Awards & Winners

Peggy Ahwesh

Date of Birth 1954
Place of Birth Canonsburg
(Washington County, Pennsylvania)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Margaret Ahwesh
Profession Film director, Cinematographer, Film Editor, Film Producer
Margaret "Peggy" Ahwesh is an American experimental filmmaker and video artist. She received her B.F.A. at Antioch College. A true bricoleur, her tools include narrative and documentary styles, improvised performance and scripted dialogue, synch-sound film, found footage, digital animation, and crude Pixelvision video. Her work is primarily an investigation cultural identity and the role of the subject in various genres. Her interests include: women, sexuality and feminism; genre; reenactment; artists' books. Her works have been seen around with world in San Francisco, New York, Barcelona, London, Toronto, Rodderdam, and Creteil, France. Starting in 1990, she has taught at Bard College as a Professor of Film and Electronic Arts. Her teaching interests include: experimental media, history of the non-fiction film, and women in film.

Awards by Peggy Ahwesh

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