Jan Krawitz has been dedicated to independently producing documentary films for an impressive thirty years. Her extensive body of work has been showcased and recognized at numerous prestigious film festivals across the United States and abroad, including the Sundance, Nyons, Edinburgh, Margaret Mead, London, Sydney, Full Frame, South by Southwest, Ann Arbor, and the New York Film Festival.
Her films in distribution have included a diverse range of titles such as Big Enough, In Harm's Way, Mirror Mirror, Drive-In Blues, Little People, Cotton Candy and Elephant Stuff, and Styx. Notably, Big Enough and Mirror Mirror were broadcast nationally on the PBS series "P.O.V.", while In Harm's Way was broadcast on the national PBS series "Independent Lens". Additionally, Little People and Drive-In Blues were broadcast on both PBS and the Discovery Channel.
Jan Krawitz's work has received widespread recognition, with Little People being nominated for an Emmy Award in the category of "Outstanding Individual Documentary". Her documentary was also the subject of a story on NPR's "All Things Considered". Excerpts from her films have been featured on ABC Nightline, Good Morning America, and 20/20.
Krawitz joined the Department of Communication at Stanford University in 1988, after teaching film production and film studies for eight years at the University of Texas at Austin. In 2006, she moved to the Department of Art and Art History at Stanford to teach in the Film and Media Studies program. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University and a Master of Fine Arts in film from Temple University.
Throughout her career, Krawitz has received Teaching Excellence Awards at both U.T. and Stanford. She has also had the honor of having one-woman retrospectives of her films at various esteemed venues, including the Portland Art Museum, Hood Museum of Art, Rice Media Center, the Austin Film Society, and the Ann Arbor Film Festival.
During the 1986-87 academic year, Krawitz was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.
