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Vanessa Roth

Film Director / Screenwriter
Vanessa Roth is an American filmmaker who writes, produces and directs non-fiction films. She has won a number of awards for her films, including a 2008 Academy Award for Best Short Documentary for Freeheld; an Emmy Honors Award for Social Impact and a IDA Nomination for best doc series for her Netflix series, Daughters of Destiny; an Alfred I duPont-Columbia award for Taken In: The Lives of America's Foster Children; Impact Doc Awards for Outstanding Achievement in filmmaking for The Girl and The Picture; two Sundance Special Jury Prizes; two Cine Golden Eagles; two Casey Medals; and a MacArthur Grant. She directed Mary J. Blige's My Life (2021). Some of her films include Liberation Heroes: The Last Eyewitnesses, ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Music | History

Known for these Movies & Shows

Mary J. Blige set the music world on fire with her trailblazing 1994 LP "My Life." The singer, producer and actress reveals the demons and blessings that inspired the record and propelled her to inter ...

Mary J. Blige's My Life

Certification unknown

2021 | 3.3/5 | 1h 22min
Documentary, Music
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Five girls from India's most impoverished families attend a boarding school designed to create opportunities as they strive for a brighter future. ...

Daughters of Destiny

TV-PG

2017 | 3.7/5
Documentary
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Follow inspiring women living in communities marred by violence, poverty, trauma, discrimination, oppression and natural disasters, and yet, against all odds, dare to dream, stand out, speak up and le ...

National Geographic Presents: IMPACT with Gal Gadot

TV-14

2021- | 3.0/5 | 13min per episode
Documentary
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Awards & Nominations for Vanessa Roth

Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film
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Movies with Vanessa Roth as Actress(1)

as Hollywood Boulevard Girlfriend1994 Forrest Gump

Movies with Vanessa Roth as Crew(8)

Directing/Director2021 Mary J. Blige's My Life
Directing/Director2018 The Girl and The Picture
Directing/Director2015 The Texas Promise
Writing/Writer2015 The Texas Promise
Directing/Director2011 American Teacher
Production/Producer2011 American Teacher
Production/Producer2007 Freeheld
Directing/Director2006 The Third Monday in October

TV Shows/Series with Vanessa Roth as Crew(4)

Directing/Director2021 National Geographic Presents: IMPACT with Gal Gadot
Directing/Director2017 Daughters of Destiny
Production/Producer2017 Daughters of Destiny
Creator/Creator2017 Daughters of Destiny

Full Name: Vanessa Roth
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Columbia University, Columbia University School of Social Work
Vanessa Roth frequently works together with these people:
Gal Gadot (2x, Actress)
Alan Silvestri (2x, Crew)
Kevin Mangan (2x, Crew)
Debbie Denise (2x, Crew)
Andy Ryan (2x, Crew)
Steve Starkey (2x, Crew)
Hallie D'Amore (2x, Crew)
Charles Newirth (2x, Crew)
Jim Hanks (2x, Actor)
Daniel J. Gillooly (2x, Cast)
Cynthia Wade (2x, Crew)
Erik TIemens (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1142494, Added: 12/26/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024