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
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'' (1995, starring
Mira Sorvino
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that toured festivals worldwide and was broadcast nationally on the public television series
Independent Lens
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in 1997. Her documentary: ''Turn Here Sweet Corn'' (1990) was broadcast on the
PBS
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series ''POV'' in 1993 and continues to be in educational distribution for environmental organizers.
As artist-in-residence, she has created participatory media installations, including ''The Listening Project'' (1994) for the Walker Art Center and ''Paying Attention'' (2003) for the Exploratorium 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, documents the evolution of school lunch reform in Berkeley.
De Michiel was a member of the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors from 2001 to 2007.
Awards
De Michiel has received a fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation 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.
References
External links
Lunch Love CommunityTurn Here Sweet CornTarantellaThe Listening Project
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Living people
1953 births