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Faculty
Giovanna Chesler
Associate Professor of Communication Arts
Director, Theresa Lang Center for Producing
email
212-774-4866
Degrees
M.F.A., San Francisco State University
B.A., University of Virginia
Giovanna Chesler is a Director and Producer of documentaries, narrative films and web based works that address themes of the body, sexuality, and gender. She teaches courses in video production and film theory. Her film work produced through her production company G6 Pictures includes Bye Bi Love (2010) which was recently awarded Honorable Mention in fiction filmmaking from the University Film and Video Association, Period: The End of Menstruation (2006) distributed by Cinema Guild, NY, BeauteouS: The Trilogy (2000-2002) and hand-some (2004), distributed by Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre. She is developing a feature length fiction film and web television series on sexual health. Her web television project on sexually transmitted infections, Tune in HPV, was developed with students at American University. Giovanna is Co-Producer and Transmedia Producer of Blair Doroshwalther's documentary The Fire This Time which recently received a Sundance Documentary Fund grant.
Chesler is a research and media fellow at the Center for Social Media at American University where she focuses on teaching Fair Use in the video classroom. Her critical theory and publications include essays on sound, documentary, and participatory media activism. She has served on the selection committee for the AFI Silverdocs Film Festival and has curated programs of experimental feminist films for the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research and Ladyfest San Diego. She writes on representations of menstruation in film for the blog re:Cycling .
Chesler works as a cinematographer, shooting for independent filmmakers, video artists and broadcast television. Her work has been discussed in the New York Times , Signs: Films for the Feminist Classroom, and Afterimage.
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2010-2011
Achievements in Scholarship and Service
Primary Investigator, Tournées Festival Grant, French American Cultural Exchange
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AWARDS:
2011:
Primary Investigator, Tournées Festival Grant, French American Cultural Exchange
2011:
Dean’s Fellowship, Sabbatical Leave Spring 2011, Marymount Manhattan College
2010:
Sokol Award, Marymount Manhattan College
2010:
Honorable Mention in Fiction Filmmaking, Bye Bi Love, University Film and Video Association
2010:
Bringing Theory to Practice Grant, Association of American Colleges and Universities
2009:
Sokol Award, Marymount Manhattan College
2006:
Most Distinguished Filmmaker, San Diego Women Film Foundation
2003:
Honorable Mention in Experimental Film, BeauteouS: Giovanna, California State University Media Arts Festival
2000:
Gold Plaque for Best Student Documentary, BeauteouS: Stephanie, Chicago International Film Festival
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2000-2001 Achievements in Scholarships and Service
2003-2004 Achievements in Scholarships and Service
2006-2007 Achievements in Scholarships and Service
2008-2009 Achievements in Scholarships and Service
2009-2010 Achievements in Scholarships and Service
2010-2011 Achievements in Scholarships and Service
2011-2012 Achievements in Scholarships and Service
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