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Therese Shechter is a filmmaker, writer and artist best known for the documentary films ''How to Lose Your Virginity'' (Women Make Movies, 2013), ''I Was A Teenage Feminist'' (Women Make Movies, 2005), ''How I Learned to Speak Turkish'' (IndiePix, 2006) and the short "#SlutWalkNYC" (2013).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/makers/fm657.shtml )〕 She is also the creator of "The V-Card Diaries," an online collection of over 300 stories of "sexual debuts and deferrals" submitted by readers. In 2013, the collection was featured in The Kinsey Institute's Juried Art Show.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/09/the-v-card-diaries-virginity-stories-kinsey-exhibit_n_3245961.html? )〕 Shechter's work challenges double standards and gender stereotypes, and how they affect women’s lives and identity. She is an advocate for comprehensive sex education and media criticism to combat misinformation about sex for teens and young people.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://www.forbes.com/sites/jmaureenhenderson/2012/05/01/lets-not-talk-about-sex-meet-the-filmmaker-whos-exploring-modern-virginity/ )〕 Her production company, Trixie Films, is based in Brooklyn. ==Personal life & Previous Work== Shechter studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) in Toronto. She worked as an Art Director at the ''Toronto Star'' and then as Design Director for ''The Financial Times of Canada'', edited by John Edward Macfarlane. In 1990, Therese moved to Chicago to work at the ''Chicago Tribune'', where she worked for nine years, rising to the position of Associate Graphics and Design Editor. She has won numerous awards from Society for News Design, the New York and Toronto Art Director’s Clubs, and a Peter Lisagor award from the Chicago Headline Club.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://nocountryforyoungwomen.com/2010/06/therese-documentary-filmmaker-on-the-cutting-edge-of-social-issues/ )〕 While at the Chicago Tribune, she attended Columbia College in Chicago, studying film and video. In 1999, Shechter left Chicago for New York City in order to pursue her interest in film and work for Robert De Niro’s company Tribeca Productions as assistant to Jane Rosenthal. After leaving Tribeca Productions, Therese volunteered at the Sundance Film Festival, which she cites as having changed her view of the documentary genre and filmmaking in general.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://www.herfilmproject.com/blog/interview-therese-shechter-filmmaker )〕 When Shechter returned from Sundance, she enrolled in a documentary workshop with filmmaker Macky Alston at Union Theological Seminary. She worked as a researcher on his film “Questioning Faith,” and Alston continued to mentor Shechter as she filmed her first feature ''I Was A Teenage Feminist'' (2005).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://local.cincinnati.com/share/story/118381 )〕 Shechter currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Through her production company, Trixie Films, she continues to explore feminist issues as they pertain to sexuality and sex education. Shechter frequently lectures on the college circuit, screening her films for young audiences across the U.S. She has participated as a panelist at Harvard’s Rethinking Virginity Conference and has appeared as a featured guest on Fusion TV, Sex Nerd Sandra and Brooklyn Independent Television.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://rethinkingvirginity.tumblr.com/panels )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://fusion.net/story/4777/documental-how-to-lose-your-virginity/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://nerdist.com/sex-nerd-sandra-36-virgin-the-sexual-debutante/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =https://vimeo.com/79496918 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Therese Shechter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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