Biography

Kathryn Ramey is a filmmaker and anthropologist whose work operates at the intersection of experimental film processes and ethnographic research. Her award winning and strongly personal films are characterized by manipulation of the celluloid including hand-processing, optical printing and various direct animation techniques. Her scholarly interest is focused on the social history of the avant-garde film community, the anthropology of visual communication and the intersection between avant-garde and ethnographic film and art practices. Her films have screened at festivals and other venues including the Toronto Film Festival, the TriBeCa film festival, 25fps Experimental Film Festival, Jihlava Documentary Film Festival, Alchemy Film Festival, Cinepoesia/Bogota Experimental Film Festival and the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington DC.