EDUCATION
2005 MFA, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Integrated Electronic Arts
Areas of Specialization: Digital video, documentary, community media
2001 BA, Vassar College (Phi Beta Kappa)
Media Studies / American Culture
Areas of Specialization: Media education, community media
TEACHING
2011 Visiting Assistant Professor in Film & Media Arts, Bard College
Taught one course in documentary film production.
2008-2010 Visiting Lecturer in Art, Williams College
Full time position. Courses included: Methods in Contemporary Art Practice, Making Video Art, Participatory Media Production, Advanced Video Post Production, and Topics in Nonfiction Film/Video.
2006-2008 Visiting Assistant Professor of Video/New Media, Hampshire College
Full time position. Courses included: Introduction to Media Production, Introduction to Video, Advanced Video Post Production, Internet Art and Video and the Internet.
2005 Master TA, RPI
Selected as one in twelve of all graduate students at RPI to train incoming graduate students in all aspects of being a Teaching Assistant, including pedagogy, grading, diversity, and Institute policies.
2004 Teaching Assistant, Media Studio: Digital Imaging, RPI
Responsible for curriculum, grading, attendance, and teaching introductory imaging, including photography, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver.
2003 Teaching Assistant, Media Studio: Audio/Video, RPI
Responsible for curriculum, grading, attendance, and teaching introductory audio and video production, including post-production in Premiere, iMovie and Final Cut Pro.
2003 - 2005 Video Instructor, The Ark
Wrote curriculum and taught a variety of after-school and summer programs for at-risk youth in video production and web design. Responsible for reporting to funders and organizing public screenings of student work.
1999 - 2003 Video Instructor, Children's Media Project
Wrote curriculum and taught a variety of after-school and summer programs for at-risk youth in video production and graphic design. Responsible for grantwriting, organizing public screenings, outreach, staff supervision and budgeting. Full time position.
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE [FILM PROGRAMMING, ORGANIZING, & FREELANCE VIDEO PRODUCTION]
2010-11 Programmer, Flaherty NYC Series at Anthology Film Archives (for The Flaherty)
2003 - 2009 Core Producer, Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center
2005 - 2009 Core Organizer/Programmer, The Sanctuary for Independent Media
2002 - present Freelance video documentation, video editing, DVD authoring, graphic design
2003 Director/Editor, He Said She Said: Sex and Consent at College *Collaboration with Vassar College Sexual Assault Violence Prevention program & Children's Media Project
2003 Script Supervisor/Continuity, Lumina Films
REPRESENTATIVE VIDEO WORK
Forthcoming Our Nixon [in progress, feature doc]
Forthcoming
NUTS! [in progress, feature doc]
Forthcoming The Rules of Evidence [in progress, feature doc]
2011 The Silent Majority 4:30 [New York Times Op-Doc commission]
2010 The Voyagers 16:30
2010 How To Write An Autobigraphy 4:00
2009 The Commoners 12:30
2008 Sittin' on a Million 26:30
2008 ART NOT TERRORISM *Collaboration with Hudson Mohawk Indymedia
2007 The Wren 4 minutes
2007 She used to see him most weekends 4:00
2007 Men Seeking Women 4:15
2005 The Abortion Diaries 30 minutes
2005 Sometimes I get lossy 1 minute
2005 Famous Lunch 03/28/05 9 p.m. 2 minutes
2004 We Are The Littletons: A True Story 10 minutes
2004 Kitsch is a beautiful lie 2 minutes
2003 The Waiting Room 7 minutes
2003 Independent Media in a Time of War 28 minutes *Collaboration with Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center & Democracy Now!
