DEBORAH FRYER C.V.
EDUCATION
MIT KNIGHT SCIENCE JOURNALISM BOOT CAMP, Cambridge, MA, December 2009
Scripps Howard Institute on the Environment, Jupiter, FL, June 2009
Ted Scripps FellowSHIP in Environmental Journalism, Boulder, CO, 2008-09
New York Times Science Writing Institute, Santa Fe, NM, May 2005
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, PhD, 1993 (Comparative Lit./Classics); MA, 1992 (Comp. Lit.); MA, 1991 (Classics)
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, MA, 1988 (Latin)
OBERLIN COLLEGE, BA, 1984 (Classics; minors: History, Art History)
Stanford Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome, fall 1983
FILM/VIDEO CREDITS
I HAVE A DREAM FOUNDATION, 20th anniversary video (2010, Writer/Producer/Director/Videographer/Editor)
HIGH COUNTRY NEWS, 40th anniversary video (2010, Writer/Producer/Director/Videographer/Editor)
HEALTH LINKS, promo video for a cancer rehab center (in production, 2009, Writer/Producer/Director/Videographer/Editor)
3HO FOUNDATION, Multimedia Project (2009, Still Photographer/Editor)
LILA FILMS, Shaken: Journey into the Mind of a Parkinson’s Patient, 30-minute documentary (2009. Writer/Producer/Director/ Videographer/Editor). Currently airing on pubic television stations around the country.
*Winner, 2009 CINE Golden Eagle Award
*Finalist, 2009, Aegis Award
*Winner, 2007 Accolade Humanitarian Award
*Official Selection, 2007, Boulder International Film Festival
*Winner, 2006, Best Documentary, Scinema Science Documentary Film Festival, Australia
*Winner, 2006, Best Documentary Short, VisionFest Film Festival, New York City
*Winner, 2006, Best Documentary Short, Annapolis Film Festival, Annapolis, MD
*Winner, 2006, Best Documentary, Roshd International Film Festival, Tehran, Iran
*Official Selection, 2006, Denver International Film Festival
*Official Selection, 2006, Newport Beach International Film Festival
*Official Selection, 2006, Beverly Hills International Film Festival
CSAW, promo video about the Sudanese Lost Girls community in CO (2009, Writer/Producer/Director/Editor)
ECOS, EPA: URBAN WETLANDS DOCUMENTARY VIDEO (2009, Videographer)
PBS / KBDI, Colorado Commitment, 3-hour series about global health (trailer 2008, Writer/Producer/Director/Videogrpaher/Editor)
CENTURA HEALTH, promo video about International Medical Missions (2008, Videographer/Editor)
IN THE BELLY OF THE WHALE, promo video for one-man show about Jewish identity (2008, Editor)
NATIONAL PARKINSON FOUNDATION, educational video (2008, Writer/Producer/Director/Videographer/Editor)
MONEY IS LOVE, author promo video about money and spirituality (2008, Writer/Producer/Director/Videographer/Editor)
CLIMBING MOUNTAINS IN STILETTOS, author promo video (2007, Writer/Producer/Director/Videographer/Editor)
BLUE SKY BRIDGE, promo video about child advocacy organization (2007, Writer/Producer/Director/Videographer/Editor)
EPA, educational video about urban wetlands (2007, Videographer)
FREE SPEECH TV, Sourcecode (2005, Writer, 9 episodes)
INJOY VIDEO PRODUCTIONS, You Can Quit (2005, Producer/Director
Silver Award, How-to/Instructional - Telly Awards
Bronze Winner, General Health Information - hesca Media Festivals
Merit Award, Patient Education - Nat'l Health Info. Awards
Finalist, Women’s Health - MediMedia Int'l Health & Medical Media Awards
INJOY VIDEO PRODUCTIONS, 5 A’s Counseling Method (2005, Producer/Director)
LILA FILMS, No Fear (2004, Producer/Director of documentary short, TRT 5:00)
*Winner, Moondance International Film Festival Documentary Short Award, 2005
HISTORY CHANNEL, Last Days of World War II (2005, fact-checked/researched 12 episodes)
ENERGY AWARENESS PRODUCTIONS, Extravagant Energy (2004, Producer/Videographer for trailer)
NOVA /WGBH, World in the Balance (2004, fact-checked script only)
WARREN MILLER FILMS, Popular Science Adventures (2003, Co-Producer/Writer/Director)
HGTV, If Walls Could Talk (29 segments, 2002-2003, Producer/Writer/Director)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, Fuel Cells: The Energy Revolution (2001, Writing Consultant)
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE / PBS, Tupperware (1997, Grantwriting Assistant)
HISTORY CHANNEL, This Week in History (3 segments, 2001, Producer/Writer/Director)
MSNBC REPORTS, Fear and Dying in America (2000, Producer/Writer/Director)
MSNBC REPORTS, The Price of Death (2000, Producer/Writer/Director)
FRONTLINE/WGBH, Assault on Gay America (2000, Field Producer, Production Manager)
NOVA / WGBH, Six Billion and Beyond (2000, Associate Producer)
NOVA / WGBH, Secrets of Lost Empires II: Roman Bath (2000, Associate Producer)
FRONTLINE / WGBH, Russian Roulette (1999, Associate Producer)
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY/TURNER ORIGINAL PRODS, Panama: Paradise Found? (1998, AP/Asst. Editor)
