Tiffany Shlain is an American filmmaker and founder of the Webby Awards.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Technology 1.2 Filmmaking 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Technology

Shlain founded the Webby Awards in 1996 and the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences in 1998.^[1] In 2006, she co-founded The Moxie Institute with her husband, UC Berkeley professor, Ken Goldberg.^[2] From 2000 to 2003, Shlain made appearances on Good Morning America to discuss the Internet.^[2] Shlain has been recognized by Newsweek as "one of the women shaping the 21st century."^[3]

[edit] Filmmaking

A daughter of Dr. Leonard Shlain (1937-2009), Tiffany Shlain studied film theory at the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated as valedictorian in 1992. She later studied film production at New York University.^[2] Shlain's films include The Tribe and Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, which have been selected for inclusion at the Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival and Rotterdam Film Festival.^[2] The Tribe won Indiewire's Sundance Critics' Choice Award for 2006^[4] and in October 2007 was the most-downloaded short film on iTunes.^[5]

[edit] Filmography

• Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness (2003)
• The Tribe (2006)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Tiffany Shlain's homepage
• The Tribe website
• Tiffany Shlain at the Internet Movie Database
• Mixed Media: Tiffany Shlain on filmmaking, networking and the Webbys - San Francisco Chronicle
• Online discussion with Tiffany Shlain - Washington Post
• Chat Transcript: Internet Expert Tiffany Shlain - ABC News

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