Courtney Hermann
Courtney Hermann (she/they) is a documentary filmmaker with decades of experience directing, producing, and shooting short and feature-length documentary films. Courtney is co-author of the 7th edition of the foundational textbook Directing the Documentary (2020) with Michael Rabiger and anAssociate Professor of Film at Portland State University. Courtney’s feature documentaries includeStanding Silent Nation(nationally broadcast on POV/PBS, programmed at the Smithsonian Institution);Exotic World and the Burlesque Revival(selected for dOCUMENTA 15, featured daily at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Museum);andCrying Earth Rise Up(broadcast on PBS stations nationally). Courtney’s many short films includeThere’s Heart Here (featured at United States Conference on AIDS and at the World Professional Association for Transgender Health conference) and Burton Before and After.
