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Kathleen Man
Assistant Professor of Film
Website: www.salmonpictures.net
Vogelstein Cntr Drama and Film 319 / Box 508 / 845.437.5588

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Kathleen Man is an independent filmmaker whose films have shown in festivals around the world. She received her B.A. in Film Studies from Yale and her M.F.A. in Film/Video Production from the University of Iowa. Her short, French-language film, L’Entretien (The Interview), was an Official Selection at over 20 international festivals in 2002-3, winning 3 awards, including the 2003 Colorado Biennial. Kathleen produced and shot Kind of a Blur, starring Golden Globe winner Sandra Oh. Blur was invited to 25 top international festivals in 2005-6, winning Best Comedic Film at the San Francisco International Festival of Short Films. Sita, a Girl from Jambu, a documentary on child sex trafficking in Nepal, was an official selection at over 30 film festivals and won 7 awards in 2006-7, including Best Feature Film in the Children’s Advocacy Category at the Artivist Film Festival and the Audience Award at the San Diego Women Film Festival. Currently, Kathleen is co-directing and editing a feature-length documentary entitled Beauty Mark, a film that examines American society’s obsession with unattainable beauty and perfection.