Helen De Michiel (born November 28, 1953) is an American director, producer, media arts advocate, strategist and author whose work includes film, television, multimedia installation and digital transmedia.
As a producer, director and writer, her work includes the dramatic feature film Tarantella (1995, starring Mira Sorvino)[1] that toured festivals worldwide and was broadcast nationally on the public television series Independent Lens in 1997.
Her documentary: Turn Here Sweet Corn (1990) was broadcast on the PBS series POV in 1993 and continues to be in educational distribution for environmental organizers.
[2] As artist-in-residence, she has created participatory media installations, including The Listening Project (1994) for the Walker Art Center[3] and Paying Attention (2003) for the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
[9] An earlier video essay, Consider Anything, Only Don’t Cry (1988) received the "Best New Vision" Golden Gate Award at the 1989 San Francisco International Film Festival.