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Tiffany Shlain 
Born 1970 (age 40–41)
Mill Valley, CaliforniaNationality American Occupation filmmaker Known for founder of the Webby Awards Spouse Ken Goldberg Relatives Leonard Shlain Website tiffanyshlain.com Tiffany Shlain (born 1970) is an American filmmaker and founder of the Webby Awards. Recognized by Newsweek as "one of the women shaping the 21st century."[1]
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Bio
Tiffany Shlain was born in Mill Valley, California in 1970. She is the daughter of surgeon and author Leonard Shlain (1937-2009). She is married to artist Ken Goldberg who is a UC Berkeley professor; they live in northern California and have two children.[citation needed]
Shlain is a Henry Crown Fellow of The Aspen Institute.[citation needed] She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley where she was selected as a valedictorian speaker for the interdisciplinary Studies Department and received the highest honor in art, The Eisner Award, for filmmaking.[citation needed] She received her BA in film theory and interdisciplinary studies in 1992. She studied organizational change at Harvard Business School Executive Education and film production at New York University’s Sight & Sound summer program in 1990. She serves on the advisory boards for The MIT GeoSpatial Data Center, The Fledging Fund, The San Francisco Film Festival’s Filmmaker Advisory Committee and The UC Berkeley’s Center for New Media. She also advises with The Institute for the Future. In 2010, she was invited to meet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to talk about how technology is changing the landscape in society.[citation needed]
As a director for both theater and film, she has worked with Harrison Ford, Peter Coyote and Alan Cumming and was selected as an Artist-in-Residence at the Headland Center for the Arts and for a film residency at the San Francisco Film Society. She has been singled out by The New York Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and the Sundance Institute for her cutting-edge work using documentaries and internet distribution in unique ways to engage audiences.[citation needed] She lectures worldwide on filmmaking and the Internet’s influence on society. Invitations include Harvard, MIT, Apple theaters in NYC and SF, The Idea Festival, Fortune 500 companies, the 92nd St Y in NYC and The Sydney Opera House.[citation needed] She delivered the keynote address for University of California, Berkeley’s commencement ceremony to an audience of 11,500 on May 16, 2010.[citation needed]
Her recent video art installation, "Smashing", with her husband Goldberg, premiered in New York City at the Pulse Contemporary Art Fair. She has received over 40 awards and distinctions during the course of her career for her work as a filmmaker, artist, internet pioneer and activist.[citation needed]
Technology
Shlain founded The Webby Awards in 1996 and was creative director and CEO for nearly a decade.[citation needed] The Webbys receive over 10,000 entries annually[citation needed] and are presented annually in NYC. In 1998 she co-founded International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences,[2] today a 550-person organization and served as the on-air Internet expert for Good Morning America from 2000 to 2003. Her work with The Webbys has been profiled on The New York Times, The BBC, ABC, MTV, CNN, The Hollywood Reporter, Vanity Fair and NPR.[citation needed] She also contributes regularly to The Huffington Post. In 2006, she co-founded The Moxie Institute an organization that creates films, discussion programs, theater experiences and internet experiments around social issues using emerging technologies with her husband, Ken Goldberg.[3]
Filmmaking
Shlain produced her first feature-length film Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death, & Technology,[4] which opened at the Sundance Film Festival.[5] Connected exposes the importance of personal connectedness in relation to understanding global conditions, ultimately showing how all of humanity is invested in today’s crucial issues. More than a film about social issues, it is a work that speaks directly to empathy, social engagement, and what it means to be connected in the 21st century.
Shlain's films include Connected (2011), The Tribe (2006), an exploration of American Jewish identity through the history of the Barbie doll, and Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (2003), about reproductive rights in America.
