Vanessa Roth facts for kids
Vanessa Roth is an American filmmaker who creates non-fiction films, also known as documentaries. She writes, produces, and directs these films. Vanessa Roth has won many important awards for her work.
In 2008, she won an Academy Award for Best Short Documentary for her film Freeheld. She also received an Emmy Honors Award for Social Impact for her Netflix series, Daughters of Destiny. Other awards include an Alfred I duPont-Columbia award for Taken In: The Lives of America's Foster Children, and Impact Doc Awards for The Girl and The Picture. She has also won two Sundance Special Jury Prizes and a MacArthur Grant. In 2021, she directed Mary J. Blige's My Life.
Exploring Her Films
Vanessa Roth has made many interesting documentaries. These films often tell true stories about real people and events.
Some of her well-known films include:
- Liberation Heroes: The Last Eyewitnesses
- The Girl and the Picture
- Freeheld
- Close to Home
- Aging Out
- The Third Monday in October
- 9/11’s Toxic Dust
- No Tomorrow
- The Other Side
- American Teacher
- The Texas Promise
She was also the executive producer, writer, and director for Daughters of Destiny: The Journey of Shanti Bhavan. This was a four-part Netflix original documentary series released in 2017. It followed the lives of young girls at a special school in India.
About Vanessa Roth's Life
Vanessa Roth studied at Columbia University, where she earned a master's degree in social work. This background helps her tell important stories in her films. She lives in Shelter Island, New York, and has three children. Her father is the famous screenwriter Eric Roth, and her mother is archeologist Linda Roth.
External links
- Big Year Productions
- The Teacher Salary Project
- The Third Monday in October
- The Texas Promise Official Website: http://www.thetexaspromisemovie.org
