Biography
Kami Chisholm is an independent filmmaker, video artist, media activist and curator. Chisholm has been making films for more than 20 years, since beginning her BA in Film Production and English from Loyola Marymount University. She also holds a PhD in History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and an MFA in Film Production from York University. Chisholm has made more than a dozen films that have screened at festivals, universities, and events worldwide, including “The Well” (Indiepix, 2015), “The Insomniacs” (Wolfe Video, 2008) and FtF: Female to Femme (Frameline Distribution, 2006). Chisholm is one of the co-founders of the Toronto Queer Film Festival and sits on the board of the Pleasure Dome collective. In the 2015-16 academic year, Chisholm was an Artist in Residence at Osgoode Law School at York University, where she began working on the feature documentary Citizen. Originally from the US, Chisholm is currently based in Toronto, Canada.