Terre Nash (née Mary Teresa Nash) (born 1947 in Nanaimo,

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) is a Canadian

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-winning film director. Her 1982 short documentary ''

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'' won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). Nash has a

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in literature and sociology and an M.A. in behavioural science and communications from

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in British Columbia. She received the President's Graduate Award, a Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship and the Fonds FCAC Pour l’aide et le Soutien a la Research (Québec). In 1983, Nash earned a Ph.D. on the Dean's List, from

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. She was the first recipient of the Alumni Award from Simon Fraser University, and was awarded "The Emily" from the

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of Art and Design in 2000. Nash has been a guest lecturer at the

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; Concordia University in Montréal; Memorial University, St. John's, NL; Emily Carr University of Art and Design in

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; St. Mary's College and Stanford University in California. Nash was the subject of the 1990 CBC documentary ''If You Love Free Speech: An Unguided Tour to the Twilight Zone'', directed by Pierre Leduc. The documentary follows Nash on a journey to

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, in 1990, where she was invited to testify before a Congressional hearing on free speech. This was the culmination of a 7-year battle, which saw her film ''

'' go from the Oscar podium to the

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, over a Justice Department ruling (The Foreign Agents Registration Act) which required the names of U.S. citizens who rented her film, be reported to the

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Selected filmography

*''Josef's Daughter'' (2006) (editor) *''Boys on the Fringe'' (2005) (editor) *''Pleasant Street'' (2004) (editor) *''White Thunder'' (2003) (editor, writer) *''My Left Breast'' (2002) (editor) *''Niagara'' (2000) 6-part series (co-editor, co-writer) *''After Darwin'' (1999) (editor) *''Penny Lang: Stand Up on High Ground'' (1998) (editor) *''Kathleen Shannon: on Film, Feminism and Other Dreams'' (1996) (editor) *'' Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics'' (1995) (director, editor, writer) *''Mother Earth'' (1991) (director and editor) *''Russian Diary'' (1989) (director, editor and writer) *''A Love Affair with Politics'' (1986) (director and editor) *''A Writer in the Nuclear Age: A Conversation with

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'' (1985) (director) *''Speaking Our Peace'' (1985) (writer and co-director with Bonnie Sherr Klein) *''

'' (1982) (director and editor) (as Terri Nash)

Selected awards

* Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject), ''

'' (1982) *American Film Festival (Blue Ribbon First Prize), ''

'' (1982) *Silver Medal, Melbourne Film Festival, ''

'' (1982) * Karlovy Vary Diploma,

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, ''

'' (1982) *Atom Award, Science Film Festival,

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, ''

'' (1982) *Leipzig Peace Prize,

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, ''

'' (1982) *First Prize, John Muir Film Festival,

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, '' Speaking Our Peace'' (1985) *Opening Film,

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International Women's Film Festival,

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, '' Speaking Our Peace'' (1985) *Silver Award,

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Peace Film Festival, '' A Love Affair with Politics'' (1986) *Bronze Plaque,

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, '' Russian Diary'' (1989) *Ecocine Award for Best Editing, Brazil, ''Mother Earth'' (1991) *Genie Nomination for Best Feature Documentary, '' Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics'' (1995) *Prix du Publique, Festival du Cinema,

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, '' Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics'' (1995) *Chris Award, Columbus International Film Festival, '' Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics'' (1995) *Silver Plaque,

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, '' Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics'' (1995) *First Edition of Documentia, 2003, Santa Cruz de Tenerife International Women's Film Festival, ''Sexo, Mentiras y Mundializacion'', named in honour of ''Who's Counting?''

References

External links

*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0621815/
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