Academy Award nominated and Emmy-winning director Connie Field has made several high-profile documentaries that have been shown all over the world. Her work has been broadcast in over 30 countries, as well as BBC World, and in the US on Independent Lens and The American Experience. She is the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim grant, as well as numerous grants from the Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities (and Arts), and the MacArthur Foundation. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences, as well as the Television Academy.