Profiles

Bio

For nearly 30 years Christopher Beaver has produced and directed films concerned with the human experience of the environment. These include: “Dark Circle,” a feature documentary on the nuclear arms race, winner of a National Emmy award and a Certificate of Merit from the Academy Awards documentary committee; “Treasures of the Greenbelt” and “Secrets of the Bay” about San Francisco Bay; and most recently, “Tales of the San Joaquin” about California’s Central Valley, a nominee for the Pare Lorentz Award presented by the International Documentary Association. Beaver has also created multimedia photographic exhibits and written and directed for theater. He also is the recipient of MacDowell and Guggenheim fellowships.