Marcia Jarmel is a director, producer, and long-standing member of the Bay Area documentary community. [1] She was born and raised in suburban New Jersey and attended high school and college in Boulder, Colorado, where she studied journalism. She learned filmmaking through hands-on experience working on others people's projects. [2] She moved to the Bay Area in 1988 and six years later, co-founded the San Francisco-based production company, PatchWorks Films, with husband-collaborator Ken Schneider. She has directed, produced, and managed impact for their films ever since. [1]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Berkeley in the Sixties (documentary) | Assistant producer [3] |
| 1997 | The Return of Sarah's Daughters (documentary) | Director, screenwriter, producer [4] [5] |
| 2000 | Born in the U.S.A. (documentary) | Director, producer [6] |
| 2009 | Speaking in Tongues (documentary) | Director, producer [7] |
| 2013 | 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus (documentary) | Consulting producer |
| 2013 | Open the Classroom Door (documentary short) | Director |
| 2014 | Havana Curveball (documentary) | Director, producer [8] |
| 2016 | The Wheel of Life (documentary short) | Director, producer [9] |
| 2019 | It's Only Rock n' Roll (documentary short) | Director, producer [10] |
| 2021 | What You'll Remember (documentary short) | Producer [11] |
| 2021 | Los Hermanos/The Brothers (documentary) | Director, producer [12] |
Marcia Jarmel has been honored with residencies with BAVC Media Maker, [13] Working Films, [14] SFFilmm, [15] and Kopkind Colony. [16] Her films have broadcast on PBS and won numerous awards in the festival circuit. She most recently co-directed and co-produced, Los Hermanos/The Brothers, which won Best Documentary at the WoodStock Film Festival and was nominated for an Imagen Award. [17] [18] [19]