Producer/Director/Camera:
- Documentary
- AND BABY MAKES TWO - In Production - A portrait of a group of women in their
late thirties and forties attempting to become mothers without husbands or
significant partners.
- A LIFE APART: Hasidism in America - 35mm, 96 minute documentary.
Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities; Cine Golden Eagle
Award; Charlotte Intl. Film Festival, First Prize; Walter Reade Theater,
Lincoln Center; US Theatrical Release, 1997. PBS, 1998.
- VISIONS OF EDEN - Jewish perspectives on the environment. One hour.
ABC, 1997.
- A DIFFERENT PATH - A portrait of two communities of Catholic Sisters. One
hour.
ABC, 1996.
- PICTURE PERFECT - 5 photojournalists dissect small town America. 12 minutes.
ABC PrimeTime Live, 1994.
- RIDING THE RAILS - Life as a modern day hobo. 14 minutes.
ABC PrimeTime Live, 1992.
- RITUAL: Three Portraits of Jewish Life - One hour.
ABC, 1990.
- THEATER OF THE PALMS: The World of Puppet Master Lee Tien Lu - 16mm, One
hour.
PBS, 1991.
- AT THE CROSSROADS: Jews in Eastern Europe Today - 16mm, One hour.
Discovery/The Learning Channel, 1990; PBS, 1996.
- FIRE’SCAPES: A Latino theater troupe performs in Spanish Harlem, 16mm, 29
minutes. Chicago International Film Festival, Honorable Mention, 1988. WGBH,
WBYE, 1992.
- SPARK AMONG THE ASHES: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland - 16mm, One hour.
Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival; Cine Golden Eagle; Chris Bronze Award,
Columbus Film Fest.; Silver Plaque, Chicago Intl. Film Fest; Sundance Film
Festival, 1987. PBS 1988.
- GLORIA: A CASE OF ALLEGED POLICE BRUTALITY - 16mm, 28 minutes.
Atlanta Film Festival, Honorable Mention; Sinking Creek Film Festival,
Director’s Choice, 1985.
- DREAMS SO REAL: Three Men’s Stories - A portrait of three mental patients
featuring the animated films they created. 16mm, 28 minutes.
New England Film Festival, Best Film, 1981; International Rehabilitation
Film Festival, First Prize, 1981; National Mental Health Association Film
Festival, First Place, 1981; WNET Independent Focus, 1982.
- A FILM ABOUT MY HOME - Personal documentary focusing on the filmmaker’s
mother’s death. 16mm, 16 minutes. New England Film Festival, Honorable
Mention, 1981;
CBS Cable, Artists and Mothers, 1984; WNET Independent Focus, 1983.
- Narrative
- THE BEGINNING OF THE ROAD - Feature in Development
National Endowment for the Arts Filmmaker Grant, 1992.
- IN THE SYNAGOGUE - 25 minutes.
Special Jury Award for Children’s Education, Jewish Video Competition,
Magnus Museum. 1994.
- SAYING KADDISH - 60 minute drama starring Tovah Feldshuh, Phyllis Newman.
Emmy Nomination in Directing, 1992. ABC, 1991; PBS, 1993.
Director of Photography:
- Documentary (selected credits)
- UNTYING THE STRAIGHTJACKET A&E Investigative Reports - One Hour, 1997.
- TWITCH AND SHOUT: Living With Tourettes Syndrome - One Hour. POV, PBS 1995.
- THE LAST KLEZMER: Leopold Koslowski, His Life and Music, 81 minutes, 1994.
Berlin Film Festival, Honorable Mention; San Francisco Film Festival;
London Jewish Film Festival; Jerusalem Film Festival, Theatrical Release,
1994/5.
- MTV’S REAL WORLD I: 13 part syndicated television show. MTV, 1992.
- AMERICAN SOVIET YOUTH ORCHESTRA. World Tour. 90 minute PBS Special, 1992.
- THIS LITTLE UTOPIA - Education and Integration - 65 minutes, 1992.
- VOICES FROM THE ATTIC - 16mm, One hour.
Telluride Film Festival, 1988; Berlin Film Festival, OCIC Award; San
Francisco Film Festival, Special Jury Award, 1989; Global Village Film
Festival, Best of Festival, 1989; Women in Film, Best Documentary, 1989.
- NO PLACE LIKE HOME. One hour NBC Special, 1988. Emmy nominee.
- THE AMISH: NOT TO BE MODERN - 16mm, One hour.
Cine Golden Eagle, 1984, PBS 1987-1996; A&E 1986.
- GODOT AT SAN QUENTIN - Global Village Betacam production. 25 minutes 1989.
- MILLICENT FENWICK - One hour. PBS, 1990.
- Narrative
- RITA’S LUCKY SUMMER, 30 Minutes, 1996.
- FLOWER OF AGE - 25 minutes, 1992.
Red Ribbon, American Film Festival, 1993.
- MONSTERS, The Mandrake Root - Syndicated TV Series, Melba Moore, Frankie
Faison, 1990.
- THE EMPTY BED - 16mm one hour feature, PBS 1988. BBC TV, 1989.
- I MARRIED A VAMPIRE - 16mm feature, 93 minutes. Distribution by Troma Inc,
1983.
- CAMERA OBSCURA - 16mm, 28 minutes, 1984.
Three River Arts Festival, Festival Award, 1985.
- GHOSTS OF HIROSHIMA - 28 minutes. Hiroshima and Nagasaaki Television, 1983.
- AUNT EMMA - 16mm, 14 minutes. 1982.
- Second Camera
- SEINFELD, New York shot inserts. NBC, 1992.
- AMERICAN DREAM - 16mm feature. Academy Award Winner, 1991.
- HOLLYWOOD: CENSORED AND UNCENSORED - one hour, 1987.
- A LITTLE VICIOUS - 16mm, 28 minutes,
Academy Award Nominee, 1992; PBS POV 1991; Ch. 4, England; Film Forum,
1991.
Related Experience
- CITY COLLEGE, adjunct Professor in Film, 1998.
- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, adjunct Professor in Directing, 1991.
- NBC, Post Production Supervisor for film unit. SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE,
1984/1985.
- LAUREL ENTERTAINMENT, Post Production Supervisor. TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE
1984-1986.
Awards
- Yale University School of Art Shenkin Fellowship, 1997/1998.
- National Foundation for Jewish Culture Grant, 1997.
- National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, 1992-1996.
- National Endowment for the Arts, Filmmaker Grant, 1992.
- New York State Council for the Arts, Production Grant, 1991.
- Manhattan Borough President’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1987.
- Robert and Adele Blank Jewish Creative Arts Award, 1988.
- Ohio Arts Council, Production Grants, 1981-1984.
- Ohio Humanities Council, 1983.
Education
- OBERLIN COLLEGE, B.A. 1979
- NYU FILM SCHOOL
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