Biography
Deborah Shaffer has a 50-year career as a documentary filmmaker. She began making films in 1970s as a member of the Newsreel Collective, where she collaborated on the short film Make-Out. In 1972 she co-directed and co-produced the short How About You?, and in 1976 Chris and Bernie. Shaffer co-produced and co-directed her first feature documentary, The Wobblies, an oral and archival history of the Industrial Workers of the World in 1979, which premiered at the New York Film Festival and was inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2021.
Filmography
Cast Credits
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Crew
Crew Credits
Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2019
Thunder in Guyana
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2003
Enemies of War
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2001
Stephen King's Golden Tales
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1993
Cocolos y Rockeros
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1992
Dance of Hope
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1989
POV
Role: Director
TV • 1988
Fire from the Mountain
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1987
Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1985
Tales from the Darkside
Role: Editor
TV • 1984
El Salvador: Another Vietnam
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1981
El Salvador: The People Will Win
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1980
The Wobblies
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1979
The Wobblies
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1979
Chuquiago
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1977
Wildcat
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1977
Chris and Bernie
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1975
Chris and Bernie
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1975
Chris and Bernie
Role: Sound
MOVIE • 1975
Make Out
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1970