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Filmmaker Bio: Lyn Goldfarb

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Lyn Goldfarb is an Oscar-nominated and award-winning independent documentary filmmaker with 20 documentaries broadcast on PBS.

Her feature documentaries include: "Bridging the Divide: Tom Bradley and the Politics of Race;" "The New Los Angeles;" "Danger: Kids at Work;" and the Oscar-nominated "With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women’s Emergency Brigade." She produced the PBS series: "The Roman Empire in the First Century," "Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire," and "California and the American Dream," and directed documentaries for the PBS series: "The Great Depression," "The Great War" and "People in Motion." Her short documentaries include: "Eddy’s World;" "Memorial Day Massacre: Workers Die, Film Buried;" "The First Attack Ads: Hollywood vs. Upton Sinclair;" "L.A. Working/Trabajamos Los Angeles" (for the Los Angeles exhibit at the Guadalajara International Book Fair); and "Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons From Sinai for the J. Paul Getty Museum."

Lyn Goldfarb is a member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; Directors Guild of America; Writers Guild of America; and the International Documentary Association.

In addition to her work as a filmmaker, Goldfarb is the creative producer for Pando Days, an environmental nonprofit working with colleges and universities in Southern California; and serves as a Los Angeles County Commissioner for the Personal Assistance Services Council.


"Eddy's World" was directed by Lyn Goldfarb; produced by Lyn Goldfarb, Jannat Gargi and Daniel Zimbaldi; Executive Producer, Nancy Blachman; edited by Seana Carroll; cinematography by Scott B.; composer, Miriam Cutler; motion graphics by Randy Kubaszak. Underwriting provided by The Lemelson Foundation.

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