Jayne Loader is an American director and writer best known for the 1982

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documentary '' The Atomic Café''.

Life and career

She was born in 1951 in

Weatherford, Texas Weatherford ( ) is a city and the county seat of Parker County, Texas, United States. In 2020, its population was 30,854. Weatherford is named after Thomas J. Weatherford, a State senator and advocate for Texas’ secession to the Confederate S ...

. She graduated from

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(B.A., 1973) and the

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(M.A., 1976). She co-directed ''

The Atomic Cafe ''The Atomic Cafe'' is a 1982 American documentary film directed by Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader and Pierce Rafferty. It is a compilation of clips from newsreels, military training films, and other footage produced in the United States early in t ...

'' (1982) with

Pierce Rafferty Film director Pierce Rafferty (born 8 Dec 1952) grew up in Connecticut and moved to New York City in 1982. Some of his relatives include grandfather Marvin Pierce, president and later chairman of McCall Corporation, the publisher of the popular ...

and

Kevin Rafferty Kevin Gelshenen Rafferty II (May 25, 1947 – July 2, 2020) was an American documentary film cinematographer, director, and producer, best known for his 1982 documentary ''The Atomic Cafe''. Background Rafferty was born in Boston on May 25, 194 ...

and has guested on many television shows, including ''Late Night With David Letterman''. She is the author of ''Between Pictures'' (1986, ), a novel, ''Wild America'' (1989, ), a collection of short stories, and articles on film and culture. In 1995, she created the

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and Website ''Public Shelter'', which premiered in January 1996 at the New Media Center of the Sundance Film Festival and received two New Media INVISION Awards at Comdex. From 1995 to 1997, she wrote ''WWWench'', one of the first blogs and traveled the world as a New Media evangelist. In 1988, she debuted as a fictional character in

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's ''What Does WoMan Want''? In 1999, she married the astronomer

Robert Kirshner Robert P. Kirshner (born August 15, 1949) is an American astronomer, Chief Program Officer for Science for the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Clownes Research Professor of Science at Harvard University. Kirshner has worked in several ...

. From 2001 to 2007, Loader and Kirshner were the Masters of Quincy House, one of

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's twelve undergraduate houses, where they lived with their bull terriers, Astra and Albert. During her tenure at Quincy, Loader renovated the Masters' Residence and Gym; helped to redesign the Dining Hall; gave many parties (assisted by the Quincy House Elves); and launched the controversial Masters' Nights speakers series. While serving on the Steering Group of the Resource Efficiency Program, Loader created the popular Valentine's Day Cosmetics Drive (2003–present), which survives her under the aegis of the Harvard Office for Sustainability. She lives in

Friendship, Maine Friendship (formerly known as Meduncook) is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. It is 31 miles (49.9 km) southeast of Augusta. The population was 1,142 at the 2020 census. History Abenaki Native Americans called it Meduncook, me ...

and

Portola Valley Portola Valley is a town in San Mateo County, California. Located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the Bay Area, Portola Valley is a small, wealthy community nestled on the eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains. History Portola Val ...

, California.

References

External links

Jayne Loader
on

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