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Draft:Blair Doroshwalther

Blair Doroshwalther
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Filmmaker
  • social worker
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (2016)

Blair Doroshwalther, also known as Blair Dorosh-Walther, is an American documentary director and producer. A 2016 Guggenheim Fellow, they[a] directed Out in the Night (2014) and produced After Sherman (2022). They also have another career in social work, serving as director of the Urban Resource Institute Economic Empowerment Program since 2021.

Life and career

Doroshwalther attended New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where they were part of the spring 2003 documentary film program, won the Adam Balsano Award at NYU TIsch's First Run Film Festival, received a nomination for the Director’s Guild of America East Coast Female Student Filmmaker Award, and obtained her BFA in Film and Television in 2004.[8][2]

Doroshwalther directed and produced the 2014 documentary Out in the Night.[9] Focusing on the 2006 Greenwich Village assault case, it was Doroshwalther's directorial debut.[10] It premiered at the 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival,[11] and it won several awards including Best Documentary Feature Film at 2014 ImageOut[12] and Best Documentary Award at 2015 Perlen – Queer Film Festival Hannover,[13] as well as a selection for the United Nations Free & Equal Global Film Series.[10] It aired on the PBS series POV on June 22, 2015.[1] Diane Anderson-Minshall of The Advocate said that "thanks to blair dorosh-walther's skills, there's a lot for a cinephile to love about Out in the Night".[1]

In 2016, Doroshwalther was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Film and Video.[2] They later began development on a second film, Inherently Unequal, based on the Lawrence Goldstone's book of the same name.[2] They were one of the producers for the 2022 film After Sherman.[14]

Doroshwalther are a member of the New Day Films cooperative.[3]

In the 2000s, Doroshwalther began working in adult care in order to support their career. They received their Master of Social Work degree from Fordham University in 2021.[15][16] As a social worker, Doroshwalther co-authored the report Reinvesting in Economic Justice, Equity and Solidarity for Survivors in New York City.[17] In 2024, they became director of Urban Resource Institute Economic Empowerment Program,[7] and they and two other URI executives wrote an op-ed to City Limits in support of survivors of financial abuse.[18] They have also been quoted in several news articles on financial abuse in her capacity as a social worker.[19][20][21][22]

Doroshwalther is gender non-conforming and,[1] as of 2016, lived in Newburgh, New York.[2]

Filmography

Year Work Note Ref
2014 Out in the Night[11][10][23] Director and producer [9]
2022 After Sherman Producer [14]

Notes

  1. ^ Although Doroshwalther preferred he/him and she/her pronouns as of 2015,[1] with several sources inconsistently using either,[2][3][4][5][6] by 2024 Doroshwalther preferred they/them and he/him pronouns, with the former being used consistently throughout an Urban Resource Institute press release announcing Doroshwalther's appointment as director of the Economic Empowerment Program.[7] This article uses they/them pronouns for consistency.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Anderson-Minshall, Diane (June 22, 2015). "Black Is the New Black, or Why You Should Watch This Riveting Lesbian Documentary". The Advocate. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e "blair dorosh-walther". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  3. ^ a b "blair dorosh-walther". New Day Films. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  4. ^ "blair dorosh-walther". Rocky Mountain Women's Film. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  5. ^ "blair dorosh-walther". Tribeca Film Institute. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  6. ^ "Blair Doroshwalther". Film Independent. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Urban Resource Institute Appoints Blair Doroshwalther as Economic Empowerment Program Director". Urban Resource Institute. April 15, 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  8. ^ Lardaro, Mariangela (June 8, 2015). "Out in the Night to Kickoff POV on PBS". NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Out in the Night". ITVS. Archived from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  10. ^ a b c Brune, A. M. (April 27, 2015). "Out in the Night: New York City's racism and anti-gay bias plays out on screen". The Guardian. Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  11. ^ a b "'Out in the Night': LAFF Review". The Hollywood Reporter. June 19, 2014. Archived from the original on February 21, 2024. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  12. ^ "Audience Awards". ImageOut. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  13. ^ "Audience Award". Perlen – Queer Film Festival Hannover. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  14. ^ a b "About 1". After Sherman. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  15. ^ "After Sherman". International Documentary Association. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  16. ^ "Fordham University Commencement 2021" (PDF). Fordham University. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  17. ^ Reinvesting in Economic Justice, Equity and Solidarity for Survivors in New York City (PDF) (Report). Center for Survivor Agency & Justice. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  18. ^ Fields, Nathaniel; Doroshwalther, Blair; Inzunza, Teal (April 25, 2024). "Opinion: 50 Years Later, Economic Abuse Survivors Are Still Living Like It's 1974". City Limits. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  19. ^ Belanger, Ashley (November 26, 2021). "Netflix's Maid Shows Just How Insidious Financial Abuse Can Be". Teen Vogue. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  20. ^ Broadwater, Ashley (August 30, 2022). "Cell Phone Carriers Are Putting Domestic Abuse Survivors At Risk. Here's What You Should Know". Huffington Post. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  21. ^ Dzhanova, Yelena. "Survivors of domestic violence call on the IRS to recognize financial abuse and help them combat it". Business Insider. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  22. ^ Phoenix, Kaitlyn (June 28, 2024). "What Is Financial Abuse? 6 Red Flags Your Partner Is Using Money to Control You". Good Housekeeping. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  23. ^ "How Do Gay Black Women Fare in the Criminal Justice System? Find Out When PBS' POV Series Kicks Off a New Season in June". Shadow and Act. May 12, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

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