festival, Pittsburgh, 1997.

MIRROR MIRROR

         First Prize (Documentary), 24th New York Expo of Short Film & Video, 1990.

         Best Documentary Film, Humboldt International Film & Video Festival, l99l.

         Director’s Choice, Edison-Black Maria Film & Video Festival, l99l.

         Judge’s Choice, Louisville Film and Video Festival, l992.

         Jury Award, Documentary Film, Big Muddy Film Festival, l99l.

         Honorable Mention, Baltimore International Film Festival, l992.

         Best Women's Issues Film, University of Cincinnati Film Society Festival, 1994.

         "What's Happening" series, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1993.

         London International Film Festival, 1990.

         Flaherty Film Seminar, l993.

         Margaret Mead Film Festival, New York, 1990.

         Finalist, USA Film Festival, l99l.

         Finalist, American Film Festival, l99l.

         Denver International Film Festival, 1990.

         Athens International Film and Video Festival, l99l.

         Third Wave International Women's Film & Video Festival, Austin, 1991.

         Cinequest Film Festival, San Jose, l99l.

         Ann Arbor Film Festival 1992.

         Charlotte Film and Video Festival, 1992.

         AFI/Los Angeles  FilmFest, 1991.

         Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival, l992.

         Paris Lesbian Film Festival, 1995.

         Visual Artists' Film and Video Festival, 1994.

DRIVE-IN BLUES

         Red Ribbon, American Film Festival, New York, 1987.

         Second Prize (Documentary), Athens International Film Festival, 1987.

         Festival Prize, Humboldt Film Festival, California, 1988.

         Film Forum, 2-week run in commercial theatre in New York, 1992.

         Nu Art Theatre, 1-week commercial run in Los Angeles, 1987.

         Red Vic Theatre, 1-week commercial run in San Francisco, 1992.

         Sydney Film Festival, Australia, 1987.

         Denver International Film Festival, 1988.

         Featured in permanent exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image, London, (1988-present).

         Sundance Film Festival, Utah, 1987.

         USA Film Festival, Dallas, 1987.

         Third Wave International Film and Video Festival, Austin, 1988.

         Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 1987.

         21st Annual Independent Filmmakers'  Exposition New York, 1987.

         Women in the Director's Chair, Chicago, 1987.

         Women Make Movies, American Film Institute, Washington, D.C., 1987.

         Pacific Film Archive, Curator’s Choice, 1992.

         Flaherty Film Seminar, New York, 1986.

         Austin Drive-In Movie Festival, 1994.

         British Short Film Festival, 1995.

         National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., 1995.

LITTLE PEOPLE (88-minutes)

         The New York Film Festival, 1982.

         Edinburgh International Film Festival, 1983.

         London Film Festival, 1982.

         Margaret Mead Film Festival, 1983.

         Sydney International Film Festival, 1983.

         Hawaii International Film Festival, 1983.

         Nyons International Film Festival, Switzerland, 1982.

         Barbara Jordan Communications Award, 1983.

 

LITTLE PEOPLE (58-minute version edited by Krawitz for PBS broadcast)

         Emmy Award nomination, Outstanding Individual Documentary, 1985.

         Red Ribbon, American Film Festival, 1985.

         CINE Golden Eagle, Washington, D.C., 1984.

         Honorable Mention, Baltimore International Film Festival, 1986.

         Festival Award, Superfest '85, Los Angeles, 1985.

         Edison-Black Maria Film and Video Festival, 1984.

         Festival International du Nouveau Cinema, Montreal, 1984.

P.M.

         Juror's Prize, Bellevue Film Festival, Washington, 1981.

         Judges' Award and People's Choice Award, 16th Annual Humboldt Film Festival, 1983.

         Finalist, American Film Festival, New York, 1981.

         19th Ann Arbor Film Festival (1981) and tour of award-winning films.  Received prizes at: 

                  San Francisco Art Institute

                  Kent State University

                  The University of Texas, Arlington

         Festival of New Experimental Cinema, Chicago, 1984.

         Black Maria Film Festival and Compeitition, 1981.

         Athens International Film Festival, 1981.

COTTON CANDY AND ELEPHANT STUFF

         Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival,  New York, 1979.

         CINE Eagle, Washington, D.C., 1979.

         Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Student Film Award, 1979.

         Merit Award, Athens International Film Festival, Ohio, 1981.

         First Prize, Marin County Film Festival, California, 1979.

         Judges' Choice, San Francisco Art Institute Film Festival, 1980.

         Third Prize, FOCUS Competition, Los Angeles, 1980.

         Midwest Film Conference, Chicago, 1980.

         Included in international tour of student films which won awards from the Academy of Motion                    Picture Arts and Sciences, 1984.

         Los Angeles FILMEX, 1980.

         Baltimore International Film Festival, 1979.

         Atlanta International Film Festival, 1981.

         Margaret Mead Film Festival, New York, 1979.

         Arden House Public Television Seminar, New York, 1979.

         Conference on Visual Anthropology, Philadelphia, 1978.

         British Short Film Festival, London, 1995.

AFTERIMAGE

         First Prize, FOCUS Competition, Los Angeles, 1981.

         Finalist, American Film Festival, New York, 1980.

         Merit Award, Rehabilitation Film Festival, New York, 1979.

         Los Angeles FILMEX, 1980.

         Conference on Visual Anthropology, Philadelphia, 1980.

         Finalist, Birmingham Educational Film Festival, 1980.

STYX 

         Jury Prize, Deuxiemes Rencontres Internationales Henri Langlois a Tours, France, 1978.

         Second Prize, 20th International Documentary & Short Film Festival, Bilbao, Spain, 1978.

         Ann Arbor Festival Award and selected to tour with award-winning films.   On tour (1977):

                     First Prize, University of Wisconsin

                     First Prize, Ohio State University

                     First prize, Alfred University

         Finalist, American Film Festival, New York, 1978.

         Regional winner, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Student Film Awards, 1977.

         Honorable Mention, Penn State Film Festival, 1977.

         British Short Film Festival, London, 1995.

         Permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

         12th Annual Independent Filmmaker's Exposition, New York, 1978.

         Flaherty Film Seminar, Massachusetts, 1977.

         Conference on Visual Anthropology, Philadelphia, 1980.

         Arden House Public Television Seminar, New York, 1979.

         First Place, Speech Communication Association of Pennsylvania, 1976.

         Festival of New Experimental Cinema, Chicago, 1984.

         San Francisco Art Institute Film Festival, 1979.

         Black Maria Film Festival and Competition, 1981.

         Southwest Alternate Media Project Film Video regional tour, 1982-83.

         Festival of Pennsylvania Films, Harrisburg, 1979.

         Midwest Film Conference, Chicago, 1979.

         DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival, North Carolina, 1997.
Broadcasts

IN HARM’S WAY

         PBS national series Independent Lens, 2000.

         PBS series Image Union, Chicago, 2000.

         PBS series Independent View, San Francisco, 2000.

         PBS series video I, San Jose, 2000.

         Bay TV, cable channel, San Francisco, 2000.

         PBS series Through the Lens, Philadelphia, 1997.

         PBS series Territory, all PBS stations in the state of Texas, 1997.

         PBS series Independent Eye, Maryland, 1998.

MIRROR MIRROR

         National PBS series P.O.V., 199l.

         Bay TV, San Francisco, 2000.

         PBS series video I, San Jose, 2000.

         REN TV, Russia, 1996.

         BBC, United Kingdom, 1996.

         Radio Telefis Eireann, Ireland, 1993.

         PBS series Through the Lens, Philadelphia, l992.

         PBS series Territory; Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, l99l.

DRIVE-IN BLUES

         PBS series video I, San Jose, 2000.

         National broadcast on PBS, 1987, 1988.

         Discovery Channel, 1991-l993.

         Discovery Channel, England, 1995.

