theOscarSite Bio: Vanessa Roth produced and directed the 2006 award-winning documentary THE THIRD MONDAY IN OCTOBER, and co-produced and co-directed the award-winning 2004 PBS documentary AGING OUT, which is the center of a multi- million-dollar national foster care outreach campaign sponsored by the Annie Casey Foundation. Roth produced and directed the 2001 award-winning film CLOSE TO HOME which premiered at Sundance and aired as a prime-time special on the Discovery Health Channel. Her 1998 PBS film TAKEN IN: THE LIVES OF AMERICA'S FOSTER CHILDREN won the coveted duPont Columbia award.

In addition to FREEHELD (2007), Ms. Roth recently produced and directed the A&E special "9/11's Toxic Dust" and, as of January 2008, is working with Dave Eggers on a feature documentary about teachers.

· Best Achievement in Documentary Short Subjects 2007: FREEHELD (w. Cynthia Wade)