Jill Godmilow
Professor
Department of Film, Television & Theatre
Degrees
B.A., University of Wisconsin
Research Profile
Jill Godmilow's substantial reputation as a film director began in 1974 with Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman, the first independently produced American documentary to enjoy extensive theatrical exhibition in the US, broadcast in 11 countries, an Academy Award nomination and the NY Film Critics "Best Documentary" award. Her 1984 Far From Poland, on the Polish Solidarity movement, broke new ground in the documentary genre with its deconstructive approach and fact/fiction juxtapositions. Her feminist "fiction", Waiting for the Moon, about Gertrude Stein, won 1st prize at Sundance and enjoyed extensive theatrical distribution. What Farocki Taught, 1998, contains a perfect replica of Harun Farocki's astute 1969 black and white German film, Inextinguishable Fire, about the production of Napalm B by Dow Chemical. In 2001 she released a three disc DVD, Lear’87 Archive (Condensed) on the work of the renown theatrical collective, Mabou Mines, in rehearsals on a gender-reversed production of “King Lear”. She is currently working on a film about the appearance and use of animals in the cinema.
Contact Information
301
O'Shaughnessy Hall
631-7167
jgodmilo@nd.edu
http://www.nd.edu/~jgodmilo/
