Name:	Giovanna Chesler gchesler@ucsd.edu		http://www.g6pictures.com http://www.periodthemovie.com Office: 858.534.7027
Education:	M.F.A in Cinema, San Francisco State University, 2002
Research:	A narrative and documentary filmmaker, Chesler produces works across genre that explore issues of gender and sexuality. Sound practice, sound theory and documentary theory figure prominently in her critical research and media based work while Chesler's background in Anthropology, Archaeology, and Women's Studies informs her films and critical writing. Chesler’s films are distributed internationally and screen at film festivals and cinema venues worldwide. She serves as a curator and juror for film festivals in San Diego and for national film conferences. In 2006, she received The Most Distinguished Filmmaker award from the San Diego Women Film Foundation. Professionally, Giovanna Chesler works as a cinematographer and editorial consultant on documentary projects.
Film Work:	Period: The End of Menstruation? (16mm, 54 min, © 2006) Distributed by Cinema Guild Documentary. As women and girls choose hormonal birth control methods to stop their periods for months and years at a time, the conception of menstruation changes. How does this trend challenge  understandings of ‘natural’ and normal and what it means to bleed? Press Coverage: New York Times Feature Article and Video Interview, April 20, 2007 hand-some (16mm, 12 min, © 2004) Experimental documentary. Distributed by Canadian Film Distribution Center As a lesbian relationship falls apart, this documentary on beauty and sexuality unravels. hand-some becomes a conversation on the fine line between documentary filmmaking and personal privacy. BeauteouS: Stephanie, color, 16mm, 15 min., © 2000. Documentary. A young woman born with a cranio-facial deformity, describes the endless surgeries she endured to transform her face. BeauteouS: Giovanna, B&W, 16mm, 4 min, © 2002. Experimental Narrative. Through sound and image experiments, the narrative short film reveals the multiple ways one can see her body as grotesque and beautiful. BeauteouS 16mm, 24 min, © 2002. Narrative. Comedy / drama based on the life of a high school aged beauty queen from Long Island who begins to look beyond her beautiful exterior to explore her sexuality and intellect.
Publications:	“"The Audio First Classroom: A Sound Place for Engagement with Theory and Practice"” in Jump Cut, Winter 2007
Recent Speaking Engagements and Select Exhibitions:	Period: The End of Menstruation –" Broadcast on Free Speech TV. Select Screenings: Women Without Borders Film Festival; Gene Siskel Theatre, Chicago; Arts Picturehouse Cambridge UK; National Women's Studies Association Conference; Penn State University; Sexual Health Access Alberta, Canada “"Making Noise: A Sound Place for Engagement with Theory and Practice” University Film and Video Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois, August 2005 "Constructing the Fragmented Subject: Tarnation and Voice in Documentary Portraiture” Pop Culture Association / American Culture Association Conference, San Diego, CA, March 2005 Queer Filmmaking, panel discussant at Gender Queer/ Queer Gender Conference, University of California, Santa Barbara, February 2005 Menstrual Manipulation: Identity Practices, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005 BeauteouS: Stephanie – Brooklyn International Disability Film Festival; Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies "Queerness and Disability Film Series" October 2004; Intersection for the Arts "Picturing Violence" exhibition, April 2004 hand-some - Outfest, Women in the Director's Chair, Frameline, Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, MIX Mexico, MIX Brazil 2004 See g6pictures website for complete list of upcoming screenings, past solo exhibitions, juried screenings and awards