:Nancy Schwartzman

Schwartzman was raised in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. She attended Harriton High School and Shipley School, and is a 1997 graduate alumni of Columbia University in New York City.{{Cite web|title=On Denim Day, virtual screening of "Roll Red Roll" calls out rape culture|url=http://columbiaspectator.com/arts-and-entertainment/2020/05/01/on-denim-day-virtual-screening-of-roll-red-roll-calls-out-rape-culture/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=Columbia Daily Spectator}}

Schwartzman initially worked as a production assistant at Killer Films, contributing to Todd Solondz's Happiness and Todd Haynes' Velvet Goldmine. She also participated in social media advertising campaigns for the documentary films The Invisible War and Girl Model.{{Cite web |title=The Invisible War |url=https://inanirishhome.com/tag/the-invisible-war/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=In an Irish Home |language=en}}

Schwartzman’s first film, a short documentary titled The Line inspired by her experiences with sexual assault in Israel, was included in a White House campaign.{{cite web |url=http://www.hillel.org/about/news/2008/mar/nancyschwartzman_19march2008.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306022239/http://www.hillel.org/about/news/2008/mar/nancyschwartzman_19march2008.htm |archivedate=6 March 2012 |title=Nancy Schwartzman: Crossing the Line |accessdate=18 September 2024}}{{Cite web |title=The White House Highlights Circle of 6 App and The Line |url=http://archive.pov.org/blog/news/2014/05/the-white-house-highlights-circle-of-6-app-and-the-line/ |access-date=2020-02-21 |website=POV's Documentary Blog |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://cmsimpact.org/resource/case-study-the-line/|title=Case Study – THE LINE|website=Center for Media and Social Impact|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-21}} The film was completed in July 2009 and has been screened at the International Women's Film Festival in Israel, the Muslim Women and Sexuality Conference in Turkey, the Sex: Tech Conference in San Francisco, and the Men's Gender Equity and Anti-Violence Conference.{{cite web |url=http://www.iwff.net/En/films.asp?Yid=2009&CatId=2 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312171728/http://www.iwff.net/En/films.asp?Yid=2009&CatId=2 |archivedate=12 March 2012 |title=International Directors Index |publisher=10th International Women's Film Festival |accessdate=16 April 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.atelier.net/en/trends/articles/sextech-using-social-networks-fight-stigma |title=SexTech: Using Social Networks to Fight Stigma |date=27 February 2010 |publisher=L'Atelier BNP Paribas |accessdate=16 April 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www1.csbsju.edu/menscenter/conference/default.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610052510/http://www1.csbsju.edu/menscenter/conference/default.htm |archivedate=10 June 2010 |title=First National Conference For Campus Based Men's Gender Equality and Anti-Violence Groups |publisher=College of Saint Benedict, Saint John's University |location=Collegeville, Minnesota |date=6 November 2009 |accessdate=17 April 2017}}

Schwartzman’s second documentary, xoxosms, explores the lives and relationships of two young people while examining the impact of social networking technology. The film was produced by Cinereach and premiered on PBS POV in July 2013. (It was also featured in the BBC Radio 4 Digital Human series.){{Citation|last=POV|title=xoxosms {{!}} POV {{!}} PBS|url=http://www.pbs.org/pov/watch/xoxosms/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tfiny.org/filmmakers/detail/nancy_schwartzman|title=Nancy Schwartzman|website=Tribeca Film Institute|language=en|access-date=2020-02-21}}

Roll Red Roll, Schwartzman's first feature-length documentary, examines the cultural factors at play behind the Steubenville, Ohio, high school rape case. It premiered in 2018 at the Tribeca Film Festival{{Cite web |title=Tribeca |url=https://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/roll-red-roll-2018 |access-date=2020-02-21 |website=Tribeca}} and Hot Docs. Roll Red Roll was nominated for the Cinema Eye Honors Spotlight Award,{{Cite web |date=2018-11-08 |title=Roll Red Roll |url=https://cinemaeyehonors.com/eligible-films/roll-red-roll/ |access-date=2020-02-21 |website=The 2020 Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking |language=en-US}} and for a Peabody Award.{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |date=2020-05-06 |title=Peabody Awards: 'American Factory,' 'Dickinson,' 'Watchmen' Among Nominees |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/peabody-awards-nominations-2020-list-full-1289403/ |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} It was available for streaming on Netflix.{{Cite web |title=Roll Red Roll {{!}} Netflix |url=https://www.netflix.com/title/81087761 |access-date=2020-02-21 |website=www.netflix.com |language=en}} The impact campaign for Roll Red Roll received support from the Fledgling Fund, Bertha Foundation, Perspective, and the Ford Foundation.{{Cite web|url=https://rollredrollfilm.com/about/campaign/|title=Roll Red Roll Film|website=rollredrollfilm.com|access-date=2020-02-21}}

