Betsy A. McLane

Betsy McLane is the author of the book A NEW HISTORY OF DOCUMENTARY FILM: SECOND EDITION. She served as the Project Director for The American Documentary Showcase, a cooperative project of the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State. For eight years Dr. McLane was the Executive Director the International Documentary Association. She holds an MA and Ph.D. from the University Of Southern California School Of Cinematic Arts, and a BA in Cinema and Photography from Ithaca College. She has taught many areas of film and television studies at The University of Vermont, Loyola Marymount, U.C. San Bernadino Palm Desert Campus, National University and The University of Southern California. Dr. McLane has served on festival juries including Its All True (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Sundance, The Dallas Video Festival, and The IDA Awards among others. She is the Chair of the IDA/Pare Lorentz Award Panel, a Board Member of Living Earth Television, The LA Harbor International Film Festival. She writes regularly about cinema, most recently contributing " 21st Century American Political Documentary" to the ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO FILM AND POLITICS. Source: amazon.com