LYN GOLDFARB
Documentaries
Director, Producer
EDDY’S WORLD
www. NewYorker.com
2023 national PBS broadcast.
Director, Writer, Producer
BRIDGING THE DIVIDE: TOM BRADLEY and the POLITICS of RACE,
narrated by Alfre Woodard.
OUR L.A., World Premiere at Los Angeles Film Festival 2015
2016 national PBS broadcast.
Director, Writer, Producer
TOM BRADLEY’S IMPOSSIBLE DREAM, narrated by Shari Belafonte
OUR L.A., Educational video & teachers guide, 2014.
Production Coordinator
LOCAL VOICES political ad campaign for President Obama. Winner of Reed Award for Best Presidential Campaign, 2012.
Director, Producer
THE NEW LOS ANGELES
CALIFORNIA AND THE AMERICAN DREAM Series, narrated by Linda Hunt.
Funding: CPB, PBS, Ford Foundation, ITVS, Skirball Foundation, NAPT, LPB, CAAM, CCH.
National Primetime PBS Broadcast, 2006.
Series Producer
CALIFORNIA AND THE AMERICAN DREAM Series (4 hours), narrated by Linda Hunt. Beyond the Dream LLC.
Funding: CPB, PBS, Ford Foundation, ITVS, Skirball Foundation, NAPT, LPB, CAAM, CCH.
National Primetime PBS broadcast, 2006.
Executive Producer, Director, Producer, Writer
JAPAN: MEMOIRS OF A SECRET EMPIRE (3 hours), narrated by Richard Chamberlain. Devillier Donegan Enterprises and PBS.
National Primetime PBS Broadcast, 2004.
Executive Producer, Director, Producer
THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE FIRST CENTURY (4 hours), narrated by Sigourney Weaver. Devillier Donegan Enterprises and PBS.
National Primetime PBS Broadcast, 2001.
Producer
SEARCHING FOR SAN DIEGO: SAN YSIDRO.
KPBS. Primetime Broadcast, 1997.
Executive Producer, Director
BUSINESS COMMUNICATION: TOOLS FOR LEADERSHIP (12 hours)
QUISIC. Distance Learning Series. Broadcast on PBS and cable, 1997.
Director, Producer, Writer
TOTAL WAR, narrated by Salome Jens. THE GREAT WAR: AND THE SHAPING OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Series. KCET AND BBC, 1995.
National Primetime PBS Broadcast, 1996.
Director, Producer, Writer
WITHOUT BARRIERS OR BORDERS, hosted by Marlee Matlin.
WNET. PEOPLE IN MOTION Innovation Series.
National Primetime PBS Broadcast, 1996.
Director, Producer, Writer
WAYS TO MOVE, hosted by Itzhak Perlman. WNET. PEOPLE IN MOTION II Innovation Series.
National Primetime PBS Broadcast, 1995.
Producer, Director
DISABLED AND THE COST OF SAYING I DO LIFE AND TIMES Series.
KCET. Primetime Broadcast, 1994.
Director, Producer, Writer
WE HAVE A PLAN, narrated by Joe Morton. THE GREAT DEPRESSION Series.
Blackside Inc. National Primetime PBS Broadcast, 1993.
Senior Producer, Director
DANGER: KIDS AT WORK, hosted by Amy Irving VU Productions.
Lifetime Television National Primetime Broadcast, 1991.
Producer
A TASTE OF FREEDOM
Lightmotive Inc., 1990. TNT National Primetime Broadcast, 1991.
Producer
PRESCRIPTION FOR CHANGE
INDEPENDENT FOCUS Series. PBS Broadcast, 1987.
Director, Producer, Writer
WHAT IN THE WORLD IS A DOLLAR WORTH? ECONOMICS USA Series.
Funded by Annenberg/CPB. PBS Broadcast 1985.
Producer, Historian
WITH BABIES AND BANNERS: STORY OF THE WOMEN’S EMERGENCY BRIGADE.
Academy Award nomination. Theatrical release. International theatrical and television broadcast.
National Primetime PBS Broadcast, 1981.