         PBS series Living Room Festival, San Francisco, 1993.

         PBS series Breadth of Vision, New England, 1988.

         Cable series Mixed Signals, Boston, 1991.

         Excerpts on Entertainment Tonight (reviewed by Leonard Maltin), l993.

         Excerpts on ABC Good Morning America, 1993.

LITTLE PEOPLE

         National broadcast on PBS, 1984, 1985.

         Discovery Channel, 1990-l994.

         The Learning Channel, 1995-1998.

         Dutch television, 1985.

         Egyptian television, 2000.

         Excerpts on ABC Nightline, 1996

         Excerpts on ABC Nightline documentary, Brave New World, 1999.

         Excerpts on Discover Magazine, 1997.

COTTON CANDY AND ELEPHANT STUFF

         Excerpts on Impact, CNN, 1997.

STYX

         PBS series, Image Union, Chicago, 1981.

         PBS series, Territory, Houston, 1981.

         Cable series, First Expressions, Philadelphia, 1990

Publications

Jan Krawitz, “Women Make Documentaries,” Wide Angle, in press.

Jan Krawitz, “Archival Footage Usage in Documentary Films: Practical and Aesthetic Considerations,” Stanford Humanities Review, volume 7.2, 1999.

         Jan Krawitz, “INPUT ’98,” International Documentary,  Vol. 17, No. 9, September 1998, pp. 33-35.

         Jan Krawitz, "The Independent Documentary: Prospects for Survival," Journal of the University Film and Video Association, Vol, 38, No. 1, Winter 1986.

         Jan Krawitz, "Juggling Gender,"Journal of Film and Video, Vol. 45, Nos. 2-3, Summer-Fall 1993.

         Rea, Peter W. and Irving, David K.  Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video.  Boston: Focal Press, 1995. 

                  My film Mirror Mirror is one of three short films presented as case studies in this book.  I was      interviewed extensively for the book, contributed documents from my film, and edited the          transcript of my interview.

 

Selected Reviews and Articles

         Vincent Canby, “‘Little People,’ The Story of Dwarfs,” New York Times, October 9, 1982.

         John Corry, “‘Little People’ Looks At the Lives of Dwarfs,” New York Times, July 17, 1984.

         Jeff Weinstein, “Eye to Eye,” Village Voice, October 19, 1982

         Arthur Unger, “When Dwarfs Becomes Giants: A ‘Must-See,’” The Christian Science Monitor, July      

                  17, 1984.

         Harlan Jacobson, “Little People,” Film Comment, November-December 1982.

         Gerry Putzer, “Little People,” The Hollywood Reporter, November 4, 1982.

         Tom Shales, “Drive-Ins: A Breath of Fresh Air,” The Washington Post, October 21, 1987.

         Cyn (sic), “Drive-In Blues,” Variety, October 28, 1987.

         Gene Seymour, “When the Parking Lot Was the Theater,” Philadelphia Daily News, Oct. 21, 1987.

         Timothy Lyons, “Jan Krawitz and ‘In Harm’s Way,’” International Documentary, June 1997.

         Alison Macor, “Documentarian Shuns Easy Answers,” Austin American-Statesman, July 21, 1999.

         Desmond Ryan, “Where Short Films Won’t Get Short Shrift,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, April                                         27, 1997.

         Judith Egerton, “Louisville Film Festival Honors Rape Documentary,” The Courier-Journal,                                     November 2, 1997.

         Anne S. Lewis, “Getting Personal,” The Austin Chronicle, July 16, 1999.

         Sue Adolphson, “No One Fairest in ‘Mirror,’” San Francisco Chronicle, August 25, 1991.

         Subrin, Julie, “Ann Arbor Film Festival,” Angles,, Spring 1998.

         Jan Roberts-Breslin, “Mirror Mirror,” Journal of Film and Video, Fall 1991.

         Randy Turoff, “Three Women: Three Views,” Bay Guardian, May 1, 1992.

