Renner Wunderlich (born May 5, 1947) is an American

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known for his work in

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. He and his partner,

Margaret Lazarus Margaret Lazarus (born January 22, 1949) is an American film producer and director known for her work in documentary film. She and her partner, Renner Wunderlich, received an Oscar in 1993 for their documentary ''Defending Our Lives'', about bat ...

, received an

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in 1993 for their documentary ''

Defending Our Lives ''Defending Our Lives'' is a 1993 American short documentary film directed by Margaret Lazarus, Stacey Kabat and Renner Wunderlich. It won an Oscar at the 66th Academy Awards in 1994 for Documentary Short Subject. See also * Domestic Violen ...

'', about battered women who were in prison for killing their abusers. Renner Wunderlich was born in St Louis Missouri, son of a Navy captain and an employee of

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. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Erlynne Renner Wunderlich and Harry Joseph Wunderlich. He graduated from Boston College and has a Masters in Social Work. He is an independent licensed social worker with a specialty in the mental health needs of creative clients in the arts and those of veterans. He has worked with homeless veterans, returning veterans from the Iran and Afghanistan wars, wounded veterans including those with post traumatic stress and substance abuse. He worked at the Veterans Administration and US

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, and was a member of the Massachusetts Governors Council on Veterans Affairs. In 1974, he co-founded with

the non-profit organization,

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, and to date has produced and directed many films about social justice and women's issues: Including films on rape, ''Rape is'' and ''

Rape culture Rape culture is a setting, studied by several sociological theories, in which rape is pervasive and normalized due to societal attitudes about gender and sexuality. Behaviors commonly associated with rape culture include victim blaming, slut-s ...

'', films on body image and media culture, ''BirthMarkings'', ''Killing Us Softly'', and ''Still Killing Us Softly'', and films on labor history, ''Eugene Debs and the American Movement''. In addition to the Academy Award, his films have won numerous awards and prizes, and have been screened at many of the major film festivals around the world and in the

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, the

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, the Office of the Vice President, the US Senate and

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. He worked for twenty years as a freelance editor, sound and cameraman for the majors networks, public television and educational institutions. He is a private pilot who built and flew his own aircraft.

Filmography

*1970 "A Question of Values" *1972 "Mr. Goodman" *1974 “Taking Our Bodies Back: The Women’s Health Movement” *1975 “Rape Culture” *1977 “Eugene Debs and the American Movement” *1979 “Killing Us Softly” *1981 “Calling the Shots: Advertising Alcohol” *1982 “Pink Triangles: A film about Homophobia” *1984 “Hazardous Inheritance: Workplace Hazards to Reproductive Health” *1986 “Last Empire: US Intervention” *1987 “Still Killing Us Softly” *1988 “Not Just a Job” *1989 “Advertising Alcohol” *1991 “Life’s Work” *1993 “Defending Our Lives” *1998 “Strong at the Broken Places” *1999 “Women’s Rights, Human Rights” *2000 “Beyond Killing Us Softly” *2001 “The Strength to Resist: Media’s Impact on Women and Girls” *2003 “Rape Is” *2005 “Healing the Wounds" (producer only) *2010 “BirthMarkings” (producer only)

References

External links

Cambridge Documentary Films
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