Judy Chaikin
Judy Chaikin is an Emmy-nominated, award-winning writer, director and producer best known for the PBS documentary, Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist. Her work spans feature films, television and theater. Her current film, The Girls in the Band, a documentary about women jazz instrumentalists, won six Best Film Festival Awards, premiered at Lincoln Center receiving rave reviews, including the New York Times, where it was Critics Pick of the Week. Judy is a graduate of AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, a member of the Director’s Guild of America, The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, The Actors Studio and is a former Board Member of the Alliance of Women Directors (AWD) and the International Documentary Association (IDA).