         “Cotton Candy and Elephant Stuff,” Landers Film Reviews,  March/April 1981.

         “Afterimage,” Booklist, September 1, 1980.

         Greg Beal, “Films, Filmmakers, Dialogue: An Interview with the collaborative team of Krawitz                                                     and Ott,” Southwest Media Review, Spring 1983.

         Thomas Albright, “Independent Filmakers to Show Their Stuff Here,” San Francisco Chronicle,                                                April 16, 1979.

         Atkin, Ross. “Drive-In Movies: Featuring Families,” Christian Science Monitor, August 5, 1998.

         Subrin, Jule, “Ann Arbor Film Festival: In Harm’s Way, Angles, Volume 3, Nos. 3&4, Spring 1998.

         Thomas White, “Short on Docs, Long on Moxie,” International Documentary, Vol. 17, No. 6, June 1998.

Invited Presentations with Films (other than festivals)

         Dartmouth College, 2002.

         Colorado College, 2002.

         Exploratorium, San Francisco, 2001.

         Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, 2000.

         Documentary Institute, University of Florida, 2000 (retrospective of four films).

Humboldt International Film and Video Festival, 2000. (retrospective of four films as part of     Judges’ screening).

         Vassar College, 2000.

         University of California, Santa Cruz, 2000.

         University of Santa Clara, 2000.

         Journalism and Women Symposium, Sundance, 1999. (retrospective of 2 films)

         Austin Documentary Tour, 1999. (retrospective of 2 films)

         Rice Media Center, 1999. (retrospective of 4 films)

         University of North Texas, 1999. (retrospective of 4 films)

         University of Texas at Austin, 1999. (retrospective of 2 films)

         UC Extension, 1999. (retrospective of 3 films)

         INPUT International Television Conference, Germany, 1998.

         University of Michigan, 1998.

         Ann Arbor Film Festival, 1998. (retrospective of 4 films as part of Judge’s screening)

         Northwest Film Center, Portland Art Museum, 1997. (retrospective of 4 films)

         San Francisco City College, 1997.

         Pacific Film Archive, 1996, 1994.

         College of Santa Fe, 1995. (retrospective of 4 films)

         University of Colorado, 1995.

         Gallagher Lecturer, Society for Adolescent Medicine annual conference, Los Angeles, 1994.

         Luce Lectureship Series, Vassar College, 1994. (retrospective of three films)

         Wayne State University, 1994. (retrospective of three films)

         San Francisco Art Institute, 1994.

         Berkeley School of Journalism, 1993, 1994.

         University of Oklahoma, "Cultural Perspectives in Film” 1993.

         Jing Lyman Lecture, Stanford University, 1993, 1995.

         Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival, keynote speaker, l992.

         Little People of America annual conference, 1992, 1982.

         Knight Fellowship Colloquium, Stanford University, 1989-1993, 1997.

         Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College, 1991.

         University Film and Video Association Annual Conference, 1996, 1990, 1986, 1982.

         Boston University, 1991, 1983.

         Flaherty Film Seminar, l993, l986, l976.

         Humboldt International Film and Video Festival, 1990. (retrospective of 3 films, Judge’s screening)

         San Jose State University, l989.

         California State University, Fresno, 1988.

         Big Muddy Film Festival, 1988. (retrospective of 3 films as part of Judge’s screening)

         University of Maryland, 1987. (retrospective of 3 films)

         Temple University, 1986.

         Syracuse University, 1985.

         Cornell University, 1983.

         Workshop at Neighborhood Film Project, Philadelphia, 1983.

         Rice University, 1982.

         Arden House Public Television Seminar, 1979.

         Subject of feature story on All Things Considered, NPR, (Little People), 1982.

Invited Juror       

         Humboldt International Film and Video Festival, 2000, 1990.

         National Educational Media Network, 1999.

         United Nations Film Festival, 1998.

         Cinequest, 1998.

         Louisville Film and Video Festival, 1998.

         Ann Arbor Film Festival, 1998.

