Vanessa Roth is an American filmmaker who writes, produces and directs non-fiction films. She has won a number of awards for her films, including a 2008 Academy Award for Best Short Documentary for Freeheld; an Emmy Honors Award for Social Impact and a IDA Nomination for best doc series for her Netflix series, Daughters of Destiny; an Alfred I duPont-Columbia award for Taken In: The Lives of America's Foster Children; Impact Doc Awards for Outstanding Achievement in filmmaking for The Girl and The Picture; two Sundance Special Jury Prizes; two Cine Golden Eagles; two Casey Medals; and a MacArthur Grant. She directed Mary J. Blige's My Life (2021).
Some of her films include Liberation Heroes: The Last Eyewitnesses, The Girl and the Picture, Freeheld, Close to Home, Aging Out, The Third Monday in October, 9/11’s Toxic Dust, No Tomorrow, The Other Side, American Teacher,[1] and The Texas Promise. She was also the executive producer, writer, and director of Daughters of Destiny: The Journey of Shanti Bhavan - a four-part Netflix original documentary series released in 2017.[2][3]
Personal life
editShe earned a master's degree in social work with a minor in family law from Columbia University. She lives in Shelter Island, New York, and has three children. She is the daughter of screenwriter Eric Roth[4] and archeologist Linda Roth.
References
edit- ^ The Teacher Salary Project
- ^ "Review: ‘Daughters of Destiny’ on Netflix Explores Caste Struggles in India", by Mike Hale, The New York Times, July 28, 2017. [Consulted 2 August 2018].
- ^ "In Daughters of Destiny, Educating the 'Untouchables'", by Jenna Marotta, Vogue, July 27, 2017. [Consulted 2 August 2018].
- ^ "Her father's daughter", Variety, February 15, 2008
External links
edit- Vanessa Roth at IMDb
- Big Year Productions
- The Teacher Salary Project
- The Third Monday in October
- The Texas Promise Official Website
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