Fawn Yacker
Encyclopedia
Fawn Yacker is an American filmmaker, producer and cinematographer. In 2009, she co-wrote, co-produced and co-directed with director Dee Mosbacher
a one-hour documentary film
entitled Training Rules
, about the controversial women's basketball
program ran by Rene Portland
at Pennsylvania State University
collegiate sports.
Dee Mosbacher
Diane "Dee" Mosbacher, MD, PhD, is an American filmmaker, lesbian feminist activist, and psychiatrist...
a one-hour 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...
entitled Training Rules
Training Rules
Training Rules is a 63-minutes 2009 American award-winning documentary film co-produced and co-directed by Dee Mosbacher and Fawn Yacker.The documentary, subtitled as No Drinking, No Drugs, No Lesbians is a Woman Vision film...
, about the controversial women's basketball
Women's basketball
Women's basketball is one of the few women's sports that developed in tandem with its men's counterpart. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast , in large part via women's colleges...
program ran by Rene Portland
Rene Portland
Maureen Theresa "Rene" Muth Portland is an American former head women's college basketball coach known for her 27-year tenure with the Penn State Lady Lions basketball team. Her career resume includes 21 NCAA tournament appearances including a Final Four appearance in 2000, five Big Ten Conference...
at Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...
collegiate sports.
Cinematographer
- 1983: Sippie
- 1987: Chuck Solomon: Coming of Age
- 1989: Sacred Passion (V)
- 1993: Sex Is...
- 1996: It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School
- 2000: That's a Family
- 2006: Let's Get Real
- 2005: Waging a Living
- 2007: It's Still Elementary (V) (aka It's Still Elementary: The Movie and the Movement
- 2009: Training Rules
- 2009: Straightlaced: How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up