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
''Freeheld'' is a 2015 American drama film directed by Peter Sollett and written by Ron Nyswaner. The film stars Julianne Moore, Elliot Page, Michael Shannon, Steve Carell, and Luke Grimes. It is based on the 2007 documentary short film of the ...
''; 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'', and ''
The Texas Promise''. She was also the executive producer, writer, and director of ''Daughters of Destiny: The Journey of
Shanti Bhavan
The Shanti Bhavan Children's Project (in Hindi: "haven of peace") is a U.S. 501(c)(3) and India 80-G non-profit organisation based in Bangalore Karnataka, India, that operates a pre-K-12 residential school in Baliganapalli, Tamil Nadu. The sch ...
'' - a four-part
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...
original documentary series released in 2017.
Personal life
She earned a master's degree in social work with a minor in family law from
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
. She lives in Shelter Island, New York, and has three children. She is the daughter of Academy Award-Winning screenwriter
Eric Roth
Eric R. Roth (born March 22, 1945) is an American screenwriter. He has been nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay — for ''Forrest Gump'' (1994), '' The Insider'' (1999), ''Munich'' (2005), '' The Curious Case o ...
"Her father's daughter"
''Variety'', February 15, 2008 and archeologist Linda Roth.
References
External links
Big Year ProductionsThe Teacher Salary ProjectThe Third Monday in OctoberThe Texas Promise Official Website
Living people
American documentary filmmakers
American film directors
Columbia University School of Social Work alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Directors of Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners
American women documentary filmmakers
21st-century American women
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