Tonya Stadelmann

Bio

MFA in Media Arts Production (SUNY Buffalo, 2015), BA in Film & TV (Australian Film, Television & Radio School, Sydney, 1997). Before joining William & Mary, she taught film production and cinema studies at SUNY Buffalo and Point Park University in Pittsburgh. Teaching interests include the history, theory and practice of documentary cinema and photography, experimental documentary, ecocinema, cinema as therapy, sound in documentary, archival storytelling, cinematography, and editing.

Tanya is a Swiss-Australian documentary filmmaker and digital media artist with over 25 years of experience. Her films have been broadcast on public television and have screened at film festivals, conferences and galleries in Europe, Australia, and the U.S. Tanya’s work combines photography with archival footage, interviews, writing, soundscapes, experimental video, music videos and poetic documentaries. Inspired by the lived experience, topics in her documentary work focus on the human side of environmental issues, such as the healing powers of nature and the slow violence of chemical pollution.

Tanya enjoys collaborations with other artists and scientists and has received several fellowships for interdisciplinary documentary projects. Her recent award-winning documentary: ‘Nurture with Nature, A Story of Ecotherapy’, a collaboration with Dorothy Ibes from the ENSP Program, was funded by a Reveley Interdisciplinary Fellowship. More about Professor Stadelmann and her work can be found at her website http://www.tanyastadelmann.com/