         San Francisco International Film Festival, Jury Chair, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992;  Juror, 1990-91.

         Regional Emmy Awards, 1995.

         Louisville Film Festival, 1993.

         American Film Festival, 1990, 1987, 1984, 1983, 1980.

         Council on International Nontheatrical Events, 1993.

         National Educational Film and Video Festival, l992, 1991.

         Atlanta Film and Video Festival, 1989.

         Big Muddy Film Festival, Illinois, 1988.

         New England Film Festival, Boston, 1987.

         U.S.A. Film Festival, Dallas, 1985.

Invited Panelist

         "Frozen in Time: Documentary Portrayals," University Film and Video Association, 2002.

          Documentary Summit, The University of Texas at Austin, 2002.

         “Our Bodies, Ourselves,” North Carolina Women’s Coalition Conference, 2000.

         “Personal Storytelling,” Journalism and Women Symposium, Sundance, 1999.

         “Representing the Self in Documentary,” University Film and Video Association, 1999.

         “True Fictions: Social Documentary in the Nineties”, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1997.

         “Independent Filmmaking,” Breckenridge Film Festival, 1997.

         University Film and Video Association, 1993, 1996.

         "Self-Silencing Scholarship", Stanford Humanities Center, 1995.

         "The Documentary Revealed", Film Arts Foundation, 1993, 1996.

         Nebraska Humanities Council, 1992-1995, 1997.

         Independent Production Fund Grant, Southwest Alternate Media Project, Houston, 1987.

         National Endowment for the Humanities Youthgrant, Washington, D.C., 1980, 1981, 1982.

         Pioneer Fund Grant, l992.

         National Educational Video and Film Festival, 1990, 199l, 1992, 1993, 1999.

         Cinequest Film Festival, l99l, l992.

Grants and Fellowships

         Fleishhacker Foundation, (Little People: 20 Years Later), 2002.

         Arts Council, Silicon Valley, (Little People: 20 Years Later), 2001.

         Shenkin Fellowship of Yale University, (Little People: 20 Years Later), 2001.

         Peninsula Community Foundation, (Little People: 20 Years Later), 2001.

         Research Incentive Award, Stanford University (Little People: 20 Years Later), 2000.

         The Donnet Fund, (In Harm’s Way), 1995.

Artist Fellowship for Film and Video Makers, Arts Council of Santa Clara County, (In  Harm’s Way); 1991, 1995.

         Stanford University Research Incentive Fund (In Harm’s Way), 1994.

         Irvine Foundation Multicultural Curriculum Grant, 1993.

         Nu Lambda Trust (In Harm’s Way), 1992.

         Film Arts Foundation Production Grant (In Harm’s Way), l99l.

Western States Regional Media Arts Production Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, (In Harm’s Way), 1991.

         Marilyn Yalom Research Fund (In Harm’s Way), 1991.

         Women in Film Finishing Fund (Mirror Mirror), 1989.

         Pioneer Fund (Mirror Mirror), 1989.

         Southwest Alternate Media Project (Mirror Mirror), 1988.

         Corporation for Public Broadcasting Input Training Fellowship Travel Grant, 1988.

         The Paul Robeson Fund (Mirror Mirror), 1987.

         Women's Project of the Funding Exchange (Mirror Mirror), 1987.

         Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard, 1986-87.

         Mary Gibbs Jones Fellowship in Communication, 1986-1987.

         Texas Commission on the Arts Production Grant (Drive-In Blues), 1985.

         Southwest Alternate Media Project (Drive-In Blues), 1985.

         College of Communication Research/Creative Support Grant (Drive-In Blues), 1985.

         University Research Institute, The University of Texas at Austin (Drive-In Blues), 1984.

         Little People of America Foundation Production Grant, (Little People), 1984.

         Genentech Production Grant (Little People), 1984.

         Serono Symposia International Production Grant (Little People), 1984.

         Sinking Creek Film Celebration Production Grant (Little People), 1981.

         University Research Institute, The University of Texas at Austin (Little People), 1981, 1980.

