Guest Profile: Elizabeth Gaylynn Baker
Award winning writer and filmmaker, Elizabeth Gaylynn Baker worked on eleven independent films in Los Angeles before writing and directing her first documentary, “When Buffalo Roam”. The film won Best Social Documentary Short of 1999 at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.
Elizabeth’s next project was a feature-length documentary, “The Trail of Painted Ponies”, narrated by Ali McGraw and judged by Sony Classics in New York. The film won Best Documentary at the White Sands Film Festival of 2005, while Baker won Best Woman Director. It also aired in New York on PBS.
In 2002, Baker worked closely with New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, and also recruited Shirley MacLaine, Val Kilmer, Marsha Mason and members of the New Mexico House and Senate, to pass groundbreaking film legislation. It was the historical beginning of New Mexico’s vital film industry.
Website: www.bakertruestories.com
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