2003 Women's Fast For Peace 28 minutes *Collaboration with Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center
2002 Connect 1 minute
AWARDS
2011 Honorable Mention(The Voyagers) AFI FEST
2011 "Best Experimental Film" (The Voyagers) New Orleans Film Festival
2011 "First place (Long video)" (The Voyagers) FLEX Festival
2011 "First place (Experimental)" (How to Write an Autobiography) Athens International Film & Video Festival
2009 "Most Badass!" (Sittin' on a Million) Iowa City Documentary Film Festival
2006 Audience Award, "Best Documentary" (The Abortion Diaries), New Orleans International Human Rights Festival
2006 "Best Documentary (Student)" (The Abortion Diaries), Carolina Film and Video Festival
2006 "Spirit of Communication" Award (The Abortion Diaries), Choice USA Generation Celebration
2005 2nd Place, "Best Narrative Short" (We Are The Littletons), Athens International Film and Video Festival
2005 First Prize (We Are The Littletons), Bryant University Student Film/Video Festival
2004 "Best True Story" (We Are The Littletons), Luksuz Festival of Cheap Film
GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS / RESIDENCIES
2012 Creative Capital Grant
2011 NYSCA Grant
2011 TFI Documentary Fund Grant
2011 Jerome Foundation Grant
2011 Cinereach Grant
2010 Yaddo Corporation residency
2008 NYSCA Individual Artist Grant
2007 Experimental Television Center Finishing Funds Grant
2007 LEF Moving Image Fund Grant
2006 NYSCA/IFP Distribution Grant
2005 Puffin Foundation Artist Grant
2005 Master TA Fellowship, RPI
2003-2005 Graduate Fellowship, RPI
2003 Dutchess County Arts Council Film/Video Fellowship
2001 AmeriCorps Education Award
SELECTED SCREENINGS (*Denotes solo screening)
2005-present *200+ community screenings of The Abortion Diaries in 42 states & worldwide
2011 Impakt Festival, The Netherlands
2011 Greenpoint Film Festival, NYC
2011 AFI FEST, Los Angeles
2011 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, Hot Springs AR
2011 Festival of (in)Appropriation, Los Angeles
2011 Festival Signes de Nuit, Paris
2011 Rooftop Films, NYC
2011 Citizen Jane Film Festival, Columbia MO
2011 New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans LA
2011 Rooftop Films, NYC
2011 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
2011 European Media Art Festival
2011 DOXA, Vancouver
2011 Norwegian Short Film Festival, Grimstad
2011 The Kickstarter Film Festival, NYC
2011 Athens International Film & Video Festival, Athens OH
2011 Dallas Video Festival, Dallas TX
2011 Experiments in Cinema, Albuquerque NM
2011 7th Berlin International Directors Lounge, Berlin
2011 Iowa City Documentary Festival, Iowa City IA
2011 *Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2011 International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2011 Big Sky Documentary Festival, Missoula MT
2011 FLEX Fest, Gainesville FL
2010 *The Nightingale Gallery, Chicago IL
2010 Dallas Video Festival Dallas TX
2010 video_dumbo, Brooklyn NY
2010 Experiments in Cinema Albuquerque NM
2010 Aurora Picture Show ("It's Not You, It's Me") Houston TX
2010 *Millennium Film Workshop, NYC
2010 Rooftop Films NYC
2010 6th Berlin International Directors Lounge, Berlin
2010 Sarasota Film Festival, Sarasota FL
2010 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula MT
2010 Athens International Film & Video Festival, Athens OH
2009 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Hot Springs AR
2009 Dallas Video Festival Dallas TX
2009 "Lessons in the Sky: A Filmic Tribute to Audubon" Dia Art Foundation NYC
2009 Impakt Festival Utrecht The Netherlands
2009 Antimatter Film Festival Victoria BC Canada
2009 video_dumbo, Art Under the Bridge Festival Brooklyn NY
2009 SloMo Horror Film Festival @ ATA San Francisco CA
2009 Images Festival Toronto ONT
2009 Experiments in Cinema v4.2 Albuquerque NM
2009 EYEAM Women's Memoir Film series @ Anthology Film Archives NYC
2009 FLEX (Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival) Gainesville FL
2008 TVFILM Series, WMHT NY
2008 FilmColumbia Chatham NY
