Documentary Filmmaker
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Liz Nord is a documentary filmmaker who has produced and shown work in Europe, the Middle East and throughout North America. In 2009, she shot a short documentary on-location in Haiti for musician Wyclef Jean’s charitable organization, <a href="http://www.yele.org/" target="_top">Yele Haiti</a>. In 2008, she ran MTV's <a href="http://www.streetteam08.com/" target="_top">Street Team '08</a>—an Emmy Award-winning project wherein 51 state-based citizen journalists covered the 2008 presidential elections from a youth perspective, across all media platforms: web, mobile, broadcast and virtual. This effort contributed to the most influential youth vote in U.S. history. </font> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">In 2006, she toured the world with her critically acclaimed film about rebellious young Israelis, “<a href="http://www.jerichosecho.com/" target="_top">Jericho’s Echo: Punk Rock in the Holy Land</a>”. When she’s not gallivanting around the globe with film projects, she is a <a href="http://www.liznord.com/mediaed.html" target="_top">media educator</a>, <a href="http://www.liznord.com/articles.html">lecturer</a>, and <a href="http://www.liznord.com/articles.html">columnist</a>. Liz moved to New York from the San Francisco Bay Area, where she ran an <a href="http://www.tiltmedia.org/" target="_top">organization </a>teaching filmmaking skills and media literacy to underserved youth. She also served on the Board of Directors of the Bay Area Women in Film and TV.</font></p>