Schwartzman also released a companion short film to Roll Red Roll, titled Anonymous Comes To Town,{{Citation|title=Anonymous Comes to Town: The hackers who took on high school sexual assault in Ohio| date=18 April 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pJyMC5lKds |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/3pJyMC5lKds |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2020-02-21}}{{cbignore}} co-produced with the Tribeca Film Institute and fashion house Gucci's 'Chime for Change' campaign{{Cite news|last=Phillips|first=Charlie|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/apr/18/anonymous-comes-to-town-hackers-take-on-sexual-assault-in-ohio|title=Anonymous Comes to Town: hackers take on sexual assault in Ohio|date=2019-04-18|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-02-21|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} with The Guardian.{{Cite news |last=Horton |first=Adrian |date=2023-05-20 |title='Kafka-esque nightmare': what many women face when reporting rape |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/may/20/netflix-documentary-victim-suspect-women-rape |access-date=2024-12-10 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

Schwartzman directed the short documentary Angeline, which tells the story of a woman who discovers, at the age of 30, that she has been lied to about her genetic identity after taking a 23andMe DNA test.{{Cite web |title=Angeline |url=https://www.msnancyschwartzman.com/angeline |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=Nancy Schwartzman |language=en-US}}

Schwartzman's 2023 documentary film, Victim/Suspect, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival,{{Cite web |date=2022-12-07 |title=2023 Sundance Film Festival Announces Lineup of 99 Feature Films - sundance.org |url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/2023-sundance-film-festival-announces-lineup-of-99-feature-films/ |access-date=2024-11-27 |language=en-US}} followed by a release on Netflix on May 23, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Amanda |date=April 27, 2023 |title=Victim/Suspect' Is a Tireless, Blood-Boiling Search For the Truth |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/victim-suspect-trailer-release-date-news |website=Netflix}} The documentary focuses on Rachel de Leon, a journalist at The Center for Investigative Reporting, as she follows and investigates legal cases across the United States that involve women who have reported their sexual assaults to the police. It was nominated for the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival{{Cite web |title=FilmAffinity |url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/movie-awards.php?movie-id=109716 |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=FilmAffinity |language=en}} and the F:ACT Award at CPH:DOX.{{Cite web |last=Macnab |first=Geoffrey |date=2023-03-20 |title=CPH:DOX F:act Award: Victim/Suspect by Nancy Schwartzman |url=https://businessdoceurope.com/cphdox-fact-award-victim-suspect-by-nancy-schwartzman/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=Business Doc Europe |language=en-GB}}, and won the 2024 RFK Journalism prize.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-21 |title=Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Announces 2024 Book and Journalism Award Winners |url=https://rfkhumanrights.org/press/robert-f-kennedy-human-rights-announces-2024-book-and-journalism-award-winners/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights |language=en-US}}

In 2024, Schwartzman directed and produced Sasha Reid and the Midnight Order, a series revolving around Sasha Reid and her society of young women who solve cold cases, analyze the minds of killers, and work to protect the vulnerable.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/freeform-chrissy-dave-dine-out-royal-rules-of-ohio-sasha-reid-and-the-midnight-order-to-unscripted-slate-1235737967/|title=Freeform Adds 'Chrissy & Dave Dine Out,' 'Royal Rules of Ohio' and 'Sasha Reid and The Midnight Order' to Unscripted Slate|website=Variety|first=BreAnna|last=Bell|date=September 27, 2023|access-date=June 4, 2024}} Produced by XTR, the series premiered July 9, 2024, on Freeform.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/freeform-sasha-reid-midnight-order/|title=Freeform's 'Sasha Reid & The Midnight Order' Introduces Female Team of Serial Killer Investigators|website=The Wrap|first=Loree|last=Seitz|date=May 31, 2024|access-date=June 4, 2024}}

In response to a spike in street violence in NYC, Schwartzman founded safestreets.org, though the website is now inactive. Schwartzman was also a founding editor and Creative Director of the print edition of Heeb magazine.Oei, Lily; Dobbs, Aaron [http://gothamist.com/2004/12/15/nancy_schwartzman_filmmakeractivistheeb.php "Nancy Schwartzman, Filmmaker/Activist/Heeb"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930025615/http://gothamist.com/2004/12/15/nancy_schwartzman_filmmakeractivistheeb.php|date=2009-09-30}}. Gothamist.com.

In 2011, Schwartzman co-created the app "Circle of 6", a free anti-violence app. The app won the 2011 White House 'Apps Against Abuse' Contest.[http://appsagainstabuse.challenge.gov/submissions/4900-circle-of-6 "Apps against Abuse"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303163142/http://appsagainstabuse.challenge.gov/submissions/4900-circle-of-6 |date=2012-03-03 }} contest website{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2011/11/01/announcing-winners-apps-against-abuse-technology-challenge|title=Announcing the Winners of the Apps Against Abuse Technology Challenge|last=Sebellius|first=Kathleen|authorlink=Kathleen Sebellius|date=November 1, 2011|publisher=The White House|accessdate=3 April 2018}}

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