Sarah Elder is an award winning documentary film director whose work
focuses on the practices of filming across cultural and social boundaries. She
came to UB in 1989 as Associate Professor ( from 1991 Professor) of Documentary
Film and in this role teaches courses in non-fiction critical studies, documentary
production, experimental documentary, theory and practice of editing, ethnographic
film and video, media ethics and story telling.
Professor Elder’s films have won three consecutive First Prizes at the
American Film Festival, three First Prize Bronze Eagles at the Santa Fe Native
Americas International Exposition, a Third Prize from the IX International Festival
of Ethnographic Films (Italy) and three USA Golden Eagles – among others.
In addition she publishes regularly on issues surrounding documentary theory
and production.
