Pamela Yates is the recipient of a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship. She is the Director of the Sundance Award winning "When the Mountains Tremble" (1983/1992), the Producer of the Emmy Award winning "Loss of Innocence", and the Executive Producer of the Academy Award winning "Witness to War".
Some of her major works include "The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court" and "State of Fear", a feature length documentary that tells the epic story of Peru's 20-year "war on terror" based on the findings of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Pamela also produced and directed (with Peter Kinoy) a trilogy of films about poor peoples' movements in America. She directed what is thought to be the first music video made in China, "No More Disguises", with troubadour Ciu Jian, which was filmed in Tiananmen Square at the dawn of the democracy movement.
Pamela is a co-founder of Skylight Pictures. Through the use of film and digital technologies, the Skylight Pictures team seeks to engage, educate and increase understanding of human rights amongst the public at large and policy makers, contributing to informed decisions on issues of social change and the public good.

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FIFDH Paris 2011