Helen De Michiel (born November 28, 1953) is an American director, producer, media arts advocate, strategist and author whose work includes film, television, multimedia
installation and digital
transmedia
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Biography
As a producer, director and writer, her work includes the dramatic feature film ''
Tarantella
Tarantella () is a group of various Southern Italy, southern Italian Italian folk dance, folk dances originating in the regions of Calabria, Campania, Sicilia, and Apulia. It is characterized by a fast Beat (music), upbeat tempo, usually in Ti ...
'' (1995, starring
Mira Sorvino
Mira Katherine Sorvino (; born ) is an American actress. She rose to stardom with her performance as a prostitute in the comedy film ''Mighty Aphrodite'' (1995), which won her both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Academy Award for Best S ...
)
that toured festivals worldwide and was broadcast nationally on the public television series
Independent Lens
''Independent Lens'' is a weekly television series airing on PBS featuring documentary films made by independent filmmakers. Past seasons of ''Independent Lens'' were hosted by Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Terrenc ...
in 1997. Her documentary: ''Turn Here Sweet Corn'' (1990) was broadcast on the
PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educat ...
series ''POV'' in 1993 and continues to be in educational distribution for environmental organizers.
As
artist-in-residence
Artist-in-residence (also Writer-in-residence), or artist residencies, encompass a wide spectrum of artistic programs that involve a collaboration between artists and hosting organisations, institutions, or communities. They are programs that pr ...
, she has created participatory media installations, including ''The Listening Project'' (1994) for the
Walker Art Center
The Walker Art Center is a multidisciplinary contemporary art center in the Lowry Hill, Minneapolis, Lowry Hill neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Walker is one of the most-visited modern and contemporary art museums in ...
and ''Paying Attention'' (2003) for the
Exploratorium
The Exploratorium is a museum of science museum, science, technology museum, technology, and art museum, arts in San Francisco, California. Founded by physicist and educator Frank Oppenheimer in 1969, the museum was originally located in the ...
in San Francisco. Her documentary, ''The Gender Chip Project'' (2006) was created in an innovative participatory process with a cohort of young women studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and is distributed by Women Make Movies.
''Lunch Love Community'' (2014), her transmedia episodic documentary co-directed with
Sophie Constantinou
Sophie Constantinou is an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. Constantinou co-founded Citizen Film, a San Francisco based documentary nonprofit. She has served on the board of the California Native Plant Society, Collective Ey ...
, documents the evolution of school lunch reform in Berkeley.
De Michiel was a member of the
Peabody Award
The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Foster Peabody, George Peabody, honor what are described as the most powerful, enlightening, and in ...
s Board of Jurors from 2001 to 2007.
Awards
De Michiel has received a fellowship from the
Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation is an American private foundation and philanthropic medical research and arts funding organization based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The foundation was created by Standard Oil magnate John D. Rockefeller (" ...
and the Bush Foundation. Her 1988 video essay, ''Consider Anything, Only Don’t Cry,'' received the "Best New Vision" Golden Gate Award at the 1989
San Francisco International Film Festival
The San Francisco International Film Festival (abbreviated as SFIFF), organized by SFFILM, is held each spring for two weeks, presenting around 200 films from over 50 countries. The festival highlights current trends in international film and vid ...
.
References
External links
Lunch Love CommunityTurn Here Sweet CornTarantellaThe Listening Project
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Living people
1953 births