Shlain's films have been selected for inclusion at the Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, and Rotterdam Film Festival.[3] The Tribe won Indiewire's Sundance Critics' Choice Award for 2006[6] and in October 2007 was the most-downloaded short film on iTunes.[7]
Filmography
- Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death, & Technology (2011)
- The Tribe (2006)
- Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness (2003)
- Less Is Moore: The Life of Betty and Gordon Moore (2001)
- Machine Time (2000)
Film awards
- Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology (2011)
- Sundance Film Festival 2011
- Women in Film Awards from All Roads Grant - National Geographic Society
- Women of Vision Nomination from L’Oreal/Entertainment Weekly/Sundance
- Festivals: Sundance, Ashland International Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival,
- Nashville Film Festival
- The Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences acquired the script for Connected for their permanent collection
- Yelp: With Apologies to Allen Ginsberg's Howl (2010)
- Sundance Film Festival 2011
- Guggenheim Museum/Youtube Creative Biennial Short List
- The Tribe (2006)
- Ovation Award: Best Documentary, LACMA screening in LA, June 2010
- Best Documentary, Westchester Film Festival, May, 2008
- Best Short Documentary, Cleveland Int’l Film Festival March 2008
- Number 1 Downloaded Short Film on iTunes Oct 26th, 2007
- International Jewish Topics, Argentina Jewish Film Festival Oct. 07
- Best Documentary: New York Shorts Fest Oct 07
- Best Documentary, LA ShortsFest Sept 07
- First Prize, Warsaw Jewish Film Festival April 07
- Pioneer Award, Warsaw Film Festival May 07
- Grand Jury Prize: Best Short Documentary, Florida Film Festival, April 07
- Golden Star Award, Best Short Documentary, Mar. ‘07
- Best Documentary Short, Nashville Film Festival ’06
- Best Historical Documentary, San Francisco Women's Film Festival ’06
- Director's Choice Award, Black Maria Film Festival ’06
- Audience Award, Ann Arbor International Film Festival ’06
- Indiewire's Sundance Critics' Choice Award ’06
- Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness (2003)
- Best Documentary Short, Moab Film Festival ‘03
- Juror's Citation, Black Maria Film Festival ‘03
- Finalist, USA Film Festival, National Short Film & Video Competition ‘03
- Affiliate Award, Excellence Award from Planned Parenthood Federation ‘03
- Nominee for San Francisco International Film Festival, Golden Gate Award, Official Selection ‘03
- Honorable Mention, Best Women's Short Category, Cleveland Int’l Film Festival ’03
- Hunter & Pandora (1992)
- Best Experimental Film, Cinequest Film Festival 1992
- Eisner Award, Highest Award in Art by the Chancellor’s Committee, UC Berkeley 1992
Art/Design
- Artist-in-Residence, Headland Center for the Arts Fall ’06
- HOW International Design Award for Webby Awards Invitation ’01
- American Graphic Design Award for Webby Awards Invitation ’99
Leadership
- Women in Film Award for making Connected, All Roads Award National Geographic 2011
- Women of Vision Award for Directing by L’Oreal/Entertainment Weekly/Sundance 2011
- Keynote Commencement Address, UC Berkeley, May 2010
- Henry Crown Fellow of The Aspen Institute 2007 to 2009
- For Creating Socially Responsible Films by Partners Ending Domestic Abuse 2009
- Victoria Award for Ethical Leadership, The Woodhull Institute, NY ’06
- Activist Award on behalf of Women’s Rights, Ritz Carleton, Given by Planned Parenthood GG ‘04
- one of Newsweek Magazine’s "Women Shaping the 21st Century" ‘01
- Shining Star Award recipient, American Women in Radio and Television ‘00
- Valedictorian Speaker, Interdisciplinary Department. UC Berkeley 1992
- Student Ambassador to USSR in the People to People program: 1988
References
- ^ Richman, Josh. Barbie's (Dyed) Jewish Roots, The Forward, December 02, 2005.
- ^ About, WebbyAwards.com.
- ^ a b Biodata, TiffanyShlain.com
- ^ [1] Connectedthefilm.com
- ^ "Tiffany Shlain’s new film “Connected” premieres at Sundance". Woodhull Institute. 14 February 2011. http://woodhull.tv/2011/02/tiffany-shlains-new-film-connected-priemers-at-sundance/. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ^ Honors, TiffanyShlain.com
- ^ The Tribe hits #1 on iTunes, JTA, October 26, 2007.
External links
- Official website
- Tiffany Shlain at the Internet Movie Database
- Mixed Media: Tiffany Shlain on filmmaking, networking and the Webbys - San Francisco Chronicle
- Online discussion with Tiffany Shlain - Washington Post
- Chat Transcript: Internet Expert Tiffany Shlain - ABC News
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