Margaret Lazarus is an independent documentary film producer and director. Her documentary film DEFENDING OUR LIVES won the Academy Award for Best Short Documentary Film of 1993. Throughout her career she has combined her political activism with documentary filmmaking. She began by producing a weekly public affairs program for television in Boston. With Renner Wunderlich, she founded Cambridge Documentary Films, Inc. in the 1970s and, through 2002, has produced and/or directed numerous award-winning films including: Rape is... Calling the Shots Taking Our Bodies Back Eugene Debs and the American Movement Women's Rights, Human Rights Hazardous Inheritance Strong at the Broken Places Rape Culture Pink Triangles Defending Our Lives Life's Work The Last Empire Advertising Alcohol Killing Us Softly Not Just A Job Still Killing Us Softly The Strength to Resist: Media's Impact on Women & Girls Lazarus is the Executive Co-Director of Cambridge Documentary Films, a non-profit producing and distribution organization that distributes films about social justice to over 20,000 organizations and theaters that show documentary films. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Tisch School at Tufts University.  Best Achievement in Documentary Short Subjects 1993: DEFENDING OUR LIVES - Producer (w. Renner Wunderlich) 1 nomination, 1 Award