Field Producer
NEW ATTITUDES Nightly Magazine Show LMNO Productions. Lifetime Television National Broadcast, 1997.
Field Producer
VICTORY & VALOR: SPECIAL OLYMPICS WORLD GAMES
ABC Television Special. National Primetime Broadcast, 1991.
Script Supervisor, Moscow
DOUBLE EXPOSURE: THE MARGARET-BOURKE WHITE STORY
A Lawrence Schiller Production. National TNT Broadcast 1989.
Segment Producer, Moscow
UFO COVER-UP: Live, hosted by Mike Farrell. A Michael Seligman Production. LBS Communications. Broadcast 1988.
Public Media, Museums and Interactive Productions
Director, Producer
MUSEUMS WITHOUT BORDERS
Produced for American Association of Museums, Los Angeles Annual Meeting & Museum Expo 2010
Director, Producer
L.A. WORKING/TRABAJAMOS LOS ANGELES
GUADALAJARA INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR, Guadalajara, Mexico
Funded by L.A. Department of Cultural Affairs and National Endowment of the Arts, 2009.
Writer, Director
STANFORD UNIVERSITY Challenge Campaign Documentaries, 2012, 2008.
Producer
PUBLIC BROADCASTING IN PUBLIC PLACES: Interactive kiosk project.
Funded by the CPB, featured in museums, universities and public spaces throughout California. 2007.
Producer, Writer
HOLY IMAGE, HALLOWED GROUND: ICONS FROM SINAI
J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM, Los Angeles. Film featured as part of Major Exhibit ICONS FROM SINAI
Created and Produced 60,000 DVDs to promote Exhibition, 2006.
Writer, Director
STANFORD UNIVERSITY Campaign for Undergraduate Education Fundraising Campaign Documentary, 2001.
Executive/Teaching Positions
Guest Lecturer
“Unintended Martyrs” (3 sessions), Art Center College of Design, 2012.
Film Envoy
American Film Showcase, Bujumbura, Burundi, 2012.
Instructor
Documentary Film Production Workshop (4 weeks), American Center, U.S. Embassy, Yangon, Myanmar, 2010.
Faculty
Fundamentals of Cinema Techniques, School of Cinematic Arts, USC, 2005.
Mentor
Otis College of the Arts, 2006, 2005.
Festival Director, Glasnost Film Festival (17 films)
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, 1989.
Assistant Education Director, Service Employees International Union
Washington D.C., 1980 – 1983.
Acting Director, Program on Women and Work
University of Michigan/Wayne State University, 1977 – 1978.
Instructor
University Studies, Weekend College. Wayne State University, 1979.
Film Festival/Grants Judging
Judge:California Council for the Humanities, 2010; International Documentary Association, 2009; Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, 2009; Directors Guild of America Documentary Awards, 2005; Writers Guild of America Documentary Awards 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005, 2004; National Endowment for the Humanities, 2004; National Foundation for Jewish Culture Documentary Fund, 2000, 1999; duPont-Columbia Awards 1998, 1996, 1995; Chair of Jury, International Documentary Association Short Films, 1998.
Panelist/Guest Lecturer
Panelist: “Websites and Social Networking for Documentaries” NALIP Annual Conference, 2010.
Panelist: “Media and Civic Engagement: A Case Study of California and the American Dream,” Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media,
Council on Foundations Conference, 2007.
Panelist: “Reaching Your Core Audiences” NALIP Annual Conference, 2007.
Panelist: “Re-enacting the Past: Innovating History” Realscreen Summit, 2006.
Panelist: “Desperately Seeking Women” World Congress of History Producers, 2004.
Guest Lecturer at colleges, universities and academic conferences including: USC, UCLA, Yale University, University of New Hampshire, Wayne State University, Cornell University, University of Wisconsin, Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, Organization of American Historians, the Oral History Association Annual National Meeting. Subjects include: film, documentary film, oral history, American social history, and women’s studies.
Education
Fellow, Directing Workshop for Women, American Film Institute, Los Angeles, 1994.
M.A., Women’s Studies/History, The George Washington University, 1976.
B.A., History, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1972.
