He and his partner, Margaret Lazarus, received an Oscar in 1993[1] for their documentary Defending Our Lives, about battered women who were in prison for killing their abusers.
[2] Renner Wunderlich was born in St Louis Missouri, son of a Navy captain and an employee of National Geographic Society.
He is an independent licensed social worker with a specialty in the mental health needs of creative clients in the arts and those of veterans.
In addition to the Academy Award, his films have won numerous awards and prizes,[7] and have been screened at many of the major film festivals around the world and in the United Nations General Assembly, the White House, the Office of the Vice President, the US Senate and House of Representatives.
He worked for twenty years as a freelance editor, sound and cameraman for the majors networks, public television and educational institutions.