         University Film Association Scholarship Award (Styx), 1977.

University Committees and Other Service

         Director, M.A. Program in Documentary Film and Video, Stanford University, 1998-present.

         Chair, Search Committee, Department of Communication, 2000-2001.

         Panelist, Research Incentive Fund, Office of Technology and Licensing, Stanford, 2001, 2002.

         Chair, Committee Chair, Department of Communication, Stanford University, 1999-2000.

         External Reviewer (Site Visit), Southern Illinois University, 1999.

         Search Committee, Department of Art, Stanford University, 1997-1998.

         Board of Directors, University Film and Video Association, 1995-1996.

         Film/Video Review Editor, Journal of Film and Video, 1989-1994.

         Committee on Undergraduate Studies, Stanford University, 1991-1994.

         Arts Roundtable, 1992-1995.

         Department of Communication, Undergraduate Committee, 1990-1997.

         Regional Coordinator, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Student Film Awards, 1982-88.

         Head, Production Area, Department of Radio-TV-Film, University of Texas, 1985-1988.

         Budget Council, Department of Radio-Television-Film, University of Texas, 1984-1988.

         Teaching Excellence Committee, College of Communication, University of Texas, 1985-1987.

                  (Chair 1985-86).

FILMOGRAPHY

 

LITTLE PEOPLE: 20 YEARS LATER  (working title)

16mm, b/w, 58 minutes, work-in-progress

         The film revisits five individuals who appeared in Little People, my 1982 film about dwarfism. Their commentary of twenty years ago is juxtaposed with contemporary scenes.  Changes in their personal and professional lives address the altered social and political landscape of dwarfism.

 

IN HARM’S WAY

16mm, color and b/w, 27 minutes, 1996.  Distributed by Women Make Movies.

         This personal memoir explores assumptions about fear, safety, and control that  were instilled in children growing up in the late 1950’s.  The filmmaker’s adult experience as a victim of anonymous sexual violence prompts her to revisit the fragile myths of childhood.

 

MIRROR MIRROR          

16mm, color, 17 minutes, 1990.  Distributed by Women Make Movies.

                  This film provocatively explores the relationship between a woman's body image and the quest for an idealized female form.  Blending humor and candor, the film illuminates the vagaries in the concept of an "ideal" body.

 

DRIVE-IN BLUES     

16mm, color, 28 minutes, 1986.  Distributed by Direct Cinema Limited.

                  This film explores the history and current status of a venerated institution of popular culture -- the drive-in movie theatre.

 

LITTLE PEOPLE    

16mm, color, 58 minutes, 1984.  Distributed by Conquest Designs.

                  This film depicts the changes in attitude occurring among dwarfs as they struggle towards equal opportunity and enhanced self-esteem.  It provides insight into the dwarf experience and offers a unique and sometimes disturbing perspective on the average-sized world.

 

P.M.       

16 mm, b/w, 7 minutes, 1980.

                  A cinematic essay depicting the quiet dismissal of those who are no longer able to keep up with the relentless pace of consumer society -- the aged. 

 

COTTON CANDY AND ELEPHANT STUFF

16 mm, color, 29  minutes, 1979.   Distributed by Direct Cinema Limited.

                  The arduous lifestyle of a travelling tent circus often contradicts the romantic notion of "running away with a circus".  This film focuses on those elements of the circus which are not generally accessible to the circus audience, capturing both the magic and the routine of circus life.

 

AFTERIMAGE  

16 mm, color, 17 minutes, 1979.  Distributed by Direct Cinema Limited.

                  AFTERIMAGE portrays the work and experiences of two blind artists who recount the painful period of fading vision and subsequent confrontation with isolation. 

 

STYX

16 mm,  b/w, 10 minutes, 1976.  Distributed by The Museum of Modern Art.

                  STYX affords an impressionistic view of the subterranean world of a metropolitan subway system.  Joining an anonymous mass of commuters, the camera embarks on a journey across a decaying cityscape.