Jan Krawitz

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  Name:
  Jan Krawitz
  
  Title:
  Professor / Director, M.F.A. Program in Documentary Film and Video
  
  Department:
  Art & Art History
  
  Department Member:
  Yes
  
  Areas of Specialization:
  Documentary film and video
  
  Email:
  krawitz@stanford.edu
  
  Primary Phone:
  650-723-0704
  
  Office Number (physical):
  Building 120 (McClatchy Hall), Room 326
  
  Office Hours:
  T 12:30-2:00
  
  Research Areas:
  
  subjects of films:
  
  dwarfism (Big Enough and Little People)
  
  women and body image (Mirror Mirror)
  
  drive-in movie theaters (Drive-In Blues)
  
  socialization of women (In Harm's Way)
  
  Short Bio:
  
  Jan Krawitz has been teaching at Stanford since 1988 and making documentary films for 30 years. Her work has been exhibited and awarded at film festivals including Sundance, the New York Film Festival, Full Frame, Silverdocs, Nyon, Edinburgh, Margaret Mead, London, and Sydney. Films in distribution include Big Enough, In Harm’s Way, Mirror Mirror, Drive-In Blues, Little People, Cotton Candy and Elephant Stuff, Afterimage, and Styx. Five of her documentaries have been broadcast on national PBS, two on P.O.V. and one on Independent Lens. Little People was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category of "Outstanding Individual Documentary and was the subject of a story on NPR's "All Things Considered." Excerpts from her work have been shown on ABC Nightline, Good Morning America, 20/20, and McNeil/ Lehrer.
  
  Additional Information/ Links:
  
  http://www.stanford.edu/~krawitz
  
  http://gender.stanford.edu/news/2012/looking-mirror
  
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