American film director
Pamela Yates
is an American documentary filmmaker and
human rights activist
. She has directed films about
war crimes
, racism, and
genocide
in the United States and Latin America, often with emphasis on the legal responses.
Biography
[
edit
]
Pamela Yates was born and raised in the
Appalachian
coal-mining
region of
Pennsylvania
but left at a young age to live in New York City. She earned a Bachelor's degree from the
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
in 1976.
[1]
She is a Guggenheim Fellow, the Director of the Sundance Award winning
When the Mountains Tremble
, the Producer of the
Emmy Award
- winning
Loss of Innocence
, and the Executive Producer of the
Academy Award
winning "Witness to War." She most recently directed the film
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
, which served as key evidence in the
Rios Montt
genocide
trial in
Guatemala
. Previously Yates directed,
The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court
," a
feature-length film
and educational initiative and
State of Fear
, a feature-length documentary that tells the epic story of Peru's 20-year war on terror based on the findings of the Peruvian
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
. Pamela is a co-founder and partner of
Skylight Pictures
, a company committed to producing artistic, challenging and socially relevant independent media and media strategies on issues of
human rights
and the quest for justice.
Work
[
edit
]
Her 2006 film,
State of Fear: The Truth about Terrorism
, about the findings of
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
concerning the
internal conflict in Peru
, was translated into 44 languages and broadcast in 157 countries.
The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court
,
released in 2009, is about the work of the
International Criminal Court
. In 2010, Yates was nominated for two
Emmys
for it ? Best Documentary Film and Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Long Form Documentary.
The Reckoning
was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize at the
Sundance Film Festival
.
Her 2011 film,
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
, is a sequel to
When the Mountains Tremble
. In it, Yates uses her archives to provide evidence for a war crimes tribunal set in Spain (using the concept of
universal jurisdiction
) in its efforts to prosecute the
genocide in Guatemala
.
[2]
[3]
The film was an official selection included in the Premiere Documentary Section of the 2011
Sundance Film Festival
, and was also nominated for an
Emmy
for Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Long Form Documentary. Yates received a
Guggenheim Fellowship
for her work on the film, which served as key evidence in the Rios Montt genocide trial in Guatemala. On May 3, 2015, the film won the White Camel award at the
FiSahara
.
[4]
[5]
Accolades
[
edit
]
Four of Yates' films ?
When the Mountains Tremble
,
Poverty Outlaw
,
Takeover
, and
Teatro!
? were nominated for the
Grand Jury Prize
at the
Sundance Film Festival
, and
When The Mountains Tremble
won the award in 1984.
Her film,
State of Fear: The Truth about Terrorism
, won the 2006
Overseas Press Club
Award for "Best Reporting in Any Medium on Latin America".
[6]
Awards and nominations for her 2011 Documentary, Granito: How to Nail A Dictator include:
Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival, 2011;
Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Investigative Journalism: Long Form, 2013;
Opening Night Film, Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, 2011; Grand Prix for Best Creative Documentary,Paris International Human Rights Film Festival; Peace & Reconciliation Prize,
The Geneva International Human Rights Festival, 2011 Jury Grand Prize, The Politics on Film Festival, 2011;
Honorable Mention, Overseas Press Club Award; 2012 Founder's Award, Traverse City Film Festival, 2011
Selected filmography
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
"
Through a Personal Lens
," by Patricia Sullivan,
UMASS Magazine
, Summer 2012, page 40.
- ^
"Skylight Pictures: Films"
. Archived from
the original
on June 22, 2011
. Retrieved
June 5,
2011
.
- ^
"Granito: Sundance Review"
.
hollywoodreporter.com
. January 31, 2011.
- ^
"Film"Sand Grain" wins 12th edition of Fisahara award"
.
Sahara Press Service
. May 3, 2015. Archived from
the original
on July 11, 2015
. Retrieved
July 10,
2015
.
- ^
Mayka (May 7, 2015).
"World's remotest film festival ends with star-studded award ceremony in desert refugee camp"
.
FiSahara
. Retrieved
July 10,
2015
.
- ^
"All Titles"
.
newday.com
.
- ^
"BROTHERHOOD OF HATE | CABLEready.net"
. Archived from
the original
on April 5, 2012
. Retrieved
October 14,
2011
.
- ^
"Cause for Murder ~ Introduction : Wide Angle"
.
www.pbs.org
. September 5, 2002.
- ^
"Granito: How to Nail a Dictator"
.
Kickstarter
.
External links
[
edit
]
|
---|
International
| |
---|
National
| |
---|
Other
| |
---|