Jennifer Abbott

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Jennifer Abbott born c 1965 is a Canadian director cinematographer and editor best known as a documentary maker Her first feature documentary A Cow at My Table 1998 explores contemporary Western attitudes to livestock and meat production More recently she served as codirector and editor of the widely acclaimed documentary The Corporation 2003 which critically examines large corporations in the modern world That film won numerous international film awards including a Genie for best documentary an audience award from the Sundance Film Festival and a Top Ten Films of the Year designation from the Toronto International Film Festival Her previous work includes the experimental short Skinned and as editor for Two Brides and a Scalpel Diary of a Lesbian Marriage 1999 She is also the editor of the book Making Video In The Contested Ground of Alternative Video on the West Coast She has taught at the Emily Carr Institute of Art amp Design in Vancouver She lives on Galiano Island in British Columbia Canada Description above from the Wikipedia article Jennifer Abbott licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia