Debra Kahn Tolchinsky
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Debra Kahn Tolchinsky is a media artist and academic with interests in video installation and documentary filmmaking. She is currently an assistant professor of Radio-TV-Film at Northwestern University
. Her films, videos, and installations have been exhibited internationally at such venues as Croxhapox Gallery in Ghent, the Horse Hospital in London, the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and The Chicago Cultural Center in Chicago
, IL.
She has also worked as an assistant film editor on such Hollywood features as Searching for Bobby Fischer
and The Doctor. She was an artist-in-residence at the Portland Art Museum's Northwest Film Center, at Oxbow Art Colony in Michigan, and at the Vermont Studio Center
in Vermont. The Hollywood Motion Picture Sound Editors Guild nominated Dolly and Lucky, two of her video loops, for Golden Reel Awards, and she was a 2006 New Media Fellowship nominee, as part of the Rockefeller/Ford Foundation
's Program in New Media. In 2009, she co-curated The Horror Show at Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs in New York City
which was chosen as a Village Voice "Voice Choice for Art" and featured on their blog and which was accompanied by a 32-page catalog. In 2010, she directed and produced the feature documentary Fast Talk. She is a graduate of USC School of Cinema-Television (AB) and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA).
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
. Her films, videos, and installations have been exhibited internationally at such venues as Croxhapox Gallery in Ghent, the Horse Hospital in London, the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and The Chicago Cultural Center in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, IL.
She has also worked as an assistant film editor on such Hollywood features as Searching for Bobby Fischer
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Searching for Bobby Fischer is a 1993 film based on the life of prodigy chess player Joshua Waitzkin, played by Max Pomeranc. Adapted from the book of the same name by Joshua's father Fred, the film was written and directed by Steven Zaillian...
and The Doctor. She was an artist-in-residence at the Portland Art Museum's Northwest Film Center, at Oxbow Art Colony in Michigan, and at the Vermont Studio Center
Vermont Studio Center
The Vermont Studio Center is a non-profit organization located in the town of Johnson in the U.S. state of Vermont. VSC conducts the largest fine arts and writing residency program in the U.S., with a significant population of international artists in residency...
in Vermont. The Hollywood Motion Picture Sound Editors Guild nominated Dolly and Lucky, two of her video loops, for Golden Reel Awards, and she was a 2006 New Media Fellowship nominee, as part of the Rockefeller/Ford Foundation
Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is a private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford....
's Program in New Media. In 2009, she co-curated The Horror Show at Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
which was chosen as a Village Voice "Voice Choice for Art" and featured on their blog and which was accompanied by a 32-page catalog. In 2010, she directed and produced the feature documentary Fast Talk. She is a graduate of USC School of Cinema-Television (AB) and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA).
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- Fast Talk, a feature documentaryDocumentaryA documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:...
directed by Debra Tolchinsky and produced by Dave Tolchinsky. - Debra Kahn Tolchinsky's faculty page at Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern UniversityNorthwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
- Debra Kahn Tolchinsky's personal web page
- See also Debra Kahn in The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
- See also Debra Kahn as part of the history of the Sundance InstituteSundance InstituteSundance Institute is a non-profit organization founded by Robert Redford in 1981 that actively advances the work of filmmakers and storytellers worldwide...