2008 "Best of EyeAm" at Anthology Film Archives NYC
2008 video_dumbo, Art Under the Bridge Festival Brooklyn NY
2008 *"Sittin' on a Million" at Spectrum 8 Theatres Albany NY
2008 *World premiere: "Sittin' on a Million" The Sanctuary for Independent Media Troy NY
2008 Athens International Film & Video Festival Athens OH
2008 Black Lily Women's Film & Music Festival Philadelphia PA
2008 Hampshire College Film/Video Faculty Screening (Amherst Cinema) Amherst MA
2008 Images Festival Toronto ONT
2008 Female Eye Film Festival Toronto ONT
2008 "The Trojan Pony Show" at ISSUE Project Room Brooklyn NY
2008 "The Trojan Pony Show" at Time and Space Limited Hudson NY
2008 "The Trojan Pony Show" at The Rendez-Vous Turners Falls MA
2008 *Alternative Cinema, Colgate University Hamilton NY
2007 Cucalorus Film Festival Wilmington NC
2007 Siren: An International Film Odyssey Ithaca NY
2007 EyeAm, Episode 12 on Manhattan Neighborhood Network
2006 Cucalorus Film Festival Wilmington NC
2006 New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival New Orleans LA
2006 Carolina Film/Video Festival Greensboro NC
2006 Ruffino Tamayo Museum of Contemporary Art Mexico City
2005 Video_DUMBO, Art Under the Bridge Brooklyn NY
2005 AFI FEST Los Angeles CA
2005 *Time and Space Limited Hudson NY
2005 *The Sanctuary for Independent Media Troy NY
2005 *Artists Television Access San Francisco CA
2005 Seattle International Film Festival Seattle WA
2005 San Francisco International Film Festival San Francisco CA
2005 MOMA Documentary Fortnight NYC
2005 Athens International Film Festival Athens OH
2005 Women in the Director's Chair Chicago IL
2005 video:series, Goliath777 Brooklyn NY
2005 hi/lo Film Festival Oakland CA
2005 Independent Festival of Digital Arts Berkeley CA
2005 Ms. Film Festival Touring
2005 Gadabout Traveling Film Festival Touring
2005 *Motherhood @ Ayers Loft Gallery Lowell MA
2005 *Performing Video @ 312 Gallery Canada
2004 *Corner Brook Women's Centre Canada
2004 Select Media Festival Chicago IL
2004 Rotterdam International Film Festival Netherlands
2004"Going Underground," InterFilm Berlin Germany
2004 Media That Matters Film Festival NYC & online
2004 Freedom Cinema Festival Park City UT
2004 Art in General Video Marathon NYC
2004 "Against the Wall" @ Santa Fe Art Institute Santa Fe, NM
2004 "60Seconds:1800Frames" @ City Without Walls Newark NJ
2004 Bryant University Student Film/Video Festival Providence RI
2004 Luksuz Cheap Film Festival Slovenia
2004 International Show of Video Art at Alcoi Spain
2004 New Filmmakers Series @ Anthology Film Archives NYC
2004 LadyFest Bay Area San Francisco CA
2004 LadyFest Texas Austin TX
2004 Reel Venus Film Festival NYC
2004 Best of Reel Venus Film Festival @ The Tank NYC
2004 CineWomen NY @ Pioneer Theater NYC
2004 Emerging Filmmakers @ Little Theater Rochester NY
2004 "Axlegrease" Cable Access Show Buffalo NY
2004 New Screen Broadcasting, WRCF-TV Channel 29 Orlando FL
2003 Gene Siskel Film Center Chicago IL
2003 Resistance Cinema NYC
2003 Art in General Video Marathon NYC
2003 "International Shorts" @ California State University Chico CA
REVIEWS & PRESS
2012 "On Space, Love and Carl Sagan's Cosmic Mixtape" Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg, The Atlantic, Jan. 10
2011 "The Voyagers [review]" Andrew S. Allen, Short of the Week, Dec. 22
2011 "The Voyagers [review]" Maria Popova, BrainPickings.com, Dec. 27
2011 “Nixon home movies get wider screening,” Politico.com, May 5
2011
“Our Nixon is Their Nixon,” FamousDC.com, April 26
2011 “Our Nixon documentary sheds light on Tricky Dick,” The Brooklyn Star, Mar. 22
2011 “Nixon, as they saw him,” Richard Brody’s The Front Row (New Yorker blog), Mar. 11
2011 “New film based on Nixon home movies,” History News Network, Mar. 9
2011 "Notes from FLEXFEST" Dave O'Gorman, Cinespect, Feb. 11
2011 “Celebrating Roe: The Abortion Diaries” [review], Catholic Maine, Jan. 29
2010 “Penny Lane: Filming visions,” North Adams Transcript, March 19
2009 "Two extraordinary films by Penny Lane” [review], BadLit.com, Feb. 9
