Person
Annalise Ophelian
Directing · United States
Biography
Annalise Ophelian is a documentary film maker, psychotherapist, and consultant based in San Francisco. Her work focuses on decolonizing the documentary film making process by centering participants as key collaborators in the storytelling process, and her work is informed by the principles of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, a psychological qualitative research method which seeks to explore how individuals create meaning and understanding of their own experiences. She is interested in stories of racial and gender justice, and how targeted communities use resilience as a form of resistance.
Known for
HANDMEDOWN
Self
The Center of the World
Other
MAJOR!
Director
Diagnosing Difference
Director
Looking for Leia
Self - Narrator (voice)
SEEK/AFTER
Cinematography
Filmography
- 2026HANDMEDOWNSelf
- 2021SEEK/AFTERCinematography
- 2019Looking for LeiaSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2015MAJOR!Director
- 2009Diagnosing DifferenceDirector
- 2001The Center of the WorldOther
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