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY, Who's Counting? Population & Habitat in the New Millennium (1997, AP/Asst. Editor)
PBS / KTEH, Cadillac Desert: Last Oasis (1997, AP/Production Manager/Asst. Editor)
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE / PBS, A Midwife’s Tale (1997, Fundraising Assistant)
U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE, Biodiversity: Wild about Life! (1997, AP/Production Manager/Asst. Editor)
*International Wildlife Film Festival Finalist
*Chicago International Film Festival-Intercom Certificate of Merit
DISCOVERY CHANNEL, Discover Science: The Dark Side of Venus (1996, AP/Production Manager)
WBZ-TV / Tarragon Interactive, 100th Boston Marathon web site (1996, Writer/Researcher)
PBS, Taking on the Kennedys (1996, Transcriber)
PBS, Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt (1996, Transcriber)
NOVA / WGBH, Lightning! (1995, Production Assistant)
NOVA / WGBH, Can Buildings Make You Sick? (1995, Production Assistant)
PBS, Arguing the World (1995, Production Assistant)
TRAVEL CHANNEL, Mysterious Places series (1993, Writer/Researcher/Production Coordinator)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (1993-94, Senior Editor/Writer). Wrote and edited 120 documentary film scripts.
STILL PHOTO CREDITS
TEVA NEUROSCIENCE, Proud Hands of Parkinson’s Disease book, 2007
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Global Health Event, 2006
Beit Sefer Religious School, Boulder, CO, Catalog Cover, 2006
Brandeis Review, p.36, winter, 2000
WGBH/NOVA, Roman Baths video dust jacket, 2000
Siemens, Sunscape Solar Energy Journal, vol. 6, no.1, p.2, 1999
Audubon Magazine, National Audubon Society, Dec. 1997
United Nations Environment Programme, Global Water Policy Project, cover, 1997
WRITING CREDITS
“A Vast Difference” in The Best Travel Writing 2009 © Travelers’ Tales, 2009
“Icebergs” in In the Eye © Thunder Rain Press, 2007
Excerpt from "Food of the Gods" in The World Is a Kitchen © Travelers’ Tales, 2006
“Every Body Needs Milk” in The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2006 © Travelers’ Tales, 2006
“Every Body Needs Milk” *Winner, Moondance International Film Festival Short Story Award, 2005
“It’s About Time” *Semi-Finalist, Moondance Film Festival Short Story Award, 2005
New Millennium Writings Award, Honorable Mention, 2005 and 2004
“Icebergs” ©The King’s English, www.thekingsenglish.org, April 2005
“Cause for Alarm” in The Best Travel Writing 2005 © Travelers’ Tales, 2005
“Cause for Alarm” *Winner, Moondance International Film Festival Short Story Award, 2004
“The Secret Life of Coral” © Nights Publications, 2002
Excerpt from "Food of the Gods" in Her Fork in the Road © Travelers’ Tales, 2001
Siemens Sunscape Solar Energy Journal, vol. 6, no.1, p.2, 1999
Editor, Granger's Index to Poetry, 9th ed., 2082 pp. © Columbia University Press, 1990
Assistant Editor, Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 1400 pp. © Birkhäuser Boston, 1988
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
COLORADO FILM SCHOOL, Documentary Film Production, Guest Instructor, Spring 2005
BOULDER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Workshop Presenter on Documentary Filmmaking, Feb 2005
MOONDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, Workshop Presenter on Documentary Filmmaking for Broadcast, May 2004
University of colorado, boulder, CO, Guest Panelist on Documentary Filmmaking, Apr 2003 and Feb 2004
BOULDER BOOKSTORE, Panelist on Travel Writing, Oct 2003
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Expository Writing Instructor, 2000-2002
Emerson College, Boston, MA, Guest Lecturer on Documentary Filmmaking, Apr 2002
Harvard University, Center for Business & Government, Organized 2-day conference and wrote 80-page report on Corporate Responsibility, May 2001
Berkeley School of Journalism, Berkeley, CA, Guest Lecturer on Documentary Filmmaking, Apr 2000
Jackson Hole Film Festival, Panelist on the making of NOVA’s “Roman Bath,” Oct1999
Young Scholars Institute, Trenton, NJ, Creative Writing Instructor, 1992-93
Princeton University, "The Athenian Trireme: Past and Present," a multimedia presentation combining historical, textual, archaeological evidence, and a first-hand rowing account,1990
Columbia University, New York, NY, Latin Instructor (language and literature), 1987-88
Inlingua, Helsinki, Finland, English Instructor (language), 1984-85
Miami University, Oxford, OH, German Instructor (language), 1980-81
ET CETERA
Mac, Quicken, Excel, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, Dreamweaver user • triathlete • painter • certified yoga teacher • scuba diver • tournament Scrabble player
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