2008 “Mame Faye gets her place in Troy history," The Troy Record, June 16
2008 "Troy's Famous Lady of the Night," Channel 13 News WNYT, June 14
2008
"A Legend Remade," Albany Times Union, June 13
2008 “Sittin on a Million” Entertainment Pick of the Week, Metroland, June 12
2008 She used to see him most weekends [starred review], Now Magazine, April 10
2008 She used to see him most weekends [starred review], Scene and Heard, April 9
2007 “Filmmakers creating 'monument' to infamous Mame Faye,” The Schenectady Gazette Aug. 12
2007 “Scarlet Women of Collar City,” Albany Times Union, Aug 3
2007 “The Many Faces of Mame Faye,” The Troy Record, July 30
2007 TV Interview: WECT-6, Wilmington NC, Jan. 23
2006 "Speaking of Sex," Planned Parenthood podcast, Dec. 15
2006 Radio interview: WGY 810 AM, Albany NY, Sept. 9
2006 “Filmmakers Focus on Troy Madam,” Albany Times Union, Sept. 6
2006 TV interview: News Channel Ten, WNYT (Albany NY), Aug 10
2006 TV interview: WMHT (Albany NY), July 9
2006 Radio interview: Houston Indymedia Radio, June 4
2006 The Abortion Diaries [review], The Feminist Review, March 1
2006 The Abortion Diaries [review], Washington City Paper, Feb. 26
2006 "Abortion film fosters discussion," The Daily Utah Chronicle, Jan. 26
2006 Radio interview: KBOO, Portland OR, Jan. 21
2006 "Speak Out" [cover story], Metroland, Jan. 19
2006 The Abortion Diaries [starred review], Choice!, Jan. 19
2006 The Abortion Diaries [review], Seattle Stranger, Jan. 19
2005 The Abortion Diaries [review], Nerve.com, Dec. 5
2005
“Beyond Dinner and a Movie,” off our backs, Nov. 1
2005 "Telling Stories of a Personal Choice," Albany Times Union, Oct. 17
2005 We Are The Littletons [review], New York Press, July 27
2005 We Are The Littletons [review], Cinematical.com, June11
2004 “The A Word,” Salon.com, Sept. 20
2004 "Women Waiting to Exhale," AlterNet, June 1
PUBLICATIONS (MY WRITING)
2011 "Justice on Trial: An Interview with Rebecca Richman Cohen" Brooklyn Rail
2011 "The Department of Kickass: An Interview with Vanessa Renwick" Brooklyn Rail
2011 "An Interview with Jennifer Montgomery" INCITE!
2010 "An Interview with Eric Daniel Metzgar" Brooklyn Rail
2010 "An Interview with Sam Green" INCITE!
2010 "An Interview With James T. Hong" Brooklyn Rail
2010 "An Interview With Benj Gerdes & Jennifer Hayashida" Brooklyn Rail
2010 "An Interview With Benj Gerdes & Jennifer Hayashida" INCITE!
2010 "An Interview With Jim Finn" Brooklyn Rail
2010 "An Interview With Jim Finn" INCITE!
2010 "An Interview with Jacqueline Goss" INCITE!
2008 "Mame Faye & Other Myths from the Golden Age of Prostitution," On The Issues
2006 "Fit the Script? Abortion in Pop Culture," Our Truths / Nuestras Verdades, Issue No. 2
PANELS / LECTURES / WORKSHOPS
2010 Moderator, Strike Anywhere Flaherty NYC Screening @ Anthology Film Archives, NYC
2009 Moderator, The Juche Idea Flaherty NYC Screening @ Anthology Film Archives, NYC
2009 Artist Talk, "Historical Documentary and the Problems of Forgetting" Hudson Valley Community College, Troy NY
2008 Artist Talk, "The Secret Lives of Women: A Feminist Documentary Practice," Colgate University, Hamilton NY
2008 Media Activism Workshop, NEPAJAC Peace and Sustainability Conference, Albany NY
2008 Video Editing Basics Workshop, The Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy NY
2008 One Minute Movies Workshop, Workman Arts & Images Festival, Toronto ONT
2005-8 Over 40 lectures at colleges and other community spaces nationwide with The Abortion Diaries
2005 Panelist (grantmaking) for CTCNet Youth Visions program
2003-7 Juror, Hamptons International Film Festival, East Hampton NY
2005 Panelist, Youth Media Panel, CTCNet Conference, Cleveland OH
2005 Artist Talk, Artists Television Access, San Francisco CA
2004 Artist Talk, Digital Café, Children's Media Project, Poughkeepsie NY
2004 Guest Lecture, "Independent Media in a Time of War," SUNY Albany Department of Women's Studies
2002 Guest Lecture, "Independent Media in a Time of War," Vassar College Media Studies Institute
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