Renner Wunderlich
Encyclopedia
Renner Wunderlich is an American film producer
/film director
known for his work in documentary film
. He and his partner, Margaret Lazarus
, received an Academy Award in 1993 for their documentary Defending Our Lives
, 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 National Geographic Society
.
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 Army Wounded Warrior Program, and was a member of the Massachusetts Governors Council on Veterans Affairs.
In 1974 he co-founded with Margaret Lazarus
the non-profit organization, Cambridge Documentary Films
, 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
, 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 United Nations General Assembly
, the White House
, the Office of the Vice President, the US Senate and House of Representatives
. 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.
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
/film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
known for his work in documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
. He and his partner, Margaret Lazarus
Margaret Lazarus
Margaret Lazarus is an American film producer/film director known for her work in documentary film. She and her partner, Renner Wunderlich, received an Academy Award in 1993 for their documentary Defending Our Lives, about battered women who were in prison for killing their abusers.- Biography...
, received an Academy Award in 1993 for their documentary Defending Our Lives
Defending Our Lives
Defending Our Lives is a 1993 short documentary film directed by Margaret Lazarus and Renner Wunderlich. It won an Academy Award at the 66th Academy Awards in 1994 for Documentary Short Subject.-See also:...
, 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 National Geographic Society
National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society , headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical...
.
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 Army Wounded Warrior Program, and was a member of the Massachusetts Governors Council on Veterans Affairs.
In 1974 he co-founded with Margaret Lazarus
Margaret Lazarus
Margaret Lazarus is an American film producer/film director known for her work in documentary film. She and her partner, Renner Wunderlich, received an Academy Award in 1993 for their documentary Defending Our Lives, about battered women who were in prison for killing their abusers.- Biography...
the non-profit organization, Cambridge Documentary Films
Cambridge Documentary Films
Cambridge Documentary Films is a non profit organization established in Massachusetts in 1974. The purpose of the organization is to create new perspectives on important social issues and give voice to groups and individuals whose perspectives are ignored by mainstream media...
, 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
Rape culture is a term which originated in women's studies and feminist theory, describing a culture in which rape and sexual violence against women are common and in which prevalent attitudes, norms, practices, and media condone, normalize, excuse, or tolerate sexual violence against women...
, 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 United Nations General Assembly
United Nations General Assembly
For two articles dealing with membership in the General Assembly, see:* General Assembly members* General Assembly observersThe United Nations General Assembly is one of the five principal organs of the United Nations and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation...
, the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
, the Office of the Vice President, the US Senate and House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
. 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)