Barbara Bird

Podcast: Documentary/Holocaust Remembrance from "Take Note" on WPSU-FM

Barbara Bird is a documentary filmmaker concerned with issues of social justice and political consciousness-raising. Her work ("Handmaidens," 1995, and "Album," 2002) has been recognized and juried in prominent festivals such as The Women in the Director's Chair International Film Festival and The American Film Institute National Video Festival in Los Angeles.

She teaches courses in beginning film/video making, screenwriting, documentary production, and directs study abroad programs for the College.

In 2007, she earned the Deans' Excellence Award for Service.

Film/Videography
"Album" (2002)
-- Best Documentary: Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, Ill., February, 2003.
-- Best Documentary, second place, Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, Palm Springs, Calif., August, 2002.
"Playhouse" (1999)
-- Second Place, Festival International de Linguagem Ektronica (FILE) Brazil, August 2000.
"Handmaidens" (1995)
-- First place current events, Silver State Documentary Festival, 1995.
-- Bronze Apple National Educational Media Awards, 1996.
"Change of Life" (1992)
-- Honorable Mention, Melbourne Super 8 Film Group Inc. Beyond the Rage, curated screening, Melbourne, Australia, November 14, 2000.

PSU Student Collaboration Projects
"Vasa Previa: Avoidable Tragedy" (2003)
"Live Transmission" (2002)
-- Best Documentary Short, Blackpoint Film Festival, Lake Geneva, Wis., 2002.
"Self Taught" (1999)
-- Award of Distinction Winner, University Film and Video Association, Colorado Springs, Colo, August 2000.
"The Risk is Real" (1999)
-- Video project sponsored by and placed in Pennsylvania Public Health clinics throughout State