Aerlyn Weissman worked on Janis Cole and Holly Dale's P4W: Prison for Women, and Hookers on Davie.
14 Facts About Aerlyn Weissman
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Aerlyn Weissman directed the film Without Fear, about women surviving violence.
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Since 2001 Aerlyn Weissman has directed for the TV documentary series KinK, as well as making WebCam Girls.
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Aerlyn Weissman is best known for the Genie Award-winning 1992 film Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives, which she co-directed with Lynne Fernie, and the 2002 film Little Sister's vs Big Brother, about the longstanding censorship battle between Canada Customs and Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium, a prominent LGBT bookstore in Vancouver.
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Aerlyn Weissman has participated in many panels and academic symposiums about filmmaking, and offers workshops at VIVO, a Vancouver Media Arts Centre.
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Aerlyn Weissman is a member of the Canadian Independent Film Caucus, and Vancouver Women in Film and Television, and received the award for Woman of the Year in 1996.
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Alongside documentary making, Aerlyn Weissman has worked on digital media projects including interactive signage for Sky Train commuters of InTransit BC, creating a template for heritage tourism in BC with The Saturna Project, and sustainable strategies for the fishing industry with the UBC Fisheries Project.
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Aerlyn Weissman is interviewed in Matthew Hays' 2007 Lambda Literary Award-winning book The View from Here: Conversations with Gay and Lesbian Filmmakers.
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Aerlyn Weissman's work has covered topics ranging from forensic archaeology, digital technologies, censorship, and social software.
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Aerlyn Weissman was born in Chicago and moved to Canada in 1970.
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Aerlyn Weissman won the Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary in 1993 for Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives.
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Aerlyn Weissman received the Vancouver Women in Film and Television award for Woman of the Year in 1996.
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Aerlyn Weissman has received two Gemini Awards for her recording excellence.
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Aerlyn Weissman was awarded the Mayor's Arts Award for Film and New Media in 2009 by the City of Vancouver.