Reel Inspiration:

Bay Area Women Filmmakers

 
 

Directed and Produced by Tiffany Shlain (1992)

30 minutes

Discouraged by the lack of Female directors in Film History books as a student of film theory at UCBerkeley, I decided to find my own role modes. For my honors thesis, I made a documentary on Bay Area Women Filmmakers. I had a fantastic film mentor at UC Berkeley named Marilyn Fabe. She taught avant-gard film and history of flim and had an infectious excitement about film and film’s infuence on culture...she was very supportive of my work and this project.

I am forever grateful. 

Filmmakers interviewed for this film include Oscar Award-Winner Debra Chasnoff, Lourdes Portilleo, Lucy Phillips and Nancy Kelly

UC Berkeley Student Film -- Honors Thesis Project