Irene Taylor Brodsky

Irene Taylor Brodsky is an Oscar-nominated, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker whose documentaries have shown theatrically, at film festivals, and on television worldwide. Her recent credits include One Last Hug (Emmy Award, Best Children's Program, 2014), Saving Pelican 895 (Emmy Award, Music and Sound, 2012), The Final Inch (Academy Award nominee, documentary short, 2009), and Hear and Now (Peabody Award, 2008; Audience Award, Sundance Film Festival, 2007). Brodsky began her career documenting the lives of the disabled in the Himalayas with her 1993 photography book, Buddhas in Disguise, and her first film, Ishara. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Mill Valley Film Festival