She wrote her PhD thesis about The Cruel Woman: Female Images in the Writing of Marquis de Sade and Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.

That same year she founded Hyena Filmproduktion together with Elfi Mikesch, and began producing, writing, and directing independent feature films.

[7] Zona Norte revisits the human rights activist working with traumatized children in the streets Rio, Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, 15 years after the 2001, award-winning documentary, Warrior of the Light.

Alex works at the horse farm for a school internship, supervised by lesbian riding instructor Nina.

[9] In an interview from the website Afterellen, conducted by Marcie Bianco, Treut reveals her intentions for the movie and the message she hopes it will send.

[10] In The Raw and the Cooked, Treut travels around Taiwan, exploring its rich culinary traditions and their relationship to the island's unique culture.

[12] Since 1990, Treut has been teaching, lecturing and curating retrospectives of her work at colleges across the United States (Vasser, Hollins, Dartmouth), at art institutes (SFAI) and at universities (IU Bloomington,[13] UI Chicago,[14] UC San Diego[15] and Cornell U[16]).