Victoria Funari
Visiting Instructor in Independent College Programs
Biography
Education
B.F.A, New York University
Vicky Funari is a documentary filmmaker. She directed and edited the award-winning feature documentaries MAQUILÁPOLIS, Paulina, and Live Nude Girls Unite!. Her short films include skin•es•the•si•a and Alternative Conceptions. Her work has screened in many of the world's most respected film festivals, including Sundance, Locarno, Havana, Rotterdam and Tribeca; and her films have won numerous awards, including Grand Jury Prize and Audience Awards/San Francisco International Film Festival; Lifetime Television's Vision Award/Hamptons Film Festival; and Audience Award for Best Documentary/Women’s International Film Festival of Barcelona. Her films have aired nationally on PBS, Cinemax, and the Sundance Channel. She is a Guggenheim fellow and a MacDowell Colony fellow.