Marcia Jarmel is a director, producer, and long-standing member of the Bay Area documentary community.[1] She was born and raised in suburban New Jersey and attended high school and college in Boulder, Colorado, where she studied journalism. She learned filmmaking through hands-on experience working on others people's projects.[2] She moved to the Bay Area in 1988 and six years later, co-founded the San Francisco-based production company, PatchWorks Films, with husband-collaborator Ken Schneider. She has directed, produced, and managed impact for their films ever since.[1]
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Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Berkeley in the Sixties (documentary) | Assistant producer[3] |
| 1997 | The Return of Sarah's Daughters (documentary) | Director, screenwriter, producer[4][5] |
| 2000 | Born in the U.S.A. (documentary) | Director, producer[6] |
| 2009 | Speaking in Tongues (documentary) | Director, producer[7] |
| 2013 | 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus (documentary) | Consulting producer |
| 2013 | Open the Classroom Door (documentary short) | Director |
| 2014 | Havana Curveball (documentary) | Director, producer[8] |
| 2016 | The Wheel of Life (documentary short) | Director, producer[9] |
| 2019 | It's Only Rock n' Roll (documentary short) | Director, producer[10] |
| 2021 | What You'll Remember (documentary short) | Producer[11] |
| 2021 | Los Hermanos/The Brothers (documentary) | Director, producer[12] |
Awards and fellowships
editMarcia Jarmel has been honored with residencies with BAVC Media Maker,[13] Working Films,[14] SFFilmm,[15] and Kopkind Colony.[16] Her films have broadcast on PBS and won numerous awards in the festival circuit. She most recently co-directed and co-produced, Los Hermanos/The Brothers, which won Best Documentary at the WoodStock Film Festival and was nominated for an Imagen Award.[17][18][19]
References
edit- ^ a b "Marcia Jarmel". KQED. 26 September 2010. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ Fox, Michael (1997-06-27). "Bay Area's spiritual path helps her create 'Sarah's Daughters'". Jewish Bulletin of Northern California. p. 35. ProQuest 367613683. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
- ^ "Berkeley in the Sixties (1990) – Cast & Crew on MUBI". mubi.com. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ Berman, Tressa (1998). "The Return of Sarah's Daughters". Women in Judaism. 1 (2): 1–2. ProQuest 200827091 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "The Return of Sarah's Daughters". www.mubi.com. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ O'Brien, Suzanne Stenson (2000-10-31). "ITVS Presents "Born in the USA": A Provocative Look at Having Babies in America". Special Delivery. p. 17. ProQuest 203735212. Retrieved 2023-03-18 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Fennessy, Kathy (2010-03-16). "Speaking in Tongues". Video Librarian. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ^ Moutinho, Amanda (2016-02-11). "'Havana Curveball' isn't just about baseball". Boulder Weekly. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ^ Keogh, Tom (2017-07-11). "La Rueda de La Vida (The Wheel of Life)". Video Librarian. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ^ "Laura Dern, Olivia Wilde, and Kasi Lemmons Among Mind the Gap's 2019 Participants". Women and Hollywood. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ^ Cohn, Erika (2021-07-20). "Video: Opinion | What You'll Remember". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ ReView, San Francisco Richmond (2021-09-04). "Inner Richmond Couple's Film 'Los Hermanos/The Brothers' on PBS Oct. 1, 2021". Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ "Sailing Skills Not Required! We Launched New Partnerships and MediaMaker Commissions at BAVC Media in 2019! – BAVC Media". 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ "Images of the Institute | Working Films". Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ Kay, Jeremy (2009-09-02). "San Francisco Film Society Announces Filmhouse Residents". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 2015-09-19.
- ^ "THE KOPKIND LIST… 17 YEARS! 300 PEOPLE! ARE YOU THERE?". Kopkind Colony. 2014-09-14. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ Huver, Scott (2021-12-15). "'Los Hermanos/The Brothers' Documentary Tells the Story of a Musical Reunion". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ "Release of Award-winning Documentary Feature Los Hermanos/The Brothers". Latin Jazz Network. 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ Foundation, Imagen. "Imagen Awards Film & Television Nominees Announced Celebrating Latino Excellence for 37 Years!". Imagen Foundation. Retrieved 2023-03-28.