Tami Gold
In October 2000, Tami Gold completed (with Kelly Anderson) the film MAKING
A KILLING, which exposes the efforts of the tobacco giant Philip Morris to
build their customer base by targeting children throughout the world. The
film documents the corporation's current aggressive advertising tactics in
Eastern Europe and Asia. Over 5000 copies are in circulation and MAKING A
KILLING will be broadcast in over 60 countries.
In 1999, Tami produced, directed and was the cinematographer for an HBO
Special, OUT AT WORK: AMERICA UNDERCOVER narrated by Grethe Cammermeyer
and winner of the 2000 GLAAD Media Award for Best Documentary, as well as a CINE
Golden Eagle Award winner. She was the executive producer of SHIFT
(directed by Kelly Anderson), a public television drama and produced and
directed the documentary, ANOTHER BROTHER, about an African American
Vietnam veteran, which premiered at the 1998 Urban World Film Festival, won
a Gold Hugo from the Chicago International Film Festival, a CINE Golden
Eagle Award, a Gold World Medal at the New York Festivals International
Competition and was broadcast over PBS in celebration of Black History
Month in 1999.
In 1997, Tami produced and directed (with Kelly Anderson) OUT AT WORK:
LESBIAN AND GAY MEN ON THE JOB, the first-ever documentary about
working-class gay men and lesbians on the job, which premiered at the 1997
Sundance Film Festival, won a Gold Plaque at the Chicago International Film
Festival, a Gold Apple from the Media Network Educational Awards, and
others. In 1998, OUT AT WORK was broadcast in Poland, Germany, France and
Italy.
Tami has recently published an essay on working class lesbian and gay men
for SOCIAL TEXT, and is a contributing writer for SEX & WORK, to be
published in December 2000.
In 1996, Tami directed her first short narrative film, EMILY & GITTA, at
The American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women. EMILY & GITTA
is a love story between two women in their 30s. Living in LA, one is a
daughter of Holocaust survivors and the other's parents were members
of the Nazi Party. EMILY & GITTA is the recipient of a CUNY Women's
Research Foundation Award and an Astraea Foundation Grant. It has been
presented at film festivals worldwide and is in distributed with Women Make
Movies.
In 1994, she directed FACING AIDS: STORIES OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS , a
documentary about healthcare workers as they deal with the AIDS epidemic.
FACING AIDS was part of the Walter Reed Theatre/Lincoln Center ""A Day Without Art"" video presentation and is distributed with the National
League for Nursing.
A number of Tami's productions deal with feminist themes, including
JUGGLING GENDER: POLITICS, SEX AND IDENTITY, a portrait of a performance
artist who lives her life with a full beard, which premiered at the New
York Film Festival and toured with the Institute of Contemporary Art in
England. It was a documentary winner at the the British Film Institute, winner
in the IMAGE Film Festival, the American Film Institute Video Festival and
at other festivals throughout the United States, Japan, Canada, Mexico,
Germany and Australia.
Her other documentaries include: WHY WOMEN'S FUNDS, about feminist
philanthropy, PRESCRIPTION FOR CHANGE, which explores the role of women in
the nursing profession and LOOKING FOR LOVE, a documentary portraying the
complex and contradictory feelings of teenage mothers. This piece won
First Place at The Athens International Film and Video Festival, The
National Council on Family Relations, Honorable Mention at the Columbus
International Film Festival and Director's Choice at The Black Maria Film
Festival and was broadcast over WNET-TV, WOR-TV, WNYC-TV and the Learning
Channel.
Some of Tami's documentaries have addressed labor issues, including FROM
BEDSIDE TO BARGAINING TABLE and SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED, Blue Ribbon
winner in The American Film Festival, First Place in The US Film & Video
Festival (Currently SUNDANCE), First Place in The Global Village Video
Festival and The San Francisco Film Festival. This film has been
considered by historians and educators ""a labor classic"". From 1989-1997,
she was the co-executive producer of LABOR AT THE CROSSROADS, a monthly
television program about labor and working people.
In 1982, Tami produced and directed THE LAST HUNGER STRIKE?, a documentary
which explores the human dimensions of the violence that continues to rock
Northern Ireland. It premiered at the Kennedy Center and won a Gold Plaque
award in the Chicago International Film Festival and an award in
documentary filmmaking at the American Film Institute.
Her work has been screened at many museums, including the Museum of Modern
Art and the Whitney Museum. Tami is a recipient of a Rockerfeller
Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, Video Arts Fellowships from the NJ & NY
State Councils on the Arts, the Excellence in the Arts award from the
Manhattan Borough President, The American Film Institute's Independent
Filmmakers Production Fellowship and a video arts fellowship to attend to
the BANFF Media Arts Center, Canada. Tami has lectured on panels at The
Kennedy Center, the INPUT International Television Conference, the Women in
the Director's Chair Festival and at museums and universities throughout
the world. Tami is a Professor of Film and Media Studies at Hunter College
(City University of New York).