Terisa Greenan is an American

United States

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 film producer

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:...

, writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

 and actress. Raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles, Greenan attended Whitney High School (Cerritos, California)

Whitney High School (Cerritos, California)

Gretchen A. Whitney High School, called Whitney High School or WHS, is a public school in Cerritos, California serving grades 7-12. It is in the ABC Unified School District.-History:...

 from 6th through 12th grade and then went on to graduate from University of California, Davis

University of California, Davis

The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...

. Currently based in Seattle, Greenan operates her film production companies, Petal Films and 3 Dog Pictures. Greenan has received national and international attention for her feature-length films, documentaries, and particularly, her semi-autobiographical web series

Web series

A web series is a series of episodes released on the Internet or also by mobile or cellular phone, and part of the newly emerging medium called web television. A single instance of a web series program is called an episode .While the popularity of web series is continuing to rise, the concept...

, Family: the web series

Family: the web series

Family: the web series is an episodic web series created by actress & filmmaker Terisa Greenan, and based loosely on her own life of polyamory with her two male partners. Greenan wrote and directed the show, and acted in a small supporting role. Some episodes were co-written by Matt Bullen...

. In addition, Greenan has produced several music videos for Seattle band Gaia Consort

Gaia consort

Gaia Consort is the original incarnation of Seattle-based folk rock music-group Bone Poets Orchestra. The group, popular in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, was founded as Gaia Consort by Chistopher Bingham and Sue Tinney in 1997. Their first performance was at Nudestock 97...

, and wrote an article on the band for New Witch magazine. The Newsweek

Newsweek

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 article which profiled Greenan, her web series and her real life family, was named one of Newsweek's Editor's Top Ten articles of 2009. In 2011, Terisa Greenan produced and directed the documentary feature, "Someday You," which profiles American author Robert Clark Young

Robert Clark Young

Robert Clark Young is an American author of novels, essays, short stories and journalism. Recurring themes in Young's fiction include the relation between alcoholism, the abuse of power, and institutional dysfunction in American life, while his nonfiction has recently focused on eldercare topics...

 and his years long stint as caregiver to his elderly parents. Greenan's work often portrays a controversial subject in an unexpectedly nonchalant manner. Greenan openly advocates polyamory

Polyamory

Polyamory is the practice, desire, or acceptance of having more than one intimate relationship at a time with the knowledge and consent of everyone involved....

 and lives a polyamorous life with her two male partners. The three have lived together since 2000.

Advocacy

Terisa Greenan is an outspoken advocate for sexual freedom and has spoken on the topic of polyamory in various public forums, including multiple appearances on CNN

CNN

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 and The BJ Shea Morning Experience

The BJ Shea Morning Experience

The BJ Shea Morning Experience is a morning drive time radio show on 99.9 FM KISW in Seattle, Washington, owned by Entercom. The show airs Monday through Friday, 5:00 am – 10:00 am PST and is also available as a stream and a downloadable podcast from the station's official website.-About the...

, at the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality

Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality

The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality is a non-accredited degree-granting institution and resource center in the field of sexology located in San Francisco, California. Degree and certificate programs focus on public health, sex therapy, and sexological research...

 and in Canada with John Ince (politician)

John Ince (politician)

John Ince is a lawyer, politician, an erotic arts enthusiast, and the controversial author of a book called The Politics of Lust. He founded The Erosha School of Erotic Massage and The Art of Loving, a sexuality center in Vancouver, British Columbia...

 and Janet Hardy

Janet Hardy

Janet W. Hardy is a writer and sex educator, and founder of Greenery Press. She has also been published as Catherine A. Liszt and Lady Green. She is the author or co-author of ten books, and frequently collaborates with Dossie Easton....

 on a panel coinciding with a landmark Canadian court case regarding whether the anti-polygamy section of Canadian Criminal Code 293 was drawn broadly enough to impinge on the human rights of polyamorists. In 2009, Greenan co-hosted with sex therapist Dr. Roger Libby a weekly radio call-in show "Sex Once A Week" on KKNW

KKNW

KKNW is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format licensed to serve the Seattle, Washington, USA area. The station is currently owned by Sandusky Radio, Inc. and features programing from CNN Radio.-History:...

. The radio show offered support and advice to listeners and callers with questions regarding any aspects of sex and sexuality.

External Links

Terisa Greenan on IMDb

Official website

Petal Films website

3 Dog Pictures website