documentary Film
Selected Filmography
Director, producer and writer through Trixie Films
- My So-Called Selfish Life
documentary feature, currently in production - How To Lose Your Virginity
documentary feature, 2013, premiered at DOCNYC - I Was A Teenage Feminist
documentary feature, 2005, winner audience award, NCJW; special mention, Karachi Film Festival - How I Learned to Speak Turkish
documentary short, 2006, winner jury prize Atlanta Film Festival - Vinnie: I Break For Cycles, documentary short, 2015, premiered at The Unmentionable Film Festival, NY
- #SlutWalkNYC
documentary short, 2013, premiered at Hampton's Film Festival - The End
narrative short, 2010, with Brooklyn FilmShop - Womanly Perfection
animated short, 2003
Interactive Storytelling
The V-Card Diaries and The Experience Engine:
Crowd-sourced interactive storytelling projects developed at POV Hackathons #2 and #3 in 2013. A companion to the documentary How To Lose Your Virginity. Go to Interactive Media
Speaking at Workshops/Presentations/Panels
Frequent speaker and facilitator of conversations on feminism, sexuality, filmmaking and personal storytelling, hosted by MIT, RISD, Yale, Duke, Harvard, NYU, Penn State, Ohio University and Planned Parenthood among many others. Go to Presentations and Workshops
Podcasting
Part of the three-woman podcasting team Damsels in Discussion, whose most popular series is Downton Gabby, a 'funny, feminist and foul-mouthed' weekly dish on the world-wide TV phenomenon Downton Abbey. Currently, the podcast focuses on women (and women's stories) in popular culture, from film to television to books.
Other Film-Related Projects
- Reproductive Justice Walking Tour (2014) Created a promotional film for Words for Choice
- PBS Active Voice: The Islam Project (2002)
Event Co-ordinator, The Islam Project Braintrust Meeting - Questioning Faith (HBO Documentary, Dir. Macky Alston, 2001)
Music and archival footage rights clearance, research, grant writing - Sundance Film Festival (2001 - 2007)
Volunteer, Filmmaker Lodge - converge@tribeca (2000)
Event Coordinator for 2-day multi-media conference, programming of 4 screenings of online films and interactive web site - Tribeca Productions (1999-2000)
Executive Assistant to Jane Rosenthal, script coverage, travel coordination, accounting for film producer - The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (Universal Pictures, 1999)
Post-Production Coordinator for Editors, VFX Producer, Director, and Post Production Supervisor
ART DIRECTION & JOURNALISM
Awards from the New York Art Directors Club, Society of Publication Designers, Society for News Design, Toronto Art Directors Club, Chicago Headline Club's Lisagor Awards.
2000 - Present: Freelance Art Direction and Visual Journalism
Publications include The New York Times, Newsweek, Fortune, The Ad Council, as well as non-profit arts organizations and corporate clients.
Go to Design Portfolio
1990 - 1999: Chicago Tribune, Associate Graphics and Design Director
Over 10 years, led a staff of 17 art directors, led a staff of 8 graphic artists, design of Page One, Special Projects art director, and visual direction for two Pulitzer-Prize-winning projects.
1988-1990: The Financial Times of Canada, Design Director
1984-1988: The Toronto Star, Art Director
WRITING
Published in the Chicago Tribune, Talking Points Memo, Women & Hollywood (IndieWire), The Independent and others. Go to selected writing
PRESS COVERAGE
Coverage by The Atlantic, Salon, Elle, Forbes, The Guardian, Feministing, Q and The Jakarta Globe, among others. Go to selected articles about Therese
Professional Development
ITP Camp, 2014, 2015, 2016:
New York University, Interactive Telecommunications Program 'summer camp' A month-long program of workshops on new media, creative computing, hands-on maker sessions
Working Films/Fledgling Fund:
Reel Change Audience Engagement Workshop, 2012, Washington, DC
IFP Independent Film Week:
Selected for Spotlight on Documentaries, 2011, New York
Hot Docs International Film Festival:
Master Class Documentary Lab, 2008, Toronto
EDUCATION
Columbia College, Dept of Film & Video, Chicago, IL
Ontario College of Art (now OCAD University), Dept of Communications & Design, Toronto, Canada