Biography
Born in Bristol, Pennsylvania in 1956, she is a documentary filmmaker and non-fiction author. In 1984 she co-founded with Greta Schiller the film production company Jezebel Productions which was recently honoured with a retrospective in Buenos Aires. She co-wrote and co-directed Escape to Life: the Erika and Klaus Mann Story which screened in the New German Films section of the Berlinale in 2001. She has received numerous awards and fellowships including the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Programme. She has a PhD in history and has been professor of film and video at the City College of New York since 2003.
Berlinale
Director
Movies | |
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2000 |
Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story |
Documentaries | |
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2023 |
The Five Demands |
2017 |
Bones of Contention |
2008 |
U.N. Fever |
1997 |
A Bit of Scarlet |
1989 |
Tiny and Ruby: Hell Divin' Women |
1986 |
International Sweethearts of Rhythm |
Screenwriter
Documentaries | |
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2017 |
Bones of Contention |
1996 |
Paris Was a Woman |
Editor
Documentaries | |
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2023 |
The Five Demands |
2020 |
The Land of Azaba |
2017 |
Bones of Contention |
Camerawoman
Documentaries | |
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2017 |
Bones of Contention |
Producer
Documentaries | |
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2023 |
The Five Demands |
1996 |
Paris Was a Woman |
Actress
Documentaries | |
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2022 |
Prejudice & Pride - Swedish Film Queer |