Ferne Pearlstein is an American cinematographer, film director, producer, and editor. She has directed such

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s as '' Sumo East and West'' (2003) and '' The Last Laugh'' (2016), and served as cinematographer on such documentaries as '' Imelda'' (2003) and ''

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'' (2010).

Education

Pearlstein graduated from

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

's Master's Program in Documentary Film, and is also a graduate of both the

International Center of Photography The International Center of Photography (ICP), at 79 Essex Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, consists of a museum for photography and visual culture and a school offering an array of educational courses and programming. ...

in New York and the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

Awards and recognitions

At the

2004 Sundance Film Festival The 2004 Sundance Film Festival was held in Utah from January 15, 2004 to January 25, 2004. It was the 20th edition of the Sundance Film Festival, a program of the Sundance Institute. Non-competition features Midnight * ''Azumi'' * '' Freshman O ...

, Pearlstein won the Excellence in Cinematography Award (Documentary) for her work on ''Imelda''. In 2018, Pearlstein was inducted into the Brooklyn Jewish Hall of Fame.

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