Vanessa Roth
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Vanessa Roth is an American filmmaker and the daughter of award-winning screenwriter Eric Roth
. For over a decade, Vanessa has been making pivotal documentaries on important social issues.
She has won a number of film awards for her works, including a 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short for Freeheld
, and an Alfred I duPont-Columbia award for Taken In: The Lives of America's Foster Children. Some of her award-winning films include Close to Home, "Aging Out", "Schools of the 21st Century", "The Third Monday in October", "9/11’s Toxic Dust", and No Tomorrow. She earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work with a minor in Family Law from Columbia University.
Vanessa is currently working with writer Dave Eggers
and 826 National
co-founder Ninive Clements Calegari
on The Teacher Salary Project.
Eric Roth
Eric Roth is an American screenwriter. He won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Forrest Gump . He also co-wrote the screenplay for Michael Mann's The Insider , the Steven Spielberg film Munich , and David Fincher's film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button , all of which were nominated for...
. For over a decade, Vanessa has been making pivotal documentaries on important social issues.
She has won a number of film awards for her works, including a 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short for Freeheld
Freeheld
Freeheld is a 2007 documentary film directed by Cynthia Wade, and produced by Wade, Matthew Syrett and Vanessa Roth. It chronicles the story of Laurel Hester in her fight against the Ocean County, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders to give her earned pension benefits to her partner, Stacie. On...
, and an Alfred I duPont-Columbia award for Taken In: The Lives of America's Foster Children. Some of her award-winning films include Close to Home, "Aging Out", "Schools of the 21st Century", "The Third Monday in October", "9/11’s Toxic Dust", and No Tomorrow. She earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work with a minor in Family Law from Columbia University.
Vanessa is currently working with writer Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He is known for the best-selling memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and for his more recent work as a screenwriter. He is also the co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia.-Life:Eggers was born in Boston, Massachusetts,...
and 826 National
826 National
826 National is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping students, ages 6–18, with expository and creative writing at eight locations across the USA...
co-founder Ninive Clements Calegari
Nínive Clements Calegari
Nínive Clements Calegari is an educator in the United States. Following ten years of classroom experience in public schools, she became an author and founded a national literacy program.-Biography:...
on The Teacher Salary Project.